Open Source Adobe Acrobat Reader Alternatives for Android

There are many alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Android alternative is MuPDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader and 11 are open source and available for Android so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Android alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader are Linwood Butterfly, Document Viewer, MJ PDF Reader and Secure PDF Viewer.

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  1. MuPDF icon

    MuPDF

     164 likes

    MuPDF offers a highly versatile PDF, XPS, and eBook interpreter, customizable as a renderer, viewer, or toolkit. Features include digital signatures, redactions, form filling, annotations, and page manipulation, ideal for mobile, eBooks, and embedded apps supporting Java, C++, and Python.

    95 MuPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Xfce
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    MuPDF vs Adobe Acrobat Reader Comments
    Pro Daddy
    Negative
    3

    It doesn't have several major features that adobe reader has. MuPDF just open files that's all. no options at all, no resizing, no editing, no change in view, there is nothing.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    If reading PDFs is all you need, this app is just wonderful. No editing tools or other bloat.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    malcmerlyn
    Negative
    -4

    Not available on Apple Store (Ipad 6, ios 17.5.1)

    • MuPDF is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
    • MuPDF is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat Reader is not according to our users
  2. Linwood Butterfly icon

    Linwood Butterfly

     43 likes

    Butterfly is a note-taking app where your ideas come first. You can paint, add texts, and export them easily on every device. This app works on android, windows, linux, and in the web.

    48 Linwood Butterfly alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • AltStore
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
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  4. Document Viewer icon

    Document Viewer

     49 likes

    Document Viewer is a highly customizable document viewer for Android, fork of the last GPL version of EBookDroid .

    160 Document Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    Document Viewer vs Adobe Acrobat Reader Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    3

    open source, fast, lightweight, support for many formats, many available settings

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    For android smartphones, its the best choice as it is opensource and has many features.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Document Viewer is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Document Viewer is Customizable and Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat Reader is not according to our users
  5. MJ PDF Reader icon

    MJ PDF Reader

     28 likes

    A totally free of cost and ads PDF documents reader.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    MJ PDF Reader vs Adobe Acrobat Reader Comments
    Port5000
    Positive
    0

    Much more simpler UI, it has all you'd need to open and view pdf files without any kind of registration or tracking or any ads

    • MJ PDF Reader is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat Reader is Freemium and Proprietary
    • MJ PDF Reader is Privacy focusedAdobe Acrobat Reader is not according to our users
  7. Sav PDF Viewer icon

    Sav PDF Viewer

     3 likes

    The simplest PDF viewer. Safe (doesn't require permissions), lightweight (just 6,9MB) and modern.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    Sav PDF Viewer screenshot 1
     
  9. Orion Viewer icon

    Orion Viewer

     8 likes

    Orion is a pdf, djvu, xps and cbz file viewer for Android devices, based on mupdf and DjVuLibre libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  10. SpeedyNote icon

    SpeedyNote

     2 likes

    SpeedyNote is a fast, open-source note-taking application designed for stylus users who need iPad-quality annotation on budget hardware. Built with native C++ and Qt, it delivers 360Hz stylus input on hardware as modest as an Intel Celeron N4000 at 1.

    51 SpeedyNote alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • iPad
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  11. Pdf Viewer Plus icon

    Pdf Viewer Plus

     9 likes

    A simple PDF document viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Pdf Viewer Plus screenshot 1
     
  12. Shelf (Maui Applications) icon

    Shelf (Maui Applications)

     2 likes

    Shelf is a convergent document viewer that supports PDF and EPUB files. With Shelf, you can organize your document collection by creating tags, like other Maui applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
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  13. modern computer flatboat icon

    modern computer flatboat

     2 likes

    modern computer flatboat is a mobile pdf viewer written in Qt and using MuPDF's libfitz.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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