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About Drawboard PDF
Drawboard PDF is a PDF editor built around markup. You add and edit annotations directly on documents, store and share files, and annotations sync live across devices. It runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and in a web browser.
Drawboard Projects adds a team workspace for design and engineering reviews, with task pins on drawings, custom statuses, threaded conversations, a central task list and unlimited guest access. A set of online quick PDF tools is also offered.
Strengths
- Markup tools designed for pen and touch input
- Annotations sync live across all devices
- Available on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and web
- Task tracking on drawings for design teams
Limitations
- Team review features are aimed at architecture and engineering
- Advanced features sit behind paid plans
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to download, with paid plans for additional features and teams.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Drawboard
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application
- Best suited for
- Marking up drawings and PDFs with a pen, alone or in design teams
- Categories
- PDF tools, 3D and CAD
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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