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Redaction that takes the content out of the file, a one-pass finder for personal data, and certificate signatures. Confidential files never go to an upload site.
Redact with confidence. Nothing leaves your device.
Every PDF tool you actually need.
Free to try.
$29.99 once for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Yours forever.
No subscriptions.
A no-nonsense, full-featured PDF editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Give it a shot for 14 days with the full experience: every feature on, no watermarks, no limits. Like it? Pay $29.99 once, total, and it's yours forever on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. One purchase, not three. Redact, sign, measure, compare, fill and mark up, with your documents kept on your own device. Stop renting your PDF editor.
Free for 14 days$29.99 once for all threeNo subscriptionNo accountNo watermarks
iPadOS 18+macOS 14+iOS 18+
How it works
Give it a shot. Keep it if you like it.
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Download free
Get SpitePDF from the App Store or the Mac App Store. Nothing to pay, no account to make.
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Use everything for 14 days
Every tool, on every device, with no watermarks. One trial covers your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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$29.99 once. Yours forever.
One purchase unlocks Mac, iPhone and iPad for good. No subscription, no tiers. Family Sharing included.
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Don't buy? Still free.
SpitePDF never locks you out of your files. It stays a free PDF reader forever: open, read, search and copy.
The 3-year math
Stop renting your PDF editor.
A typical pro PDF subscription costs $19.99 a month. Here's what that adds up to over three years, next to SpitePDF.
$19.99/month subscription, 36 months$719.64
SpitePDF, Mac + iPhone + iPad$29.99
You keep $689.65. That's 95.8% less.
5 people × $19.99/month, 36 months$3,598.20
5 people × SpitePDF$149.95
A team of five keeps $3,448.25.
Plain arithmetic at the prices shown, before tax. Subscription prices vary by product and region. Check what you pay today.
Five reasons
Pro-grade tools. No annual tax.
Made for the documents people actually work with all day: contracts, drawing sets, tax forms, inspection reports.
01 · Private by construction
Your documents stay on your device.
The PDF engine imports no networking libraries. There's no account to create, no analytics and no tracking. Text recognition runs on your device, not on someone's server.
- The network is used only when you ask: a signature timestamp, a certificate check, submitting a form, or turning a web page into a PDF
- Purchases are confirmed by Apple on your device
- Nothing to upload, so nothing to leak
02 · Designed for one thumb
An iPhone app, not a shrunken desktop.
One dock with three controls, and the screen edges do the rest. Everything is within thumb reach, with no stack of floating toolbars over your page.
- Swipe from the left edge: a short swipe opens a strip of page thumbnails; a long one opens pages, outline, history and search
- Swipe from the right edge: the Inspector, or the options for the tool in your hand
- Right circle: arms a tool, and the dock turns into its colours and widths. The left circle becomes Undo while you draw
- Center pill: tap to search, swipe sideways to scrub pages (you feel a tick at each one), swipe up to see every open PDF
- Day, Night and Sepia page themes that keep your markup colours true
03 · Redaction that removes
A black box over a PDF isn't a redaction.
When a tool only draws a rectangle, the text underneath can still be selected and copied. SpitePDF takes the content out of the file itself.
- Deletes the text under the mark from the page's content
- Clips vector lines and shapes at the redaction edge
- Blacks out the image pixels underneath
- Removes links and comments that overlap the area
- Rewrites the file so older versions aren't left inside it
- Finds SSNs, EINs, card numbers, phone numbers, emails and your own patterns in one pass
Check it yourself: redact a word, save, then search for it or copy the area.
04 · For architects, engineers and builders
Take off quantities on site, on your iPad.
Calibrate a sheet to its scale, then measure lengths, perimeters and areas right on the drawing. Markups travel with the file.
- Architectural, engineering, metric or custom scales, like 1/4" = 1'-0" or 1:100
- Clouds, callouts and threaded replies, with XFDF import and export
- Compare two revisions by text, or overlay them to spot what moved
- Apple Pencil ink with pressure
05 · Signatures, forms and pro output
Sign it properly. Ship it ready.
Fill and calculate forms, sign with a certificate, and check files before they go to print or to someone who relies on a screen reader.
- Certificate signatures (PAdES) with timestamps, plus signature verification
- Password protection with AES-256
- Print preflight for PDF/X, with colour profile and overprint checks
- Accessibility checks: tags, reading order, headings and alt text
- On the Mac: batch actions and hot folders that process files as they arrive
SpitePDF vs Preview
Preview is free. Here's what it can't do.
