A native PDF editor that keeps your files yours
Read, organize, annotate, OCR and redact PDFs in one fast, native app. Nothing is uploaded — every page is processed on your Mac.
macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon (M-series)
Live preview — no screen recording is ever saved.
A look inside
Why you'll like it
Read & organize
Thumbnails, outline, search and zoom. Reorder, merge, split, extract, rotate and insert pages — every step undoable.
Annotate
Highlight, underline and strike through; add notes, text boxes, ink, lines, arrows and shapes, all listed in a Comments panel.
Make scans searchable
On-device Vision OCR rebuilds image-only pages with an invisible text layer, so scans become selectable and searchable — then Compress shrinks bulky scans to a fraction of the size.
Tables → Excel, Word, Text
Pull tables out of digital or scanned pages into a real .xlsx, .docx or plain-text file — columns intact.
Fill & flatten forms
Complete AcroForm text fields, checkboxes and choices in-canvas, then flatten to bake the values in.
True redaction
Mark regions and apply — the text underneath is physically removed and the metadata cleared, not just covered.
PDF Kit vs the usual suspects
Everything the €120–150 editors do — with Preview's privacy, at a one-time price.
| PDF Kit | PDF Expert | PDFelement | Preview | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edit, annotate & forms | ||||
| OCR — make searchable | ||||
| Tables → Excel | ||||
| True redaction | ||||
| On-device · no account | cloud | cloud | ||
| Price | €39+ | €149,99 | €120 | Free |
No special permissions
Only the files you open
PDF Kit works on the documents you choose. No Screen Recording, no Accessibility, no network.
Every page is read, OCR'd and redacted on your Mac. PDF Kit makes no network connections — your documents never leave your computer.
PDF Kit
14-day free trial · one-time purchase
- macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon (M-series)
- Payments handled by Lemon Squeezy (merchant of record). VAT included at checkout.
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