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Pen&PDF on Windows Pc

Developed By: Christian Gogolin

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 801 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.3.6
Size 6.7 MB
Release Date December 20, 17
Category Productivity Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to write to external storage. [see more (3)]

What's New:
New in 1.3.6:- HotfixNew in 1.3.5:- Fix for ANR when rendering very complex PDFs- Fixes for several very rarely triggered crashesNew in 1.3.4:- Fix for android... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Pen&PDF is a PDF viewer and annotation app for Android built on top of MuPDF.

Pen&PDF is open source. You can get the source code from GitHub:

https://github.com/cgogoli... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Pen&PDF and install on Windows PC. Pen&PDF is free Productivity app, developed by Christian Gogolin. Latest version of Pen&PDF is 1.3.6, was released on 2017-12-20 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Pen&PDF is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 801 users, 184 users had rated it 5*, 472 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Pen&PDF on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Pen&PDF on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Pen&PDF on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Pen&PDF using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Pen&PDF" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Pen&PDF on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Pen&PDF" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.3.6 , 1.3.1.

Download Pen&PDF 1.3.6 on Windows PC – 6.7 MB

Download Pen&PDF 1.3.1 on Windows PC – 6.7 MB

Pen&PDF is a PDF viewer and annotation app for Android built on top of MuPDF.

Pen&PDF is open source. You can get the source code from GitHub:

https://github.com/cgogolin/penandpdf

LICENSE

Pen&PDF is Copyright 2015-2018 Christian Gogolin

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

For more information on the GNU Affero General Public License see .

LIMITATIONS

Due to limitations concerning the supported character encoding in the underlying library, Pen&PDF does not cope well with certain pdf forms.
New in 1.3.6:
- Hotfix
New in 1.3.5:
- Fix for ANR when rendering very complex PDFs
- Fixes for several very rarely triggered crashes
New in 1.3.4:
- Fix for android.os.TransactionTooLargeException under Android N
- Fix for needless blocking of UI thread
- Several other fixes and improvements
New in 1.3.3:
- Fix for problem with saving large files and new progress dialog
- Further minor bug fixes
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.