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24 alternatives to Highlights

Annotate PDFs and Export Summaries

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Highlights launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sumnotes▲131

   Export highlights from PDFs

   2016 · sumnotes.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Notable PDF▲83

   Cloud-based PDF Viewer and Annotation

   2015 · kamiapp.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PDF Viewer▲161

   Read, review, and annotate PDFs with ease

   2016 · pdfviewer.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Highlight & Summarize: PDF Companion▲129

   Highlight & summarize PDFs effortlessly with powerful tool

   2024 · glasp.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   ExplainToMe▲182

   Automatic web article summarizer

   2016 · explaintome.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   PDF Expert for Mac▲187

   The best PDF viewer, editor, and form filler available.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   PDFpen▲110

   Full-featured PDF editor for Mac, with OCR and Word export.

   2016 · textexpander.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Web Highlights - PDF & Web Highlighter▲190

   Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use

   2024 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Summarize This▲121

   Summarize text, YouTube, tweets, and anything else you want

   2023 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    PDF Expert 2▲150

    Fast, robust and beautiful PDF editor

    2016 · pdfexpert.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Office for Mac▲220

    Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Good Notes▲86

    Highlight and hand write notes on PDFs

    2014 · goodnotes.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    LINER for Chrome▲188

    Highlight everything! From Wikipedia to PDF files

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    docs2epub▲201

    Get your favorite docs as eBooks

    2016 · javier.xyz · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Preview▲6

    View and edit PDFs and JPEG, TIFF and PNG

    2017 · support.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    UINotebook▲183

    A notebook for creatives and engineers

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Klib▲178

    Kindle & iBooks Highlights Manager

    2017 · en.toolinbox.net · its alternatives →

18. 18
    PDFy▲84

    Imgur for PDF

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    OneNote for Mac▲84

    All your notes, on all your devices

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ClipMyNotes▲96

    Export highlights from PDF files with ease.

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Highlights.Email▲115

    Export Kobo Highlights via Email

    2025 · highlights.email · its alternatives →

23. 23
    eBook Generator▲142

    Transform your PDF into a beautiful eBook

    2014 · hub.uberflip.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Do for Mac▲123

    Run productive meetings

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →