Preview vs FastStone MaxView

Struggling to choose between Preview and FastStone MaxView? Both products offer unique advantages, making it a tough decision.

Preview is a Office & Productivity solution with tags like pdf, images, documents, viewer, macos, opensource.

It boasts features such as View PDFs, images, text files and more, Annotate PDFs with shapes, text boxes, signatures, Basic image editing tools, Fill out and sign PDF forms, Combine PDFs and export as PDF or other formats, Tabbed interface to view multiple files, Quick Look support to preview files, Built-in screen capture tool and pros including Free and included with macOS, Fast and lightweight, Supports many common file formats, Useful annotation and editing tools, Easy to use interface.

On the other hand, FastStone MaxView is a Photos & Graphics product tagged with image-viewer, photo-viewer, image-organizer, photo-organizer, batch-conversion, batch-renaming, batch-resizing.

Its standout features include Supports many image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, RAW, Allows viewing images in fullscreen slideshow mode, Has image editing tools like cropping, resizing, rotating, adjusting brightness/contrast, Allows adding text, shapes, watermarks to images, Can create panoramas by stitching images, Has batch processing tools like rename, resize, convert format, Allows sorting, rating, tagging images, Supports EXIF data viewing, Has customizable interface with skins, Available in multiple languages, and it shines with pros like Free and open source, Lightweight and fast, Intuitive and easy to use, Lots of useful viewing, editing and organizing features, Active development and updates.

Feature	Preview	FastStone MaxView
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Primary Category	Office & Productivity	Photos & Graphics

Product Overview

Preview

Description: Preview is a free and open-source document viewer application for macOS. It allows quick viewing of multiple file formats including images, PDFs, Markdown files, Office documents, and more. Preview has basic editing capabilities and annotation tools for PDFs.

FastStone MaxView

Description: FastStone MaxView is a free, lightweight image viewer and organizer. It has features like batch conversion, renaming, resizing and more. Useful for viewing and organizing photos and images.

Key Features Comparison

Preview Features

• View PDFs, images, text files and more
• Annotate PDFs with shapes, text boxes, signatures
• Basic image editing tools
• Fill out and sign PDF forms
• Combine PDFs and export as PDF or other formats
• Tabbed interface to view multiple files
• Quick Look support to preview files
• Built-in screen capture tool

FastStone MaxView Features

• Supports many image formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, RAW
• Allows viewing images in fullscreen slideshow mode
• Has image editing tools like cropping, resizing, rotating, adjusting brightness/contrast
• Allows adding text, shapes, watermarks to images
• Can create panoramas by stitching images
• Has batch processing tools like rename, resize, convert format
• Allows sorting, rating, tagging images
• Supports EXIF data viewing
• Has customizable interface with skins
• Available in multiple languages

Pros & Cons Analysis

Preview

Pros

• Free and included with macOS
• Fast and lightweight
• Supports many common file formats
• Useful annotation and editing tools
• Easy to use interface

Cons

• Limited functionality compared to paid alternatives
• Lacks advanced PDF editing features
• No OCR for scanning text in images
• No collaboration tools

FastStone MaxView

Pros

• Free and open source
• Lightweight and fast
• Intuitive and easy to use
• Lots of useful viewing, editing and organizing features
• Active development and updates

Cons

• Lacks some advanced editing features of paid software
• No cloud sync or mobile app
• Less third-party extension support compared to some alternatives

Pricing Comparison

Preview

• Free

FastStone MaxView

• Free