Drawboard PDF Pros and Cons

I love that it automatically saves your work as you go. I love all the features and different pens/brushes you can use, and I love that it has excellent palm rejection, meaning that you can write normally on a tablet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that some features are hidden behind a paid subscription even though it is already a paid app. (Who wants to pay for graph paper?!?) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Powerful yet userfriendly PDF annotation app. Also it is free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I cannot think of any, as I am satisfied so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its very user friendly. Anyone with basic knowledge can start using it! There are no complicated settings to go about and start writing on it. Interface is simple. Has shortcut widgets to access tools easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that pen has a smudge feel after every stroke I write. Does not have many options for pen tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free version has decent features. It works well with a surface pro 7 10th gen intel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Things it does:

Causes graphics card crash which makes the app unusable for 5 seconds, very often.

Lag

Uses significant ram resources

Opening multiple documents slows it down

Can't run 2 instances

Non intuitive controls

Not fully compatible with windows pen

Has bad palm detection on a tablet

Has lots of settings that can't be changed

Pasting does not go to the center of a zoomed in document Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Together with my touchscreen enabled laptop it is really easy to add notes. The change between pen type and color is really fast with the integrated tool, which you can also minimize to have more space. If you need more space you can also add new PDF pages. Adding images or geometric figures is also easy with the toolbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few tools are to be paid extra. I'm a big fan of software that you pay once and then you can use all the features and not have to unlock in-App tools again. Nevertheless it is my favorite tool for writing notes on pdfs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Dark mode

2. Great UI

3. Best PDF reader Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Needs custom margins to make it easier to annotate and let users write long sentences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Drawboard PDF is a great software that I regularly use on my surface to make notes on PDFs. The system they use in order to change color/thickness or even make some sketches with preset forms is great. You can preset some pen styles you regularly use and then switch fast between them. Drawboard PDF also recognizes if you touch the screen with your stylus or with your hand. So there is no possibility to accidentally write something with your finger. Also adding blank pages to an existing PDF is really easy so you can increase your space.

I use it also during online meetings or webinars, if I have to make some written examples since it works really good. On one hand you can show your presentation through the pdf slides and in case add some notes for everyone to see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to have one edition that you can pay fully and do not have to make in App purchases for further support or additional features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

a great tool developed by microsoft that simplifies us and gives us the possibility to work on PDF files, modify them and highlight them or mark documents. It allows us to measure, draw or manage office or CAD tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

a great novelty and news of a new program. It has options between them you can insert text, images, brand, make notes, all digitally as if you were writing with a pencil and paper really a very new tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything, it came pre installed on a surface I took and I could never go back, taking notes directly on PDFs with the usrface pen is awesome. You can highlight, write, draw shapes and figures, change colour with anything you want and it's super easy to use. Sometimes when my laptop powers I worry that I'm going to loose all my work, but not a single time with drawboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

just small things, like when you close the first pdf in the column and than open anotherone just right after sometimes the program closes, and also sometimes the program stops working when the connection goes down when it is opening Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.