The PDF Reader for Research

Use it for FREE on your Android Device.

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The app is completely free to use. Download now and explore all features!

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Features

Annotate Faster

Quick and efficient annotation tools designed for heavy users.

  • Tools readily available without menu navigation
  • Customizable default annotation colors
  • Quick tool switching with gestures
  • Optimized for frequent annotation workflows

Document Browser

Seamlessly organize and manage your PDFs with Android's file system integration.

  • Easy access through Android's document provider
  • Quick access to recent documents
  • Folder organization support
  • Integration with Google Drive and local storage

Multilingual OCR (SOON)

Extract text from images and scanned documents with advanced OCR technology.

  • Support for 20+ languages
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Table recognition and extraction
  • Convert images to searchable text

What's New

Version 1.0

May 2025

  • New app icon and interface redesign
  • Preference for setting default font and size for Markdown editing
  • Minor bugfixes

Tutorials

Getting Started with Highlightly

  1. Download Highlightly from the Store
  2. Open your first PDF document
  3. Learn basic navigation and tools
  4. Create your first highlight
  5. Save and organize your documents

Advanced Highlighting Techniques

  1. Using different text decorations
  2. Adding notes to highlights
  3. Creating highlight groups

Pricing

Highlights is completely free to use. No trials, no subscriptions - just download and enjoy all features!

Free

  • Unlimited document highlights.
  • PDF reading and annotation
  • Area highlighting.

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Download Highlights today and experience the best PDF reader for research.

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