An Adobe Fill & Sign alternative, now the app is retired

What happened to Fill & Sign

In an announcement titled "Adobe retires Fill & Sign: Switch to Acrobat Reader," Adobe said the app would no longer receive updates or support and encouraged people to move to the Acrobat Reader mobile app to keep using the Fill & Sign feature. Opening the old app offered a Go to Acrobat Reader button. When we checked on November 9, 2026, the app's US and Canadian App Store pages and its Google Play page no longer loaded.

So the question most people are really asking is where to fill and sign forms now, and whether the replacement can also collect signatures from others. The two answers are different.

If you only sign your own forms

The Fill & Sign tool lives on in Acrobat Reader and in Acrobat online. Adobe's sign-PDF page says you can fill the fields, add text and check marks, add a typed or drawn signature, then download or share the file. It calls the online tool free, and says you must be signed in to an Adobe account to complete a form. The Reader mobile app lets you draw a signature with your finger, type one, or reuse one saved to your Adobe account.

Your phone has options too: sign a PDF on iPhone with Markup, or fill and sign a PDF in the browser. On SignMaster's Free plan you can add yourself as the only signer and sign straight away, and you get the signed PDF with a certificate of completion.

If someone else has to sign

Fill & Sign was always about your own signature. When a customer, tenant or subcontractor has to sign, you need a signature request: a private link sent to them, fields they must complete, reminders, and a record of who signed and when. Adobe's sign-PDF page says requesting signatures from others and accessing audit trails may require a paid Acrobat plan.

Adobe's individual pricing lists Acrobat Standard at US$14.99 a month on an annual plan billed monthly, or US$24.99 month to month, with requesting signatures and tracking responses. Acrobat Pro, at US$19.99 a month on an annual plan or US$29.99 month to month, adds sending in bulk and reusable e-sign templates. Adobe's in-person signing announcement says that feature comes with Acrobat Sign Solutions, not with Acrobat Standard or Pro on their own.

Your options after Fill & Sign

Adobe details come from its Fill & Sign retirement announcement, its sign-PDF page, its Acrobat pricing for individuals, its mobile apps page and its in-person signing announcement, read on November 9, 2026, at US prices.

When SignMaster fits

When the other person's signature is the point. Upload a PDF or scan a paper form with the iPhone or iPad app, which reads the text so the scan is searchable. Place signature, initials, date and checkbox fields, or let Alana place them, and send a link. Signers need no account and sign on any phone or computer, in any of 6 languages.

If the person is standing in front of you, hand them your phone with in-person signing. When everyone has signed, every party gets the PDF by email with a certificate showing who signed, when, from what IP address and email, and a fingerprint of the finished file.

Where Adobe is still the better choice

• You already pay for Acrobat. Standard and Pro include signature requests, so a second service may be one bill too many.
• You edit PDFs, not just sign them. Acrobat converts, edits and combines files far beyond SignMaster's text boxes, highlights and redaction.
• You fill forms on an Android phone. Acrobat Reader runs on Android; SignMaster's app is for iPhone and iPad, and Android uses the browser.
• You want your signature synced everywhere Adobe is. A signature saved to your Adobe account follows you across Reader and Acrobat.