Annotate PDFs with Papaya PDF
Highlight, comment, draw, add links, and mark up PDF pages in one local-first editor.
Choose PDF to annotate Annotations stay on your device while you review and export them.How it works
1Open your PDF
2Add highlights, comments, links, or drawings
3Save or export the annotated PDF
Annotations stay on your device while you review and export them.
Start editing your PDF
Fill and sign PDFsFill form fields, add text where fields are missing, place signatures, and export a completed PDF.Redact PDFsMark sensitive information, review every redaction, and save a cleaned PDF with the covered text removed.Edit PDF textOpen a PDF, edit text and layout, then export the finished document from a fast local-first PDF editor.
Frequently asked questions
Are my PDF files uploaded?
Papaya PDF is built around local document processing. The editor works with your PDF on your device instead of requiring an upload-first workflow.
Can I keep editing after using this tool?
Yes. These tools open into the full Papaya PDF editor, so you can continue editing text, pages, forms, signatures, annotations, and exports from the same workspace.
Why are PDFs hard to edit?
PDFs are finished page descriptions, not live word-processing documents. Read the Papaya PDF post about why PDF editing is tricky.