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Lol, just asked the very same question.
This guy here was talking about "Affinity's suite," but I've never heard of it.
I can only make recommendations for #Acrobat:
PDF print only/chiefly: #FreePDF
only: #FreePDF
Full substitute and more: #ABBYY #FineReader #PDF.
I always use the Corporate version for additional features. No need to buy an update every year...
I have been doing some research and it seems that ABBYY FineReader PDF for Mac is the โnaturalโ successor of what formerly was named ABBYY FineReader OCR Pro for Mac. Is that correct?
For the past 10 years, I have been using ABBYY FineReader OCR Pro for Mac to OCR documents and make them available in different formats. I am very satisfied with the software. But some of the functionalities now (under macOS Ventura 13.2) don't seem to work quite correctly anymore. An update of the software is not available.
Does anyone know of any good alternatives? Preferably with a rather spartan design.