PDF Reader & Editor | Xodo

Productivity

6.8~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.2 Google Play·10M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-10-06

Screenshots

Store promo slide reading The all-in-one PDF app, with a man in a business suit checking his phone against a grey office background

Three five-star quote cards in green, orange and blue praising annotation tools, comments and editing a document on the go

Annotate mode on a tenancy agreement page with a blue freehand circle and a colour grid panel open below the toolbar

Dark-mode Toolbox listing Scan Documents, Image to PDF, eSign PDF, Convert from PDF, Convert to PDF, Manage PDF and Redact PDF, with PDF to Word and Compress PDF in recent actions

About PDF Reader & Editor | Xodo

Xodo is a PDF reader and editor for iPhone, iPad and Android that is free to read and annotate with, but its own plan guide says the free plan puts a watermark on documents. A subscription, $11.99 a month on the US App Store, adds Word and Excel export, redaction, Smart Pen and unlimited Xodo Actions. The same Toolbox also scans, signs and fills forms, and opened files can be edited offline.

App information

DeveloperXodo Technologies Inc.

Version11.3.0 (Android) · 9.18.0 (iOS)

Size108 MB

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsNo

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating4+

Requires (Android)Android 7.0+

Requires (iOS)iOS 16.0+

Offline modeYes, for files already on the device; documents in cloud storage must be downloaded first

Interface languagesNL, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID + 7 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.2 from 475,863 ratings

Installs10M+

Updated by developer2026-09-25

Data checked2026-10-06

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-10-06. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Xodo Review: Free to Mark Up, Watermarked Until You Pay

Xodo Actions, a daily limit and where the watermark comes in

Reading and annotating are the free core, and Xodo's support pages say they stay free for personal use, while business use needs a paid licence. Everything else runs through Xodo Actions, a tab grouped as Convert from PDF, Convert to PDF, Edit, Manage and Convert From Office. Most are free up to a daily limit that resets the next day, and a grey bar on the Tools tab shows how many free actions are left. The plan guide on its site adds that documents get a watermark on free-plan usage. Google Play reviewers tie that to saving and sharing: one says a PDF the app never touched still came out marked when shared, another that read-only files now land in a protected folder unless you pay or accept the mark. By contrast, Adobe Scan's free files carry no watermark, although its free text recognition stops at five pages.

Annotate mode, Smart Pen and the tools that stay locked

Annotate mode is the strongest free part. Its toolbar covers highlight, underline, strikeout, freehand drawing, typed text and sticky notes, and colour, opacity and line thickness can all be changed, with a picker offering Grid, Spectrum and Sliders tabs. Apple Pencil and Samsung S Pen are both supported. Smart Pen is the paid shortcut: it lays text markup and ink on the page without switching tools. Annotating while in Reader mode is on the subscription list too. Fill & Sign is free within the daily limit, and a signature can be typed, drawn or imported from an image. Redact PDF blacks out text, whole pages or a page range for good, but it sits in the paid Redaction Toolbar, next to the Word, PowerPoint, Excel and HTML export.

$11.99 a month, a trial on the annual plan only, and the data it lists

The US App Store lists Xodo Mobile at $11.99 monthly and $107.99 yearly, and Xodo's plan guide puts the Android yearly plan at $109.99. Prices are regional and change, so check the subscription sheet in the app. The 3-day free trial exists on the annual plan only, and the Android subscription page says refunds are not offered, with cancelling done through Google Play. A mobile subscription also opens Xodo Web. On data, the Android listing, published by Apryse Software Inc., lists name, email, user ID, phone number and approximate location as collected and says some of it is shared with other companies. The App Store label says usage data may be used for tracking. Data is encrypted in transit and deletion can be requested.

Pros

Annotate mode covers highlight, underline, strikeout, freehand, text and sticky notes at no cost
Reading and annotating stay free for personal use, according to Xodo's support pages
Toolbox lists Scan Documents, Image to PDF, eSign PDF and Compress PDF together
Files open from iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox, then work offline once downloaded
Apple Pencil and Samsung S Pen are supported for handwriting and markup
Light, dark and sepia reading modes, plus tabs for several open PDFs

Cons

Free plan adds watermarks and caps most Xodo Actions with a daily limit
Word and Excel export, redaction, Smart Pen and Reader-mode annotation all need the subscription
The 3-day trial is annual-only, and the Android subscription page says refunds are not offered
Reviewers report notes that fail to save, crashes and full-screen upgrade pop-ups

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Verdict

The score rewards a deep annotation toolbox and a scanner, converter and signer in one Toolbox, then docks the watermark, the daily action limit and the $11.99 monthly price. Take it if you mostly read, highlight and sign PDFs on a phone or tablet, or you will pay for Word export and redaction. Skip it if you need clean exports for free, must pass other people's files on unmarked, or prefer Adobe Acrobat Reader's free Fill & Sign.

Core function8.0Annotate, Fill & Sign, scanning, conversion and compression cover most PDF jobs, but Word export and redaction are paid.

Ease of use7.5A bottom Files bar, Toolbox and Actions tab are clear, yet reviewers call file opening awkward and the upgrade pop-ups intrusive.

Monetisation5.0Watermarks, a daily action limit, an annual-only trial and $11.99 a month outweigh the generous free annotation.

Performance6.5Opened files edit offline, but reviewers across several languages report vanished notes, failed saves and crashes on long study sessions.

Privacy & permissions6.0Google Play lists name, email, phone and approximate location as collected, partly shared; the App Store label flags usage data for tracking.

6.8out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Does Xodo add a watermark to my PDFs?

On the free plan it can. Xodo's own plan guide lists watermarks on documents as a free-plan limit, and Google Play reviewers report them on saved and shared copies, even for files they only opened. Reading and annotating stay free for personal use. Most Xodo Actions are free up to a daily limit, and a subscription lifts both.

Can Xodo scan documents and make them searchable?

Yes to scanning. Scan Documents in the Toolbox offers auto-shutter capture, cropping, image clean-up and rearranging pages, and Image to PDF turns gallery photos into a PDF. Saving scans as searchable text with OCR is listed under the paid subscription on the App Store. One premium user on Google Play says scanning is the one thing that still needs work.

How much does Xodo cost, and is the subscription worth it?

The US App Store lists Xodo Mobile at $11.99 monthly and $107.99 yearly, and Xodo's guide puts the Android yearly plan at $109.99, with a 3-day trial on the annual plan only. It pays off if you convert to Word, redact or annotate in Reader mode often. For reading and highlighting, the free plan is enough. Prices vary by region.

Does Xodo work offline?

Yes for files already on the device. Xodo says that once a file is downloaded or opened you can read and edit it without a connection, so documents kept in Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or iCloud need downloading first. Subscriptions are cancelled in the App Store or Google Play rather than inside the app, and Xodo's Android page says refunds are not offered.

What is a free alternative to Xodo without a watermark?

Adobe Acrobat Reader is the closest swap: its App Store listing names Fill & Sign, sticky notes, comments and highlighting as free-to-use features and sells its editing tools by subscription. Adobe Scan keeps free scans watermark-free but limits free text recognition to five pages. Xodo's edge is that scanning, conversion and annotation share one Toolbox.