Fill & sign, annotate, merge, split, OCR, redact, compress — all in your browser. Your files never leave your device. Ever.
No account required · No uploads · 100% browser-based
Adobe Acrobat charges $239.88/year for bloated software. PhantomEtch does what you actually need for $49/year. That’s 80% less.
11 tools, zero bloat. All running locally in your browser.
Draw, type, or upload your signature. Saved locally for instant reuse. Place with one click.
Text, highlights, drawings, stamps, and images. Full annotation toolkit with undo/redo and version history.
Combine multiple PDFs into one. Extract specific pages. Reorder with drag-and-drop.
Shrink file sizes without visible quality loss. Perfect for email attachments and uploads.
Extract text from scanned documents and images using Tesseract.js. Runs entirely in your browser.
Auto-detect form fields and fill them in. Works with standard PDF forms and common templates.
Permanently remove sensitive information. Real redaction that strips underlying text data, not just a black box.
Summarize documents, extract data, find clauses, and scan for PII. All processing stays local.
Add text or image watermarks to every page. Customizable position, opacity, and rotation.
Visual diff between two PDFs. Spot changes instantly with side-by-side and overlay modes.
Check your PDFs against WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Get a grade and actionable fixes for each issue found.
| Feature | PhantomEtch | Adobe Acrobat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49/yr | $239.88/yr |
| Fill & Sign | ✓ | ✓ |
| Merge / Split | ✓ | ✓ |
| OCR | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Analysis | ✓ | — |
| PII Scanner | ✓ | — |
| Privacy (no upload) | ✓ | — |
| Dark mode | ✓ | — |
| No install needed | ✓ | — |
| No account required | ✓ | — |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✓ |
No tricks. No upsells. Just two plans.
PhantomEtch runs entirely in your browser. No server uploads. No tracking pixels. No analytics cookies. We literally can't see your documents — and that's the point.