Fill & sign, annotate, search, select text, draw shapes, leave sticky notes, merge, split, OCR, redact — all in your browser. Your files never leave your device. Ever.
No account required · No uploads · Immersive mode · 100% browser-based
Adobe Acrobat charges $239.88/year for bloated software. PhantomEtch does what you actually need for $0. That’s 100% less.
20+ 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.
Detect personal information — emails, phones, SSNs — click to highlight, one-click redact. All 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.
Find text across all pages instantly. Highlights every match with navigation between results. Fast even on 200+ page documents.
Rectangles, ellipses, lines, and arrows. Mark up diagrams, circle key sections, draw attention where it matters.
Click anywhere to drop a comment pin. Full comments panel for review workflows. Threaded, color-coded, exportable.
Multi-page scroll view with lazy rendering. Navigate naturally through long documents. No per-page loading screens.
Press F and all chrome disappears. Your document fills the screen with spring physics animations, spatial audio, and 6-layer depth lighting.
| Feature | PhantomEtch | Adobe Acrobat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $239.88/yr |
| Fill & Sign | ✓ | ✓ |
| Merge / Split | ✓ | ✓ |
| OCR | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browser-based (no install) | ✓ | — |
| No account / login required | ✓ | — |
| 100% local (no cloud uploads) | ✓ | — |
| PII Scanner + Auto-Redact | ✓ | — |
| Accessibility Checker (WCAG) | ✓ | — |
| Network Monitor (proof of zero uploads) | ✓ | — |
| Text Selection & Copy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text Search (Ctrl+F) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dark Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shape / Drawing Tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous Scroll | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✓ |
Every tool. Every feature. No account. No tricks.
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.