What are the best PDF viewers for Android?

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10 Options Considered

Best PDF viewers for Android	Price	Platforms	Mobile App
-- Xodo PDF Reader & Editor	Free	Android	-
-- MuPDF	Free	Windows, Linux, Android, iOS	-
-- Librera Reader	Free	-	-
-- MEGA	Free / paid	Windows; Android; iOS; Mac OS X; Chrome OS; Linux	Yes
-- PDF Viewer	-	-	-

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score 21 · Answer 1

Xodo PDF Reader & Editor

Top Pro

Efficient user interface

You get what you want by few interactions. See More

Top Con

Incitation to update to Pro Version

Specs

Platforms:Android

Top Pro

Works great with diverse cloud services (e.g. Seafile) and saves changed documents on the fly in the cloud

Top Con

Column view buggy

Sometimes the column view is not correctly displayed. See More

Top Pro

Very (very) good support

Feature Requests and bugs are nicely handled. See More

Top Con

No more Google Drive API

Xodo has stopped Google Drive API compatibility. See More

Top Pro

Multi-tabs

Can open more than one PDF at a time in tabs. See More

Top Con

Lag when reading

When switching pages, there can be some lag and a re-zoom of the page. See More

Top Pro

PDF can be read from SD Card

Xodo does not copy the PDF files to the internal memory. See More

Top Pro

Reflow

App can reflow any PDF for an enhanced reading on small terminals. The process is a bit slow but works for every PDF. See More

Top Pro

No ads

The reader offers a lot of features for free with no ads. See More

Top Pro

Great handling for S-Pen/Digitizer

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score 5 · Answer 2

MuPDF

Top Pro

Free (as in freedom) software

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Android, iOS

Top Pro

Very stable

Top Pro

Simple to use

Top Pro

Super fast

It was written in C and opengl, so your hardware was used fully. See More

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score 4 · Answer 3

Librera Reader

Top Con

Ads

Ads are not discreet and just below the viewer tools. See More

score 1 · Answer 4

MEGA

Top Pro

Fast

Although mainly Mega is a Cloud service but its PDF reader is extremely fast compared to other PDF readers. The only thing is it reduces image quality but it's not much so you wouldn't really care. It's really fast at loading pages on PDF file up to 50-80MB. See More

Top Con

Crashes on big files

If the file size gets a bit bigger than it's supposed to be, like about 100MB, then it might crash or take a bit long to load. See More

3Dot's Experience

Surprisingly I've been using Mega PDF viewer more than Adobe acrobat, but if the size of the file gets a bit higher than usual(around 100) then I would switch to Adobe. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; Android; iOS; Mac OS X; Chrome OS; Linux

Top Pro

Client-side encryption

All files uploaded to Mega are first encrypted on the users side. To access files a decryption key must be supplied. For ease of use, the decryption key can be appended to the URL you share. See More

Top Pro

Easy to use

Just drag and drop files in the browser window, then create a link for sharing. You will need an account to create a link. To streamline the process for new users you can start uploading as soon as you access the website and create an account while it's uploading. See More

Top Pro

Cross platform

Linux, Windows and Mac. See More

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score 2 · Answer 5

PDF Viewer

Add Video or Image

score 6 · Answer 6

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Top Con

Does not work without log-in

Adobe is one of the biggest data harvesting companies. See More

Top Pro

Real All PDF

There isn't a PDF file which cannot be read by this app. See More

Malcolm Merlyn's Experience

Just do the work See More

Top Pro

Cloud compatible

Can connect to Dropbox and Google Drive. See More

Top Pro

SD location recognition

Locate SD location and scan it quickly. See More

Top Pro

Multiple view modes

Page, scrolling, two-page (in landscape) and a reflow mode. See More

Top Pro

Just works

The app reads all PDF files. See More

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score 7 · Answer 7

Foxit PDF Reader

Top Con

painfully slow

very slow and buggiest..almost everytime .freeze and stop working See More

PerseveringHadur's Experience

Very bad See More

score 3 · Answer 8

WPS Office + PDF

Add Video or Image

score 2 · Answer 9

Flexcil Notes & PDF Reader - Notebook, Note-taking

Add Video or Image

score 1 · Answer 10

Google PDF Viewer

Add Video or Image

10 Options Considered

My Recommendation for Xodo PDF Reader & Editor

My Recommendation for Xodo PDF Reader & Editor

Efficient user interface

Incitation to update to Pro Version

Works great with diverse cloud services (e.g. Seafile) and saves changed documents on the fly in the cloud

Column view buggy

Very (very) good support

No more Google Drive API

Multi-tabs

Lag when reading

PDF can be read from SD Card

Reflow

No ads

Great handling for S-Pen/Digitizer

My Recommendation for MuPDF

My Recommendation for MuPDF

Free (as in freedom) software

Very stable

Simple to use

Super fast

My Recommendation for Librera Reader

My Recommendation for Librera Reader

Ads

My Recommendation for MEGA

My Recommendation for MEGA

Fast

Crashes on big files

Client-side encryption

Easy to use

Cross platform

My Recommendation for PDF Viewer

My Recommendation for PDF Viewer

My Recommendation for Adobe Acrobat Reader

My Recommendation for Adobe Acrobat Reader

Does not work without log-in

Real All PDF

Cloud compatible

SD location recognition

Multiple view modes

Just works

My Recommendation for Foxit PDF Reader

My Recommendation for Foxit PDF Reader

painfully slow

My Recommendation for WPS Office + PDF

My Recommendation for WPS Office + PDF

My Recommendation for Flexcil Notes & PDF Reader - Notebook, Note-taking

My Recommendation for Flexcil Notes & PDF Reader - Notebook, Note-taking

My Recommendation for Google PDF Viewer

My Recommendation for Google PDF Viewer

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My Recommendation for PDF Reader

My Recommendation for PDF Reader

My Recommendation for FullReader

My Recommendation for FullReader

My Recommendation for PDF Reader Pro

My Recommendation for PDF Reader Pro

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