Alternatives to krop
Simple graphical tool for cropping PDF pages and splitting them into subpages for e-readers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
krop
Simple graphical tool for cropping PDF pages and splitting them into subpages for e-readers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as krop.
K2pdfopt
A tool that reflows and resizes PDF and DjVu files for reading on e-readers and phones.
K2pdfopt reflows multi-column and scanned PDFs for small screens with optional OCR, runs on Windows too, but its graphical interface is built in only on Windows.
PDF Arranger
Drag PDF pages into the order you want, rotate them, crop them, and merge two files together.
PDF Arranger crops, rotates and reorders pages with thumbnails on Windows and Linux, but it does not split pages into subpages for e-readers.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
pdfjam
Command-line tool that combines, n-ups, rotates, scales and rearranges PDF pages into print-ready files.
ReadEra
An ad-free reader for Android and iOS that opens ebooks, PDFs, office documents and comics.
Librera Reader
A customizable Android reader for PDF, EPUB, MOBI, DjVu, FB2 and comic book files.
PDF Mix Tool
A lightweight open-source Linux app for merging, splitting, rotating and rearranging PDF pages.
mutool (MuPDF)
Command-line companion to MuPDF for PDF extraction, cleaning and merging.
