What is UPDF used for?

UPDF is a PDF editor and annotator with OCR, conversion and AI features for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. It is a good fit for reviewing and annotating research papers, and converting scanned documents with OCR.

No. UPDF is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to UPDF include Stirling PDF, BentoPDF and PDFsam.

What are some alternatives to UPDF?

UPDF competes with Adobe Acrobat, PDFelement and Foxit PDF Editor. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source UPDF alternatives.

UPDF: features, pricing and alternatives

About UPDF

UPDF is a PDF editor available for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, with online tools alongside the desktop and mobile apps. It handles reading, editing, annotating, creating, converting, organizing, protecting and signing PDF files.

Core features include editing text and links, forms, OCR, conversion to Word, Excel, images and other formats, merging, splitting, cropping and rotating pages, redaction and a cloud service called UPDF Cloud. A set of AI tools called UPDF AI can summarize, translate and explain PDFs, chat about a document and produce mind maps. Related products include UPDF Sign for e-signatures.

UPDF is a commercial product with a free trial and paid plans listed on its pricing pages, including options for business customers.

Key features

Editing and annotating PDF files
OCR and format conversion
Organize, merge, split and crop pages
Redaction, protection and signing
AI summaries, translation and chat with PDF
Apps for desktop and mobile

Good fit for

→Reviewing and annotating research papers
→Converting scanned documents with OCR

Tags: pdf; pdf-editor; ocr; annotation; ai-pdf; cross-platform; pdf-converter

UPDF: questions and answers

What is UPDF used for?: UPDF is a PDF editor and annotator with OCR, conversion and AI features for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. It is a good fit for reviewing and annotating research papers, and converting scanned documents with OCR.
Is UPDF free?: Yes. UPDF has a free plan.
Is UPDF open source?: No. UPDF is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to UPDF include Stirling PDF, BentoPDF and PDFsam.
What are some alternatives to UPDF?: UPDF competes with Adobe Acrobat, PDFelement and Foxit PDF Editor. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source UPDF alternatives.