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PDF Search

Find anything in a PDF with AI

PDF Search helps you locate facts and passages across large PDF collections, including text inside images. It suits you if you regularly work through long reports, research papers, or scanned documents.

by Muharrem Ozkan · 92% positive (370)

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Helps you Search inside PDFs & scans 9 Edit, sign & annotate PDFs 17

What you get

Find the PDF passages you need without reading every page.

When you need a figure, quotation, or specific passage, you can search across multiple PDFs rather than open each document separately. PDF Search helps you work through thousands of pages, including text inside images. If you mistype a keyword or don't know the exact wording, you can still find relevant material through related terms and different word combinations.

You get ranked results that show whether a match appears in a title, heading, or body text, with newer files given priority. Once you find the right passage, you can read it in the app and highlight or underline what matters. You can also export just the pages you need, so you don't have to pass along an entire document.

  • Search across your collection

    You can look for facts across multiple PDFs at once instead of checking documents individually.

  • Find imperfect matches

    You can locate related content even when your keywords contain typos or don't match the document's exact wording.

  • Find text inside images

    You can search words embedded in PDF images, not just ordinary document text.

  • Keep useful passages marked

    You can highlight and underline findings while reading, making important passages easier to revisit.

  • Export only relevant pages

    You can save selected pages without including the rest of the PDF.

Best for

  • You regularly search long reports for facts and figures.
  • You work with large collections of research PDFs.
  • You need to locate text in scanned PDFs.

Skip it if

You probably don't need it if you only search short, text-based PDFs and your current reader already finds what you need.

Screenshots

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From the developer

When you’re trying to hunt down specific facts or figures, PDFs can be tricky documents to handle, sometimes running hundreds of pages long. And with standard apps, such as Preview, going only so far, quick and easy text search is a challenge. Enter PDF Search.
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