When should I use Adobe Acrobat instead?

Use Acrobat when you need OCR on scanned PDFs, perfect font matching, or advanced features like fillable forms. For quick text edits on native PDFs, PDFAmend is faster and far cheaper.

Is PDFAmend safe for confidential documents?

Yes — unlike Adobe, your file never leaves your device. Everything runs in your browser tab.

What if I only need to fix one thing?

That's exactly what PDFAmend is for. Pay $2.99, not $240/year.

PDFAmend vs Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat is $20/month. PDFAmend is $2.99 per download.

For occasional PDF text edits — fixing a typo, updating a date, removing a line — there's no reason to pay $240 a year. Edit free, pay once.

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PDFAmend

$2.99 per download

Edit free. Pay once. No subscription.

Pay $2.99 per download — not $20/month
Files processed in your browser — never uploaded anywhere
No account required to start editing
Works on iPhone in Safari — no app needed
Instant, no install

Adobe Acrobat

$19.99/month ($240/year)

Full features but requires subscription for editing

Font matching (keeps original fonts)
OCR for scanned PDFs
Signatures and form filling
Advanced reflow and layout editing

Feature	PDFAmend	Adobe Acrobat
Price	$2.99 per download	$19.99/month
Free editing	✓ Always free	Trial only
Files uploaded to server	✗ Never	✓ Adobe cloud
Account required	✗ No	✓ Required
Works in browser	✓ Any browser	Limited
iPhone / mobile	✓ Safari, no app	App required
Edit existing text	✓	✓
Remove text	✓	✓
Add new text	✓	✓
OCR scanned PDFs	✗	✓
Original font matching	Helvetica fallback	✓

Privacy: Adobe Acrobat vs PDFAmend

Adobe Acrobat: Files uploaded to Adobe's cloud servers

PDFAmend: Your file is processed entirely in your browser using JavaScript. It is never sent to any server — not even ours.

Frequently asked

When should I use Adobe Acrobat instead?: Use Acrobat when you need OCR on scanned PDFs, perfect font matching, or advanced features like fillable forms. For quick text edits on native PDFs, PDFAmend is faster and far cheaper.
Is PDFAmend safe for confidential documents?: Yes — unlike Adobe, your file never leaves your device. Everything runs in your browser tab.
What if I only need to fix one thing?: That's exactly what PDFAmend is for. Pay $2.99, not $240/year.

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