PineThink Redact is a desktop app for finding and removing personal information in PDFs, Word documents, and scans. It detects details such as names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, account and card numbers, birth dates, and medical information; users can also specify custom terms. Each detection is shown for review before removal. Rather than hiding text under a black mark, the app deletes sensitive text from the file’s content. Detection, review, and redaction run on the user’s PC, and documents are not uploaded. Built-in OCR handles scans, including image-only PDFs. The Free plan costs 0.00 USD per free, allows one document at a time, and is for personal use; no account is needed. Premium costs 6.99 USD per month after a free 14-day trial. It adds folder-based batch redaction, saved settings and custom term lists, per-file audit reports, commercial use, and AI agent access through MCP. The app requires internet for activation and periodic subscription checks, but works offline between checks. PineThink says anonymous usage statistics contain no file content and can be disabled in settings.
Who it is for
PineThink Redact suits people handling legal, medical, HR, finance, or disclosure documents who need to remove personal information. Premium may suit commercial users or those processing folders in batches.
What is good
- Reviews each detected item before removal.
- Processes documents locally without uploading them.
- OCR can read image-only PDFs.
- Free tier needs no account.
What to know first
- Free tier is for personal use only.
- Free tier processes one document at a time.
- Internet is needed for activation and subscription checks.
Verdict
PineThink Redact offers local detection and deletion of sensitive text, with OCR for scanned files. Free use is limited to personal, one-document-at-a-time work; Premium adds batch and commercial features for 6.99 USD per month after a free 14-day trial.
PineThink Redact plans and pricing
All plansCompared on document redaction software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Deployment
- desktop
- OCR redaction
- Yes
- Automated detection
- Yes
- Batch processing
- Yes
- Audit trail
- Yes
- Input formats
- PDF, DOCX, text
