GoodReader PDF Editor & Viewer

User reviews

• Pixion101 ★★★★☆ v6.0.1230 2026-09-29

  Consider ‘night reading mode’ by inverting colors

  The reader is great for pdf’s and I have been using it for over a decade. I like the night feature where you can reduce the white level of a pdf using a slider in the bottom left menu. What would even be greater is if the slider ‘could go negative’ as to invert the black and whites so that black text on white becomes white text on black, just like the night feature in the Books app. Btw, thanks for making the ‘tap zone’ optional! I just updated the app after writing a request for this and was positively surprized its optional in the latest version.

• Squidbait ★★★★★ v6.0.1230 2026-09-12

  Video bookmark update still needed.

  Been using for many, many years. Fantastic App. This is the only app of this sort that i use. I used it to sign and return documents for both probates and property sales. Something changed, though. The save video bookmark no longer works to download videos from certain sites. Error message indicates incorrect address. Can't tell if it's the Source address or the phone file address. PLEASE UPDATE! Still works on an iPhone 6s Plus that can’t be upgraded anymore, but newer versions of iOS don’t work.

From the App Store Source

First released in 2009, GoodReader® is truly a veteran of the App Store. In the modern app business, it's not easy to stay relevant that long. We're proud to say that after 17 years and counting, we've been delivering wonderful updates with extraordinary new features. And we're going to keep doing that! GoodReader is a perfect combination of document-reading and file-managing capabilities. It's your one-stop shop for all your document needs on your iOS device. Use the app once, and you'll be hooked. Soon you'll be wondering how you ever managed to work without it. -= File Reading =- PDF, TXT, MS Office, iWork, HTML, pictures, music & audio-books, videos. This is what you can view in GoodReader, plus you can also annotate PDF files and edit TXT files. -= PDF Reading and Annotating =- PDF files is where GoodReader truly shines. Reading experience is so superior, it's hard to describe. To rephrase one of our customers' review, "try it, and you'll see." While you're at it, give our PDF Reflow feature a try. You'll be surprised how much better PDF reading goes when you don't have to scroll left/right all the time, for every single line of text. Annotating PDFs is another star feature of our app. Adding notes and drawings, highlighting text, and then sharing your annotated files or annotation summaries will be your main productivity and collaboration asset. -= File Management =- While reading files is a big part of GoodReader, it's not all it can do. It can also serve as a central hub for all your files, even those that can't be opened by GoodReader itself. It's like bringing your personal computer experience to your mobile device — easily managing huge collections of files and folders will make you forget you don't have your laptop around. -= Connecting =- Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box.com, WebDAV, SMB, FTP, SFTP — these are all accessible from inside GoodReader. Download, upload, and sync individual files or huge folder collections. -= Security =- With GoodReader, your data security steps up to the level previously only dreamt of. With Pro Pack®, our new set of professional-level super-features, you'll get AES-256, a military-grade encryption, for all your data, at a price of a cup of coffee! And it's completely independent from the built-in Apple's Data Protection, so even if a hacker steals and unlocks your device, your data will still be protected by another strong layer of security, our own. -= Multi-Windows =- Seamlessly view and manage multiple files simultaneously on iPad. -= Notes =- Capture ideas and comments while reading or studying a technical document without even leaving the app. Sort and group your notes into categories. (Note: Some features require a Pro Pack® subscription.)

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