Drawboard PDF: paperless tools 4+

Write on PDFs, read & annotate

Drawboard Pty Ltd

    • 4.7 • 142 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Millions of engineers, architects, lawyers, students and educators are using Drawboard PDF every day for fast and collaborative PDF markup.

Powerful PDF tools at your fingertips. The latest PDF technology and software for a better experience. With an intuitive UI designed for delight – there’s a better way to PDF!

Do your best work with Drawboard.

- Dynamic PDF tools that feel good to use
- Multi-platform access and storage. Where you are, your work is.
- Paperless. A way of working for a sustainable future

TOOLS FOR EVERY JOB
Fast, responsive, and accurate markup tools. Draw with best-in-class ink for flawless Apple Pencil hand-feel and finally replace pen and paper.

CROSS-PLATFORM ACCESS ON ANY DEVICE
Upload your annotated PDFs to the cloud and mark up with others in real time with instant sync. Go Pro in-app for additional storage capacity and advanced features.

WORK YOUR WAY
Customize your workspace by docking your favorite tools and build a toolbar that works for you!

MORE
- Text review markup - freehand highlighter, text highlighter, underline, strikeout, squiggly on PDF.
- Insert lines and shapes - cloud tool, rectangle, ellipse, line, arrow, polygon and polyline on PDF.
- Add text with a range of fonts and text styling options
- Insert images and camera photos onto PDFs.
- Convert JPG and PNG image files to PDF.
- Write, annotate, ink and draw on PDFs.
- Customize and edit annotation colors, stroke widths, and opacities.
- Create new blank PDF documents of different size, color, orientation and page count.
- Insert, rotate and delete PDF pages.
- Open, read, mark up and save large and complex PDF documents.

GET MORE WITH PRO
- Redact text and sections of your PDF documents
- Measure elements on your page with length and area measurement tools and smart page calibration
- Add callouts, hyperlinks and audio notes to your documents
- On-page ruler - measure objects on your page with the ease of using a tape measure

What’s New

Version 2.11.0

Bug Fixes

* Eliminated delay processing pencil input when "Zoom" accessibility option is enabled

* Improved "Tags" popover so it better avoids the edges of the screen

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
142 Ratings

142 Ratings

Collegestudent(polisci) ,

Best pdf app

I love this app! I use it in my iPad, hp laptop, and my phone. It works amazingly on all of them! I read a lot of articles/textbooks since I’m a college student and this app has never failed me. However, I do have one recommendation: consider adding a folder option so that we can better organize pdfs. I have multiple pdfs open that I’m using for different classes and it can be difficult to organize them all, so I frequently get a little frazzled and have to click on each pdf to make sure I have the right one. Add that and you’ll be perfect!

Sharky591 ,

Good for notes often with weird issues

For the majority of the time, the app works great, I used it on my Laptop before getting an iPad and had some issues but were minimal here and there. However, when there are issues, it either doesn’t make sense or its significantly frustrating.
For the first part, there is absolutely no good reason to upload to the Drawboard cloud. For whatever reason, they decided to limit many functionalities for files that are uploaded. The two biggest ones I remember before removing them all from the cloud were you cannot add new pages and you cannot rearrange pages. DO NOT UPLOAD TO THEIR CLOUD as of now. Use OneDrive or Google Drive.
The second part is more frustrating. Every now and again, all of my work won’t be saved, I go back to a document and will find that everything I did in my last session completely gone. This is really annoying because I use Drawboard to take notes in class.
Finally, it seems to be a coin-toss on which tools you can use and which you cannot use. I have the Pro-Lite version I believe and its enough but for whatever reason, moving something to the background or foreground requires the next version. Why are there so many different subscriptions? Why is one thing included but a similar thing not?

TL;DR its good but there’s some quirks you need to be prepared for and don’t upload to their Cloud unless you want to lose some functionalities.

Joshua.Cane ,

How do you add a new page???

Please make it more simple to add a new page. I’ve been pressing everything under the sun to see if it’ll let me add a new page and I can’t find anything. A simple feature like that shouldn’t be hidden away. It’s an otherwise perfect app, I just really need that feature to work.

EDIT: so it turns out, the add page function IS easy to find. Only major issue is that it is only available to local files, not cloud-based files. I was working on a cloud file so it did not give me the option. Once I realized I couldn’t add a page, I decided to just export the file and start the work on another app, but the export PDF had issues. Many of the words/lines I deleted were showing on the export PDF. I had to delete a bunch of stuff and start from new which wasn’t fun when I had an important deadline to meet. Overall I probably won’t be using this app again until these issues are fully ironed out.

App Privacy

The developer, Drawboard Pty Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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