Buy once instead of Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Adobe Acrobat Pro costs
- $240a year. Annual plan prepaid, US$239.88/yr. Their pricing
- Ways out
- 5apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $7.99TextSniper, which pays back in under a month
- Cost nothing
- 1freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 PDFgearFree PDF editor for Mac with no account and no paid tier | FreeFreeware | Closed source with no stated business model, so nothing guarantees it stays free |
 TextSniperGrab text out of any image, pdf or video frame on screen | $7.99This version | Major upgrades cost extra, and the 7-day refund covers the direct purchase, not the App Store one |
 UPDFOne payment, four devices, Mac and phone on the same licence | $79.99Lifetime tier | The AI Assistant is a separate US$69/year subscription, not part of the lifetime licence |
 PDF ExpertFast Mac PDF editor with a real one-time licence behind the plans | $139.99Lifetime tier | Readdle states new features may cost extra, and the licence covers the Mac app only |
 Foxit PDF Editor 14 (Perpetual)Acrobat-class PDF suite you can still buy outright, once | $209.99This version | You own version 14; version 15 is a new purchase, and cloud and AI features are excluded |