I’ve been trying to figure out whether I could just use GoodNotes as my PDF reader/annotator, but it adds another layer of complexity since I can’t just open from the file system and edit in place. It’s a “good” app, but I don’t love using it (especially the iOS version). About six months ago, I started using PDFPenPro again. But I won’t accept a subscription priced PDF app, either. I still have PDF Expert on my Mac and iPad, because like you, it’s been my favorite. It’s probably as feature rich as PDF Expert but all that is hidden behind an atrocious UI that hasn’t been touched in years, probably since the app launched. Highlights is nice, but it only does highlights and does not support annotating with Apple Pencil. Foxit was probably the closest feature-wise and is much cheaper. I’ve been through a number of other apps on the iPad but wasn’t happy with any of them. I can’t deny part of the reason now was my intent to support Readdle as such, especially given the current circumstances, as they have always been quick to reply to support emails and I also get a lot out of Spark, in which I basically live day in day out, and which is free. As PDF Expert is central to my workflow I have decided to subscribe now even though it’s definitely not cheap. Readdle has always been fair in not forcing users to upgrade, or upgrade to a subscription - you always got to keep what you paid for previously. So due to Apple’s store requirements, developers who distribute via App store are fairly restricted in what they can do in terms of pricing. There’s no good way to offer update pricing. Developers can only charge fully for new apps or provide subscriptions. Part of the problem is the Mac/iOS stores themselves. But after 1 year I can always go back to the “old” features which I love. I might subscribe for one year and see how much extra value it provides. But the price for educators (who already have PDF Expert from the past) will be $20 for the first year, $40 for ongoing years. I imagine they’ll add more features in the future.Įducational pricing for upgrading the new features are not in place yet: I think it comes out this week or next. The only features that I can see that are new to v3 (and thus need an upgrade) are scanning/OCR and exporting. If you subscribe all is unlocked on all versions for you: Mac, iPad, and iPhone. But there’s no need to do this and the old features work as before. If you want to use a new feature beyond v2 then you are prompted to unlock the additional features. No nagging involved for me (except maybe the first time). Upgrading to 3 is free for version 2 users. And others: There’s a lot of posts here in relatively little time and I have not read all of them (about 70% of them only) so I may be repeating info.
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