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24 alternatives to Sumnotes

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sumnotes launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Good Notes▲86

   Highlight and hand write notes on PDFs

   2014 · goodnotes.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Web Highlights - PDF & Web Highlighter▲190

   Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use

   2024 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Highlights▲5

   Annotate PDFs and Export Summaries

   2017 · highlightsapp.net · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ExplainToMe▲182

   Automatic web article summarizer

   2016 · explaintome.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Notable PDF▲83

   Cloud-based PDF Viewer and Annotation

   2015 · kamiapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Highlight & Summarize: PDF Companion▲129

   Highlight & summarize PDFs effortlessly with powerful tool

   2024 · glasp.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Summarize This▲121

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

   2023 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Web Highlights▲66

   Highlight text on any web page or PDF and take notes

   2022 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   LINER for Chrome▲188

   Highlight everything! From Wikipedia to PDF files

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Studies.Show▲206

    140 character summaries of interesting research papers.

    2015 · studiesshow.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    PDFy▲84

    Imgur for PDF

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    UINotebook▲183

    A notebook for creatives and engineers

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Box Notes▲196

    A note-taking app built for teams

    2017 · box.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    PDF Viewer▲161

    Read, review, and annotate PDFs with ease

    2016 · pdfviewer.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    docs2epub▲201

    Get your favorite docs as eBooks

    2016 · javier.xyz · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Memo▲91

    A new online publication for people curious about the future

    2015 · account.forbes.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Wise Words▲7

    Some of the most interesting pdf's around the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sign and Return▲119

    Free PDF filling and signing over email.

    2016 · signandreturn.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Favorize▲72

    Highlight, share and discover bite-size content

    2016 · favorize.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Doc Hub▲127

    Edit, send & sign PDFs online for free.

    2015 · dochub.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ClipMyNotes▲96

    Export highlights from PDF files with ease.

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PDFLeads▲91

    Get more leads from your pdf content

    2015 · pdfleads.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Collaborate on Slides▲99

    Shared editing and per-slide feedback on presentations

    2016 · slides.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    FlashTabs▲114

    Flashcards in your new tab screen

    2015 · flashtabs.co · 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 →