Apps that don’t track you
Four facts about each app: does it need a login, can you pay once, does it share your data, does it work offline. Each fact links to where we read it. This table carries no scores. How we read them.
Read on 2026-10-07
| App | Platforms | No login | Pay once | No data shared | Works offline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReadEra | android | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| Google Play Books | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| PDFgear | mac | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| Highlights | mac | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| PDFgear | iphone, ipad | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| WPS Office | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| Xodo | android | Yes source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| Apple Books | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| DocHub | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| Foxit PDF Editor | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Goodnotes | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| GoodReader | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| iAnnotate 4 | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| LibreOffice Draw | mac | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Librera | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| LiquidText | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Moon+ Reader | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Notability | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| PDF Viewer Pro | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| pdfFiller | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| pdfFiller | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 |
| Sejda PDF Desktop | mac | Yes (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | No (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | mac | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No (developer says) source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | android | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Foxit PDF Editor | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Foxit PDF Reader | mac | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| iLovePDF | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Nitro PDF Pro | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| PDF Expert | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| PDF Viewer by Nutrient | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| PDFelement | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |
| Smallpdf | iphone, ipad | Not stated source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | No source 2026-10-07 | Not stated source 2026-10-07 |