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Supercharged ⌘+F for your PDFs using AI superpowers

👏Understand 👏documents, 👏 instantly!

Everything you need to know about your documents, on your Mac

Become better at what you do, by getting insights from your documents

Any document size
PDF Squid can handle any number of pages, your questions will always be answered regardless of the size of your document. And, since the processing is done locally, you don't have to worry about the size of your document. It will not be uploaded anywhere!
Your documents stay private
PDF Squid does not send your documents to OpenAI and processes everything locally. OpenAI receives only the questions you ask and the textual context strictly needed to answer them. The full document is never uploaded anywhere.
Powerful Text Extraction
We want to make sure that PDF Squid can extract text from your documents, even if they are scanned or have a lot of images. We always welcome feedback on how we can improve this, just send us an with your document and we'll take a look.
No telemetry, no tracking
We don't put any trackers in our app, we don't collect any data about how you use it. No tools, no tracking, no metrics, we just want you to get the most out of your documents.

Pricing

🌟 1 Year of Updates Included

We don't like subscriptions, that's why we made PDF Squid a one time purchase.

Basic

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35,70€ 24,99€

Excluding local taxes or VAT if applicable.

apple logo macOS 13, macOS 14 or macOS 15 required.

🧑‍🎓 Need a student discount?

Buy License
  • All PDF Squid features
  • Pay once, use forever
  • Use on 1 device
  • One year of updates
  • Bring your own OpenAI API key

Personal

Save 50% (Best Value)

59,98€ 29,99€

Excluding local taxes or VAT if applicable.

apple logo macOS 13, macOS 14 or macOS 15 required.

🧑‍🎓 Need a student discount?

Buy License
  • All PDF Squid features
  • Pay once, use forever
  • Use on 2 devices
  • One year of updates
  • Bring your own OpenAI API key

Standard

Save 30 %

71,49€ 49,97€

Excluding local taxes or VAT if applicable.

apple logo macOS 13, macOS 14 or macOS 15 required.

🧑‍🎓 Need a student discount?

Buy License
  • All PDF Squid features
  • Pay once, use forever
  • Use on 3 devices
  • One year of updates
  • Bring your own OpenAI API key

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you save money, secondly you’ll get a say in the development of the product. And, last but not least, you’ll support an Indie company.

We want to make this accessible to everyone, so we decided to not make this a subscription. If you get the yearly license, we will keep adding features and you’ll get them for free for one year. Once your license expires, you can keep using the version you have, but you won’t get any updates.

PDF Squid runs by using the OpenAI API, which is a paid service. We don’t want to charge you for that, so you’ll have to bring your own key. To learn how to get an OpenAI key, read our guide

You will need macOS 13, known as “Ventura”, macOS 14, known as “Sonoma” or macOS 15 known as “Sequoia” to run PDF Squid. It works on both Intel and Apple Silicon processors.

Yes, no questions asked for the first 14 days after purchase. Just message us and we’ll make it happen. See our refund policy for more info.

We love squids, they are smart, fast, and they can change color. We want PDF Squid to be smart, fast, and colorful.

No, PDF Squid runs locally on your computer. Your documents never leave your computer. Only the extracted text pertaining to your questions is sent to the OpenAI API. OpenAI commits to not train on this data, read more .

No, PDF Squid does not run any usage tracker, analytics or error reporting tool. We don’t want to know what you are doing with PDF Squid unless you take the initiative of telling us.

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