More cost effective edit tools

Is there a more cost effective set of edit tools for the PDF reader on personal accounts? You're aksing for AUD$28/month for access to the most basic set of tools. That equates to more than twice what I pay for my annual subscription to Microsoft Office full suite. There is a cost of living crisis in Australia, with everyone except billionaires and politicians struggling to keep up. I've been unemployed for six months and your ask is just too much. However, I really need to be able to convert pdf to Word to give myself the best opportunity to do a good job on my applications in an efficient and time effective way. All the position descriptions when downloaded are read only pdf., the online tools I use to set up my applications only read Word and I need to be able to use them. You are really limiting my ability to get work, which is hard enough as it is at 59. I just can't afford what you're asking and because I'm unemployed and this is for my personal account, none of it is tax deductible.