MarginNote vs pdf-notes

MarginNote

Description: MarginNote is a PDF and EPUB reader designed for students, teachers, and academics to facilitate active reading, note-taking, highlighting, and annotation. It helps organize ideas, study content deeply, and gain insights.

Type: software

pdf-notes

Description: pdf-notes is a free, open source software for annotating PDF files on Windows, Mac and Linux. It allows adding text notes, highlights, drawings and stamps to PDFs.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

MarginNote Features

• PDF and EPUB reader
• Note taking and annotation
• Highlighting
• Organization of notes and highlights
• Sync notes across devices
• Dictionary lookup
• Text to speech

pdf-notes Features

• Add text notes
• Highlight text
• Draw shapes and lines
• Add stamps
• Support for PDF forms
• Sync notes across devices
• Search notes
• Export/import annotations
• Dark mode

MarginNote

• Not listed

pdf-notes

• Open Source