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A PDF editor you buy once
and keep.

The free version reads, comments, fills, signs and organizes PDFs, with no watermarks and no time limit. Pro adds editing, digital signatures, redaction, text recognition and conversion to Word, Excel and PowerPoint: buy it once, or subscribe. Try Pro free for 14 days on Windows and Mac, with no card and no account.

$WINDOWS AND MAC

Four plans, one editor.

Free
$0forever

Read, comment, fill, sign, organize pages and convert to PDF.

  • No watermarks
  • No account
  • Never expires
Pro monthly
$9/ month

Every Pro feature and every update while subscribed.

  • One Windows PC and one Mac
  • 14-day free trial
Pro yearly
$49/ year

Every Pro feature and every update while subscribed.

  • One Windows PC and one Mac
  • 14-day free trial

Prices in US dollars, before tax. A license covers one Windows PC and one Mac at the same time, and you can move it to another computer from the app. It covers the apps downloaded from this website, not the App Store apps.

§THE LIFETIME LICENSE

Pro for good. Updates for a year.

  1. The first year

    Every Pro feature, and every new version released during the year, included in the price.

  2. After the year

    Pro keeps working, with every feature of the version you have. The license does not expire.

  3. When you want newer versions

    Renew updates for $39 a year, at any time, to get the newest version.

⌗FREE AND PRO

Free and Pro, feature by feature.

On Windows and MacFreePro
View, search and print PDFs, including password-protected ones ✓ ✓
Comments: highlights, notes, drawing, shapes, stamps, text boxes ✓ ✓
Fill in forms, including dynamic XFA forms ✓ ✓
Sign with a signature you draw, type or import ✓ ✓
Merge, split, extract, insert, delete, rotate, reorder and crop pages ✓ ✓
Layers: show, hide, lock, rename, add, merge, flatten ✓ ✓
Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint and images to PDF; scan from a scanner ✓ ✓
Reduce file size; save pages as images or text ✓ ✓
Check digital signatures ✓ ✓
Check accessibility and 18 PDF standards (PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/X) ✓ ✓
Edit text and images; add text, images, shapes and links — ✓
Headers, footers, watermarks and Bates numbers; edit bookmarks — ✓
Create form fields and form JavaScript — ✓
Digital signatures with a certificate: PAdES, time stamps, smart cards and USB tokens — ✓
Redaction, removing hidden information, passwords and permissions — ✓
Text recognition (OCR) and web pages to PDF — ✓
Export to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RTF, ODT, HTML and Markdown — ✓
Fix accessibility (autotag, reading order, alternate text) and convert to PDF/A — ✓
Compare files, batch processing, PDF Optimizer, measuring, comments import and export — ✓

The iPhone and iPad app has most of these tools, but not measuring, batch processing, the PDF Optimizer, Bates numbers, find and replace, web pages to PDF, accessibility fixes, comments import and export or the PDF standards checks. It adds the camera scanner and, on devices with Apple Intelligence, an AI assistant. The user guide shows every feature step by step.

§IPHONE AND IPAD

On the App Store, sold separately.

Free
$0

Read, comment, fill, sign and organize PDFs, and scan paper with the camera.

Pro monthly
$9.99/ month

Starts with 14 days free. Billed and managed by Apple.

Pro yearly
$49.99/ year

Starts with 14 days free. Billed and managed by Apple.

The App Store sells subscriptions only. A subscription covers the app on iPhone and iPad with the same Apple ID. It does not cover the Windows app or the Mac app downloaded from this website, and a website license does not cover the App Store apps. App Store prices are in US dollars and may differ in other countries. Open in the App Store →

?FAQ

Licenses, explained.

A question about buying for a team, or something else? Contact us.

Pro forever on the versions released during your first year, with every update of that year. After the year, Pro keeps working with every feature of the version you have; newer versions need a renewal, $39 a year.
Yes. You can renew updates at any time, $39 for a year, to get the newest version.
One Windows PC and one Mac at the same time. To move the license to a new computer, deactivate it on the old one from File, License, or activate it on the new one and choose to move it there.
No. A license bought on this website covers the Windows and Mac apps downloaded from this website. On iPhone and iPad, Pro is an App Store subscription, $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year, and it does not cover the apps from this website.
On Windows and Mac, Pro is on for 14 days from the first start on a computer connected to the internet, with no card and no account. The trial is once per computer. Afterwards the app continues as the free version, and your documents stay as they are.
Only from time to time. Reading, editing and saving work without internet; the license checks in about every 90 days. For a computer that never connects, offline activation gives an activation file, valid for a year at a time.
Yes. Prices are in US dollars, before tax; tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Yes. For purchases on this website, email support@selectpdf.com within 14 days of your first purchase of a plan and you get a full refund, without being asked why; the editor then continues as the free version. Renewals after the first period are not covered, but you can cancel a subscription at any time. App Store purchases are refunded by Apple. The terms have the details.