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PDF Pals

via Setapp

Chat with your PDFs

This app + 240 others in one subscription.

Free for 7 days, then $9.99/month.

MacOS version is available.

Notarized by Apple. This app was scanned for malicious software and none was found.

PDF Pals

MacOS version is available.

Notarized by Apple. This app was scanned for malicious software and none was found.

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Chat with your PDFs

What if the long report you’ve been going over could talk? What if you could just type in some questions and it could give you the answer right away, without having to read (or re-read) it top to bottom? PDF Pals app does exactly that.

version 1.6.0

requires macOS 13.0 or later

PDF Pals features

Interact with your PDFs

Get insights from your PDFs without uploading the files — the app’s OCR engine processes the text and AI analyzes it locally. Get answers quickly and save time!

Get answers with citations

Know exactly where the answers are coming from as PDF Pals provides you with not just the answers to your questions but also cites the sources for said answers from your documents.

Chat with multiple PDFs

Sometimes you need to research a broader topic and just one PDF is not enough. In PDF Pals, you can chat with multiple PDFs at once and get your answers quicker!

No uploads needed

Your PDFs stay on your Mac, no uploads are required. Additionally, the app automatically redacts the sensitive information it detects in your files. There is no in-app analytics either.

Customize your chat

You can customize your experience in PDF Pals — pick response temperature, AI chat model, change response language, use markdown, and more.

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