As an "Essential" level user, I see a lot of benefits from the variety of mark-up tools (and digital signature) features built into the software. Beyond mark-ups, features replace the basic PDF viewing and fillable form needs. Drawboard makes a near-perfect go-to software for these tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only downside experienced in the software is the lack of a view pane for reviewing a list of comments/notes in the document. As someone who has marked up extensive documents in my career and reviewed mark-ups by others, having a list of notes/comments (linked to the note's position on the page) is essential to a productive workflow. I highly recommend this feature to be developed ASAP to make this software the must-have application on my computer. For the Pro version, offering up an "accept/decline/reply" feature in the notes would make a fine addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's great to be able to use digital pens and touch features to edit, mark up, and take notes on PDFs by hand. It allows a lot of user control in working with pdf documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not as precise as it could be in terms of the touch location matching the location of the highlights, notes, etc. Sometimes the highlighting is slightly off or expands to another line you don't intend to highlight, for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Drawboard PDF allows you to read your documents in multiple different formats, from sequential to book format. Further, the editing options include highlighting text, adding comments, adding shapes and text boxes, writing notes, and all of that with multiple colors and transparency schemes available. Drawboard pdf comes in the free, non-business version, and the subscription business version comes with additional features such as merging documents, customizable color and style guides, templates, and many more features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free version comes with all the basics a student or employee may require who doesn't need to create or edit pdfs regularly. However, not being able to use customizable style guides and templates unless paying for the business subscription is a downside. The application is overall straightforward to use. However, it may require a little time to get used to and work out the necessary workings. On occasions, the highlighting or marking tool is not as accurate and won't allow one to precisely highlight or mark the desired text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that it automatically saves your work as you go. I love all the features and different pens/brushes you can use, and I love that it has excellent palm rejection, meaning that you can write normally on a tablet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that some features are hidden behind a paid subscription even though it is already a paid app. (Who wants to pay for graph paper?!?) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Powerful yet userfriendly PDF annotation app. Also it is free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I cannot think of any, as I am satisfied so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its very user friendly. Anyone with basic knowledge can start using it! There are no complicated settings to go about and start writing on it. Interface is simple. Has shortcut widgets to access tools easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that pen has a smudge feel after every stroke I write. Does not have many options for pen tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free version has decent features. It works well with a surface pro 7 10th gen intel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Things it does:

Causes graphics card crash which makes the app unusable for 5 seconds, very often.

Lag

Uses significant ram resources

Opening multiple documents slows it down

Can't run 2 instances

Non intuitive controls

Not fully compatible with windows pen

Has bad palm detection on a tablet

Has lots of settings that can't be changed

Pasting does not go to the center of a zoomed in document Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Great touch controls

- Great pen support

- Easy document manipulation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Slow loading times

- Unstable at times when opening many documents at once Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Together with my touchscreen enabled laptop it is really easy to add notes. The change between pen type and color is really fast with the integrated tool, which you can also minimize to have more space. If you need more space you can also add new PDF pages. Adding images or geometric figures is also easy with the toolbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few tools are to be paid extra. I'm a big fan of software that you pay once and then you can use all the features and not have to unlock in-App tools again. Nevertheless it is my favorite tool for writing notes on pdfs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Dark mode

2. Great UI

3. Best PDF reader Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Needs custom margins to make it easier to annotate and let users write long sentences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.