Free tool
Edit your menu PDF — change prices without the original file
The designer is gone, the source file with them, and the fish just went up by eighty cents. Upload the PDF, cover the old price, type the new one, download. No Illustrator, no design file, no waiting on anyone.
Your PDF never leaves your device — the whole edit happens in this browser tab, and nothing is uploaded to us at any point. The free download carries a small footer credit; confirming an email removes it.
Your menu PDF
Up to 20 MB. Stays on your device — nothing is uploaded.
How to change a price on a menu PDF
- Drop in your PDF. The pages render right here — nothing is uploaded.
- Choose Cover + text, then drag a box over the old price. It fills with the page's background colour.
- Type the new price. Adjust size and colour so it sits like the original.
- Repeat for every price that moved. Undo and delete are there when your hand slips.
- Download the edited PDF. Untouched pages keep their original quality.
Why this works without the design file
A PDF is a finished page, not an editable document, which is why word processors make such a mess of opening one. This tool does not try to reflow it. It draws on top: an opaque rectangle over the old figure and fresh text above it, written into the file's own page coordinates. The original content underneath is left byte-for-byte alone, so the parts you did not touch print exactly as before. That is also the honest limitation — you are patching a page, not editing a layout.
What it can and cannot do
- Can: change prices, correct a typo, redact a line, swap a dish name of similar length.
- Can: work on scanned or image-only menus, because it draws over the page rather than editing text.
- Cannot: reflow text, so a much longer replacement will not push the rest of the line along.
- Cannot: match your original typeface exactly. Pick the closest size and colour; on a price it is rarely noticeable.
- Cannot: open a password-protected PDF. Remove the protection first.
Making the patch invisible
Two details do most of the work. Sample the cover colour from the page rather than defaulting to white — most menus are printed on off-white, and a pure-white box on cream paper is the giveaway. And match the text colour to the surrounding figures rather than using black, which is usually darker than the ink around it. Zoom in before you download: at 100% you will see a mismatch that looked fine at thumbnail size.
The part worth saying out loud
You are going to do this again. Prices move every season, suppliers change, dishes come and go — and each time, the same half hour of covering figures and reprinting. A live menu behind a QR code turns that into one edit from your phone, current before the next guest scans, with no reprint because the printed code never changes. One menu, a permanent code and allergen tags are free. Use this tool for the PDF you are stuck with today; the argument for not needing it next season is a different one.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. It is opened, rendered and edited entirely inside this browser tab, and the edited file is assembled on your device. Nothing about your menu reaches our servers — the only thing that ever does is an email address, if you choose to remove the footer credit.
Can I edit a PDF without the original design file?
Yes, that is exactly what this is for. The tool draws on top of the finished page rather than editing the layout, so you do not need Illustrator, InDesign or whatever the menu was made in.
Will it work on a scanned menu?
Yes. Because the edit is drawn over the page, it does not matter whether the prices are real text or part of an image. You place the cover box by hand either way.
Will the new text match the original font?
Not exactly — the original typeface is usually not available to the browser. Choose the closest size and colour; on numerals this is rarely noticeable. Zoom to 100% before downloading to check.
Does the rest of the PDF lose quality?
No. The original page content is preserved as-is and the edits are drawn on top, so pages you did not touch are byte-identical to the original.
Why is there a footer credit on the free download?
It is how a free tool pays for itself. Confirming an email address removes it — one mail with a link, no newsletter unless you ask. If you would rather not, the credit is small and the download is otherwise complete and free to use commercially.
It says my PDF is protected — what now?
Password-protected and encrypted PDFs cannot be opened here. Remove the protection in whatever produced the file (or with your PDF reader's 'print to PDF'), then try again.
Should I keep using a PDF menu at all?
For a menu that barely changes, a PDF behind a QR code is a perfectly reasonable setup. If you are here because prices moved again, that is the argument against it: a live menu is edited once, is current before the next scan, and never needs a reprint.