The best Skim alternatives

App	Price	How you pay	Mac	iPhone	iPad	App Store	Developer	Rating
Skim	Free, open source	Free						Too few ratings
PDF Expert	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades						4.7
Notability	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades						4.8
OwlOCR	Free to start	Free, with paid upgrades						Too few ratings

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   PDF Expert

   Free to startBest alternative4.7

   Pick it if you fix, sign or redact PDFs for work on a Mac, iPad or iPhone.

   Read, sign and fill PDFs free on every Apple device, with real text editing once you pay.

   Prices and full verdictDeveloper's siteCompare
   
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   Notability

   Free to startBest free4.8

   Pick it if you annotate PDFs by hand with an Apple Pencil, often during lectures you're recording.

   Handwritten notes with the lecture audio synced to what you wrote, plus PDF markup, on iPad, iPhone and Mac.

   Prices and full verdictApp StoreCompare
   
3. 3

   OwlOCR

   Free to start

   Pick it if you pull text out of screenshots, scans or PDFs and want it done on your Mac without uploading anything.

   A Mac OCR app that copies text out of screenshots, scans and PDFs on-device, free for everyday use.

   Prices and full verdictDeveloper's siteCompare
   

• PDF Expert vs SkimPick it if you fix, sign or redact PDFs for work on a Mac, iPad or iPhone.