#1 BEST
Foxit PDF Reader

Foxit PDF Reader

Foxit Software Inc.
Proprietary v2026.1.0.36452 380MB
5.0
6 reviews

Foxit PDF Reader is a free PDF viewer by Foxit Corporation that opens, annotates, and fills PDF forms. It is the main free alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader. Foxit also sells a paid PDF Editor (around $11 to $14 per month or $210 one time) that adds full editing, OCR, and forma...

16 downloads
Windows 7/8/10/11
Official source
#2 GREAT
Foxit PDF Editor

Foxit PDF Editor

Foxit Software Inc.
Proprietary v14.0.3.33502 762MB
4.7
6 reviews

Foxit PDF Editor is a professional PDF editing application and the main alternative to Adobe Acrobat. It handles direct text and image editing inside PDF documents, OCR for scanned pages, interactive form creation, digital signatures, and document comparison. Available on Windows...

13 downloads
Windows 7/8/10/11
Official source
#3 SOLID
Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Freeware v2025.001.20997 400MB
4.0
2 reviews

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free PDF viewer from Adobe, the company that created the PDF format. It opens, displays, prints, and annotates PDF documents across Windows, macOS, and mobile platforms. This is the read-only version; editing PDF content, converting files, or adding pass...

12 downloads
Windows 7/8/10/11
Official source
#4
PDFCreator

PDFCreator

pdfforge GmbH
GPL-2.0 v6.2.2 105MB
4.7
6 reviews

PDFCreator is a virtual PDF printer from pdfforge GmbH (Germany). It installs as a printer in Windows, so any program that can print can create a PDF. Go to File > Print, select PDFCreator as the printer, and get a PDF file. It also supports PDF/A for archival, and can output PNG...

11 downloads
Windows 7/8/10/11
Official source
#5
Cool PDF Reader

Cool PDF Reader

CoolPDF Software, Inc.
Freeware v3.5.0.550 3.5MB
4.5
6 reviews

Cool PDF Reader is a lightweight PDF viewer for Windows with a file size under 1 MB. It opens PDF documents quickly, uses very little system memory, and handles basic reading, printing, and page to image conversion without the overhead of full featured PDF applications. What it d...

15 downloads
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Official source
#6
PDF-XChange Viewer

PDF-XChange Viewer

Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.
Freemium v2.5.322.10 17.4MB
4.3
6 reviews

PDF-XChange Viewer is a free PDF reader for Windows from Tracker Software Products. It opens PDF files faster than Adobe Reader and uses less memory, while offering annotation tools that Adobe's free version lacks entirely. The program is free for personal and commercial use, wit...

17 downloads
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
Official source