Sketch, circle and hand-write on any PDF page with a freehand pen — right in your browser.
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To draw on a PDF, open it above, pick the Draw tool, and sketch straight onto the page with a mouse, trackpad, finger or stylus. The pen is freehand, so you can circle, underline, arrow or hand-write anywhere, and every stroke stays movable and deletable until you download. It runs entirely in your browser — 3 documents a day free, no upload, no sign-up.
Drop it into the box above — it opens instantly, nothing is uploaded.
Click “Draw” in the toolbar, then draw directly on the page with your mouse, trackpad or finger. Each stroke becomes an annotation you can move or delete.
Click Download — your drawings are baked into the file so they show in every PDF reader.
Ring errors, totals or clauses so nobody misses them.
Scribble quick margin notes with a mouse, trackpad or finger.
Sketch changes directly onto floor plans and site PDFs.
Underline sentences freehand while reading on screen.
DoceasePDF lets you draw on a PDF entirely in your browser — circle a clause, underline a sentence, sketch a diagram or hand-write a quick note. Nothing is uploaded; your document stays on your device the whole time.
Drawings are flattened into the downloaded PDF, so they display identically in Adobe Reader, Preview, browsers and phones — no special app needed on the other end.
Drawing is just one tool: the same editor adds text and highlights, signs documents, whites out mistakes, and rotates, deletes, extracts or merges pages before you download.
Continue your PDF workflow: Annotate PDF — Highlights and text notes alongside drawing., Sign PDF — Draw your signature where it belongs. or Add Text to PDF — Type instead of hand-writing.
The Draw tool follows whatever pointer you have. On a desktop, sketch with the mouse or trackpad; on a phone or tablet, draw directly with your finger or a stylus in the browser — no app required. Every stroke lands as a separate annotation, so a shaky line takes two seconds to delete and redraw.
Freehand drawing covers circles, arrows, underlines and quick sketches. If what you actually need to draw is your signature, use the dedicated Sign tool instead — it gives you a clean signature pad and places the result as a resizable annotation on the page.
| DoceasePDF | Upload-based tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | On your device, in your browser | Uploaded to their servers |
| Account required | No — open a file and start | Often required after 1–2 uses |
| Price | Free — 3 documents a day | Credits, trials or subscriptions |
| Waiting for uploads | None — files open instantly | Upload + queue + download again |
| Tools per session | Every tool on one document | One tool, then re-upload |
Editing happens in your browser with WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded, so nobody — including us — can see it.
3 documents a day with every tool included — no sign-up, no page limits, no watermarks. Pro lifts the daily cap.
Any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone or Android. Nothing to download or install.
Edit, sign, organize and compress in a single session — no re-uploading between tools like on other sites.
Open the PDF in the tool above, click “Draw” in the toolbar and draw directly on the page. Click Download to save — 3 free documents a day, no sign-up.
Yes — before downloading, click a stroke to select it, drag to reposition, resize with the corner handle, or press the X to delete it and draw again.
Yes. The Draw tool follows your finger or stylus in any modern mobile or tablet browser, as well as mouse and trackpad on desktop.
No. Drawing happens in your browser — your file never leaves your device.
Yes — open the PDF in Safari or Chrome on the iPad and draw with an Apple Pencil or your finger. Nothing installs, and because the file is processed on the device itself, drawing behaves the same as it does on a desktop.
Yes. The freehand pen records exactly what you draw, so you can hand-write answers, initials or margin notes rather than placing text boxes — which is what forms expecting handwriting actually need.
Yes. Drawings are flattened into the page on download, so they print and display exactly as you drew them, in every PDF reader.