Mac-only: PDF → Pages & Numbers

The only PDF app that converts to Pages & Numbers

Read PDFs. Annotate. Convert to Pages & Numbers.

Paginel is a native PDF editor for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. On Mac, export directly to Apple iWork — the workflow Preview and PDF Expert can't offer.

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Convert to Pages

PDF Viewer·Highlights & notes

macOS

Read · Annotate · Organize · Sign · Convert iWork

iPhone

Read · Annotate · Organize · Sign

iPad

Read · Annotate · Organize · Sign

Features

What Paginel ships today — PDF reading, a full annotation toolset, page management, signatures, and iWork conversion on Mac.

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Convert to Pages & Numbers

Paginel on Mac exports PDFs to native iWork formats so you can keep editing in Apple's ecosystem.

Export .pages or .numbers via Pages/Numbers
DOCX/XLSX fallback when automation is unavailable
Requires Pages or Numbers installed on your Mac

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Comfortable PDF reading

Native reading on Mac, iPhone, and iPad — built on PDFKit with an Ink & Parchment interface that keeps focus on content.

Zoom: Fit Width, Fit Page, 100%, or custom 10%–800%
Layout: single page, continuous scroll, or two-up
Search, outline & page thumbnails, text selection/copy

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Full annotation toolset

Mark up PDFs in place and save back to the original file — no separate export step.

Highlight, underline, strikethrough — adjustable thickness & opacity
Freehand drawing (Mac & iPad), shapes, arrows, text boxes, sticky notes
Six-color palette plus a custom color picker

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Organize pages

Rearrange PDFs without leaving the app — on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Rotate, delete, and drag to reorder pages
Insert pages from another PDF at any position
Extract selected pages or split a document into multiple files

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Sign documents

Draw a signature once, reuse it anywhere — stored privately on your device.

Draw and save multiple signatures
Place, resize, and stamp onto any page
A visual signature like Preview's — not a cryptographic e-signature

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OCR for scanned PDFs

PDF is just a scan? Vision framework recognizes text automatically during conversion — Vietnamese and English supported.

Built into the iWork conversion flow
On-device recognition, nothing sent to the cloud
Results are a starting point — layout may need manual tweaks

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Mac, iPhone & iPad

One app across Apple devices — read, annotate, organize pages, and sign everywhere; iWork conversion on Mac.

macOS 14+, iOS & iPadOS 17+
Open files via Files or the system picker
Convert on Mac only; everything else works on every device

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Private on-device

Your files stay on your device. No account, no cloud sync — App Store sandbox protects file access.

Open multiple PDFs in one session
Security-scoped access per Apple standards
No account, no sign-in

Why Paginel?

Preview is free but can't convert. PDF Expert is great for editing — but can't export to iWork.

	Paginel	Preview	PDF Expert
Read & annotate PDF	✓	✓	✓
Convert to Pages	✓	—	—
Convert to Numbers	✓	—	—
OCR for scanned PDFs	✓	—	Varies
On-device, no account	✓	✓	—

Simple pricing

One purchase per platform. No account, no subscription required to read and annotate.

Free

$0to start

Read PDFs, highlight, add notes, and manage pages on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

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Paginel Pro

Mac only

TBDone-time

Unlock PDF → Pages & Numbers conversion and OCR for scanned documents on Mac.

Notify at launch

Final App Store pricing will be announced before launch. No cloud sync, no ads.

Download Paginel

Available on Mac App Store and App Store. Read and annotate on every device; convert to Pages & Numbers on Mac.

Requires macOS 14+ (convert), iOS & iPadOS 17+

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