Annotate your PDFs with this handy iPad app

The iPad is the perfect device for annotating documents, and the PDF Cabinet app promises to make it easier than ever. We take it for a spin and find out how it works in practice.

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Our Verdict

Elegant in its simplicity, PDF Cabinet makes annotation a beautifully refined experience.

For

  • Fast and responsive
  • Elegantly simple
  • Integrates with Mail and Safari

Against

  • Visuals may not be to your taste

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PDF Cabinet is an easy-to-use editor and organiser for the portable document format.

While visually it might not be to everyone’s taste, the interface apes a real-world metaphor that clearly works: documents live in bound paper folders housed within an oak-styled cabinet interface.

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The Verdict
10

out of 10

PDF Cabinet

Elegant in its simplicity, PDF Cabinet makes annotation a beautifully refined experience.

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