Office applications have been a valuable center of productivity for years. We use them for a variety of purposes, including creating documents, creating spreadsheets and presentations, and keeping track of what’s going on. No production package is complete without them; almost everyone, even children, use them.
The atmosphere of the office suite has changed very little in the last few years. Existing apps have improved in that time, but it takes a monumental release to usurp the champions in the office space. Apart from a minor rebranding, most things here are the same as they were five years ago. These are the best office apps for Android right now. We also have separate lists for spreadsheet apps, word apps, and presentation apps if you want to see your options at a more detailed level.
The best office apps for Android
AndrOpen Office
Price: Free
AndrOpen Office is the first Android port of the popular OpenOffice. It comes with a full suite of office applications, including a word processor, spreadsheet functionality, a presentation application, etc. You also get a drawing application and an equation editor (for spreadsheets). There’s not much to talk about, honestly. It supports most of the file types you’d encounter in your average life, and plenty of special file types. The editors and processors are more than powerful enough for most things. Plus, it’s completely open source and free. Includes cloud storage support for Google Drive, Box.com, Dropbox, OneDrive and your hardware if you have it. It’s a strong free option, even if there are a few bugs here and there.
Docs to Go is an older but established office application that has been around for a while. Still receiving new features and updates. It has the basics, such as word processing, spreadsheet editing, and presentation editing. It does a great job of letting you do these things without too much tweaking. The paid version unlocks password-locked files, saves to (and uploads from) cloud storage sites, and syncs with your desktop. It’s not great in every situation, but it’s one of the more solid office apps.
Google Drive (Google Workspace)
Price: Free
Google Drive is a favorite among our readers. It has a full suite of office applications, including a PDF viewer, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google Drive. The drive serves as a hub. It’s just a cloud storage app where you can browse your files or create new ones. Opening any document in your Google Drive will automatically open the corresponding application. Everything is completely free unless you need to expand your Google Drive space.
Google recently made its Google Workspace offering free. It adds additional features and integrations to Gmail and includes things like chat functionality. It might be too much for personal use and we can’t guarantee it will stay free forever. However, it’s still a great option overall, and at least it’s free right now.
Microsoft Office
Price: Free
Microsoft has had a lot of fun releasing its Office apps on mobile. They immediately became among the best. You can download Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint for free. Most of their functions are available without paying a dime. You can open and save files, use most editing tools, and more. These files can be synced to the desktop via OneDrive. You can get a subscription to Office 365 which will unlock some additional features. However, it is not necessary for the basics.
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Price: Free
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Microsoft Remote Desktop is basically what the name says. It allows you to remotely control your Microsoft PC from your mobile device. It takes a little time to set up. You must prepare your computer for remote access and connect it to this application. However, you can do whatever you want after that. This includes accessing your office software on your actual computer. It’s a weird workaround, but a perfectly legitimate one. Chrome Remote Desktop is another great app that does the same thing. Microsoft Remote Desktop doesn’t work well on Chromebooks yet, but keep an eye out for future updates that might add the feature. Microsoft recently retired the previous version of this, so we’ve updated the link to the new one.
Office suit
Price: Free / $99.99
OfficeSuite is a long-time favorite of many people. The app has changed a lot since its early days. The developers seem to be turning the suite into something closer to Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. That way they have a cloud storage solution in the office environment. Most of the basic features are available in the free version and that’s good news. The paid version provides PDF scanning, a Microsoft-compatible font pack, spell checking, and additional document support. It is one of the better common office applications. It is also among the most expensive. The Pro version costs $99.99 and is a one-time payment option, not a subscription.
Polaris office
Price: Free / $3.99 – $20.99 per month
Polaris Office is quite similar to OfficeSuite. It used to be a good, simple office suite. The application is no longer simple or small. It has many features, including basics, note-taking, document search, encrypted files, and support for various formats. This includes PDF and Microsoft documents. You can use the free version if you can handle the slightly annoying ads. You can also get monthly subscriptions of $3.99 and $5.99. This gives you additional features such as use on more than three devices and additional cloud storage. The subscription models aren’t great, but the free version is fine for simple things as long as you don’t mind the ads.
Cooperation Office
Price: Free
Document reader
Price: Free
WPS Office and PDF
Price: Free
WPS Office used to be called Kingsoft Office. Despite the name change, it remains one of the most popular office apps for Android. Some features include viewing and converting PDFs, doing basic things (documents, spreadsheets, presentations) and more. It also comes with support for wireless printing, support for Microsoft file types and support for 46 languages. WPS is among the best free office applications. There’s an optional subscription that includes things like cloud storage, but it’s not necessary if you’re already using Google Drive or other solutions.
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