Free PDF app for Android

Read, edit, scan and convert PDFs — right on your phone

PDF Reader is a fast PDF viewer, editor, document scanner and offline converter in one app. Your documents are processed on your device and never uploaded to a server.

  • Works offline
  • No account or sign-up
  • 12 languages
  • Android 8.1 and later
A PDF open in the reader with the page toolbar and zoom controls
PDF Reader home screen with search, Open PDF, quick actions and recent documents
  • 15PDF tools in one app
  • 12interface languages
  • 0documents uploaded — tools run on the phone
  • AES-256password protection

Features

Built for the way you actually use PDFs

Read

Read PDFs with ease

Open a contract, a textbook or a 300-page manual and start reading straight away. Find any word, jump through the contents and pick up where you left off.

  • Search in document and step through every match
  • Contents, page thumbnails, a page slider and Go to page
  • Bookmarks, and the reader reopens on your last page
  • Highlight, underline or strike through text, then find it again in Comments
  • Night mode, screen brightness and distraction-free full screen
More about the PDF reader
A PDF open in the reader with the page toolbar and zoom controls
Searching a PDF for the word growth, showing match 1 of 18 highlighted

Scan

Scan paper documents to PDF

Point the camera at a page and the scanner finds its edges, straightens an off-angle shot and cleans it up. Capture every page, then save them as one PDF.

  • Live page detection, with corners you can drag to fine-tune
  • Crop to Auto detect, free, A4, Letter or a custom ratio
  • Filters: Auto, Color, Grayscale, Document, Black & white
  • Multi-page scans: add, retake and reorder, then Create PDF
  • Run Make searchable afterwards to search and copy the text
More about the document scanner
Scan to PDF adjusting the detected corners of a photographed document

Organize

Merge, split and organize pages

Combine the scans, the invoice and the cover letter into one file, pull three pages out of a report, or put a document's pages in the right order — without losing its text, links or bookmarks.

  • Merge PDFs in the order you drag them
  • Split PDF every N pages, page by page or by the ranges you name
  • Organize pages: reorder, rotate, duplicate, delete, add blank pages, extract
  • Compress PDF re-encodes only the images, so text stays sharp and searchable
  • Merge, split, organize and rotate keep each page as it was: text stays selectable and searchable, and links, bookmarks and form fields keep working.
More about merge, split and compress
Organize pages showing page thumbnails with rotate and reorder controls

Convert

Convert without uploading a thing

Most converters send your file to a website. Here the Word engine, the image pipeline and the text-recognition models are built into the app, so conversion works in flight mode.

  • Word to PDF and PDF to Word (.docx)
  • Image to PDF and PDF to image (PNG or JPEG)
  • PDF to text with on-device OCR, scanned pages included
  • Make searchable adds an invisible text layer to scanned PDFs
  • Text recognition reads English and other Latin-script languages, plus Hindi and Marathi
More about the PDF converter
The PDF Tools screen listing Scan to PDF, Image to PDF, PDF to text and Word to PDF

Edit & sign

Edit, annotate and sign

Add a comment exactly where it belongs, mark up the clause that matters, then sign and send — without printing a page.

  • Text, Highlight, freehand Draw and Erase
  • Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Oval, Note, Stamp and Image
  • Signature: draw it once, reuse it on any document — stored encrypted on the phone
  • Edits are saved as real PDF annotations in a new copy; your original is untouched
More about the PDF editor
Editing a service agreement with a highlight, a signature and the annotation toolbar

Protect

Keep your PDFs secure

Lock a document before you send it, or save an open copy of one you have the password for. Text, images, links and bookmarks are kept exactly — nothing is re-rendered.

  • Lock PDF with AES-256 (AES-128 for readers older than 2010)
  • Optionally block printing, copying, editing or form filling
  • Unlock PDF when you know the password — it is not a password cracker
  • Passwords you choose to remember stay on the device, in Keystore-backed encrypted storage
More about lock and unlock
Lock PDF screen setting a password on an invoice

Privacy by design

Your documents never leave your phone

The internet connection is used for ads, app settings, crash reports and Google Play updates — never for your files. Read the Privacy Policy.

  • Your documents stay yours

    PDFs are opened, edited and converted on the phone. There is no upload feature and no cloud storage.

  • No account required

    No registration, no email address, no subscription wall. Install the app and use it.

  • Works without a connection

    Every document tool works in flight mode. The connection is used only for ads, settings, crash reports and updates.

Screenshots

Real screens from the app

Captured on an Android phone running the current release.

Worldwide

Made for users around the world

The whole interface is translated into 12 languages. It follows your Android language automatically, and you can switch it any time in Settings. In Arabic the entire layout mirrors right-to-left.

  • English
  • हिन्दीHindi
  • ગુજરાતીGujarati
  • मराठीMarathi
  • தமிழ்Tamil
  • తెలుగుTelugu
  • EspañolSpanish
  • PortuguêsPortuguese
  • FrançaisFrench
  • DeutschGerman
  • Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian
  • العربيةArabic

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Are my PDF files uploaded to a server?

No. Reading, editing, scanning, OCR, conversion, merging, splitting, compression and password protection all run on your Android device. The app has no upload feature and no cloud storage. Its internet connection is used for advertising, app configuration, crash reports and Google Play updates — never for your documents.

Is PDF Reader free? Does it show ads?

Yes, the app is free and is funded by ads. Banner and full-screen ads appear around the Home, Files and Tools screens, never while a document is open. When some tools finish, the app may ask you to watch a short video before the new file is saved; if you are offline or no video is available, the file is saved anyway. You can also watch three rewarded videos to hide ads for 24 hours. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Does it work without an internet connection?

Yes. Every document tool works offline, including Word to PDF, PDF to Word and OCR, because the conversion engines and text-recognition models are built into the app.

Which Android versions are supported?

Android 8.1 (API 27) and later, on phones and tablets. There is no iPhone, Windows or web version.

Where are the files it creates saved?

In the app's PDFReader folder, sorted into sub-folders such as Merged, Split and Converted. Open or share any result from the success sheet. Android deletes this folder if you uninstall the app, so use Move to folder… or Share for files you want to keep. Your original documents are never modified.

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Get PDF Reader on Google Play

Reader, editor, scanner and converter in one free Android app. Android 8.1 or later. Supported by ads. No account needed.

Need help with the app?

Email elixirinfotechindia@gmail.com — we aim to reply within a few business days.

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