Buy once instead of Adobe Acrobat Standard

Adobe Acrobat Standard costs

$180a year. Annual plan prepaid, US$179.88/yr. Their pricing

Ways out

2apps that do the same jobs

Cheapest to buy

$79.99UPDF, which pays back in 5 months

Cost nothing

0freeware 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.

2 apps

Sort	App	Price	The catch
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