Apple's Preview is great for reading and quick markup. When the job is redaction, takeoffs, forms or signatures that hold up, it runs out.
| Feature | SpitePDF | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Both do it. SpitePDF does more. | ||
| Highlight, notes, shapes, text boxesPlus clouds, callouts, threaded replies and Apple Pencil ink with pressure, with a list of every comment you can filter and search. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sign with a drawn signatureDraw it once and reuse it on any device, or sign with a certificate that proves who signed and that nothing changed. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fill in formsCalculated fields work, dropdowns and checkboxes behave, and you can flatten the result so it arrives exactly as you filled it. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reorder, rotate, insert and delete pagesA full page organiser, plus merge, split, replace pages and N-up or poster layouts. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Password protectionAES-256 encryption, with separate controls for printing, copying and editing. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Beyond Preview | ||
| Redaction that removes the content underneath | ✓ | Basic |
| Find SSNs, card numbers and emails to redact in one pass | ✓ | — |
| Make scanned pages searchable (OCR) | ✓ | — |
| Measure lengths and areas to scale | ✓ | — |
| Clouds, callouts and XFDF markup exchange | ✓ | — |
| Compare two revisions | ✓ | — |
| Create and edit form fields, calculations | ✓ | — |
| Certificate signatures (PAdES) with timestamps | ✓ | — |
| Headers, footers, page numbers and watermarks | ✓ | — |
| Print preflight (PDF/X) and PDF/A | ✓ | — |
| Accessibility checks | ✓ | — |
| Batch actions and hot folders | ✓ | — |
| Everywhere you work | ||
| MacA native Mac app with a ribbon, tabs, split view and a command palette. | ✓ | ✓ |
| iPhone and iPad, same features | ✓ | Markup only |
| Price | $29.99 once, Mac + iPhone + iPad | Free with macOS |
Preview as shipped with macOS. iPhone and iPad have Markup in Files and Photos, not Preview.
Made for
People who open PDFs for a living.
Architecture, engineering, construction
Scale takeoffs, clouds and callouts, revision overlays, and XFDF so markups survive the trip to everyone else's software.
Take off quantities and catch revisions on your iPad.
Freelancers and small businesses
Sign contracts, fill tax forms, merge receipts and search scanned invoices, a few times a week, without a monthly bill for it.
Pay $29.99 once. Never rent a PDF editor again.
Mac power users
Native Swift on the Mac with a fast rendering engine, thousands of automated tests behind the file engine, and batch actions with hot folders.
Fast, native, and private by design.
Gallery
One app, three shapes.
Tap any screen to see it full size.
Videos
Watch it work.
Real screen recordings and tours of the app. Nothing is mocked up.
Mac tour
iPhone, in use
Marking up a drawing set
iPad tour
iPhone tour
PricingFree to try.
Free to try.
$29.99 once. Forever.
Every feature, no watermarks on your files, and nothing to pay to start. One trial is shared across your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
$29.99 once
- Mac, iPhone and iPad with one Apple Account
- Every feature included. No pro tier, no subscription
- Family Sharing included at no extra cost
Day 15, if you don't buy: SpitePDF never locks you out of your files. It becomes a free reader for good: open, read, search and copy, with your page themes intact.
Support
We're here to help.
Questions, bugs or purchase problems: email support@spitepdf.com. Include your device, its OS version and the SpitePDF version (Settings → About). We usually reply within two business days.
Free trial and purchase
SpitePDF is free to download and includes one 14-day free trial of every feature, shared across your devices. After the trial, a single one-time purchase of $29.99 (US; local prices vary) unlocks SpitePDF permanently. It is not a subscription.
One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac when you use the same Apple Account.
Sharing with your family
Family Sharing is included. Once you buy SpitePDF, up to five family members in your Apple Family Sharing group can use it too, at no extra cost.
Restoring your purchase
On a new device, open SpitePDF and tap Restore Purchases in Settings. Make sure you are signed in with the Apple Account that made the purchase.
Refunds
We think you'll love SpitePDF, and the 14-day trial lets you try every feature before you pay. If something isn't working for you, or there's a feature you'd like to see, email us at support@spitepdf.com. We read every message and would rather fix the problem.
Purchases are made through Apple, so refund requests are handled by Apple under its own policies. You can submit one at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Privacy Policy · Effective October 13, 2026
Your documents are yours.
SpitePDF does not collect any data. Your documents never leave your device unless you share them yourself.
Your documents
SpitePDF opens, edits and saves PDFs locally on your device, or in the storage location you choose (for example iCloud Drive through the Files app). We have no servers that receive your files, annotations, signatures or form entries.
No analytics, ads or tracking
SpitePDF contains no analytics, advertising or tracking code, and no third-party SDKs that collect data. We do not create accounts or ask for personal information.
Network use
SpitePDF connects to the network only when you choose to submit a form or request a signature timestamp, and only to the address that form or timestamp service names.
Purchases
The free trial and the one-time purchase are processed by Apple through the App Store. Apple gives SpitePDF only an anonymous confirmation that a purchase exists. We never see your name, email or payment details. See the Apple Privacy Policy.
Crash reports
If you have opted in to share analytics with developers in your device settings, Apple may provide anonymous crash reports. These contain no document content.
Children
SpitePDF collects no information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Privacy questions: support@spitepdf.com.