# PDF Cabinet

> Read, Annotate, Collaborate

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id764366087](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id764366087)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id764366087`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bright Nine, SIA
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (57 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-22
- **First published:** 2013-12-11
- **Size:** 75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pdf-cabinet/id764366087)
- **Website:** [https://pdfcabinet.app](https://pdfcabinet.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pdfcabinet.app/privacy\_policy.html](https://pdfcabinet.app/privacy_policy.html)

## Description

PDF Cabinet is the one app for PDF reading and annotation that avoids menu overload. It keeps the experience clean, fast, and focused on what you want to do: effortless annotation with an intuitive UI, smooth document skim via a thumbnails sidebar, and optimized performance for large PDFs. It also adds iPhone support for on-the-go use.

Share your work with others by sending annotated documents and letting readers see your marks. Real-time collaboration lets several people annotate the same document from different devices, and a dynamic annotation menu plus empty notebooks make quick notes and doodles easy. It supports multiple document formats and convenient options like attaching multiple files in a single email.

## Rankings

- #179,106 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, users praise PDF Cabinet for its simple, clean interface and strong organizing/annotating capabilities, plus its free-to-use model. However, repeated concerns revolve around reliability and data safety (crashes, missing pages, potential loss), inadequate backup/sync options (no robust cloud backup or migration paths), annotation tool limitations, and the absence of desktop support or cross-device syncing.

### Pros

- Simple, clean, user-friendly interface that’s easy to learn.
- Strong PDF organizing and annotation features (notes and highlights) with a consolidated view of notes/highlights.
- Free to use (no subscription) with ongoing updates.
- Good performance on iPad (fast and smooth).

### Cons

- Reliability issues: freezing, crashes, blank pages, and occasional load failures.
- Weak backup/sync options: no built-in cloud backup, difficult migration, and syncing not meeting expectations.
- Annotation tool limitations: not intuitive and some controls (e.g., highlighter size) are limited.
- Data loss risk: reports of losing hundreds of documents; concerns about file safety.
- Lack of desktop/Mac support and cross-device syncing; wish for multi‑platform availability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id764366087)