A list of the best Android office apps has been scribbled down for those of you who are constantly on the lookout for means to stay productive at all times. While there are a horde of programs available in the Google Play store, not all are capable of handling your documents, spreadsheets and presentations with ease. Our purpose behind putting together this lineup is to let you know exactly which ones are efficient as well as reliable. Go through the detailed summary of each of these randomly aligned alternatives and download the one that manages to impress you with its skills.
1 – Kingsoft:
Meant for devices running Google OS’s version 2.1 and later, Kingsoft brings a user-friendly interface and works with smartphones as well as tablets. It claims to be loaded with some rich editing features and is compliant with as many as 23 different file formats including DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, PPT, PDF and PPTX. You can easily access documents from cloud services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box.net and more and synchronize it with your email client.
It recognizes gestures and employs a file manager to keep your folders organized at all times. The software allows viewing documents in page or web layout and exporting them to the PDF format. You can play your presentations in it too and add charts, columns, lines and more to your spreadsheets while checking them on the phone.
Price: Free
2 – Smart Office Lite:
This software developed by Picsel has especially been added to our list for those of you who need a mobile program that can take care of your Microsoft documents. Not only can you view your files in this program, but also print it out with a little assistance from a compatible wireless printer.
Complete with a dashboard for Explorer views, news feed and more, it gives you access to cloud services and extends support to PDF documents, images and plain text files amongst others. But as the Lite version is limited in terms of attributes, you can choose to buy the pro one after trying out the former.
Price: Free
3 – Android Office:
The said suite may currently be limited to supporting MS Word, Excel, Txt, XML and CSV files, but its developers have revealed that they are working on making it compatible with PowerPoint presentations as well as PDF documents. You can edit a Word, Excel or CSV file and make use of features like spell check, easy selection, text styling, search and more while at it.
The tool gives the option to stitch multiple CSV files together and even enables you to print or email documents directly from the software. When in doubt, you can head to its tutorial section for help.
Price: $5.99
4 – Google Drive:
Google Drive is a useful software for mobile professionals who have to switch between various devices during the course of a day to get their work done. One of the main reasons why it has managed to find a place on our compilation is its ability to allow creating documents, spreadsheets and presentations from scratch and saving them on the cloud.
The program acts as a means for accessing files saved on the cloud and sharing them with practically anyone in your contact list almost instantly. You can open PDF and other documents and even convert an image of a printed page into the Google Docs format. It is optimized for tablets too.
Price: Free
5 – OfficeSuite Pro 6:
Now we have a multi-lingual software that tries to take care of all aspects related to official documents, right from viewing and creating to sharing and printing them out while on the move. Integrated with a file browser, it offers direct access to files saved on cloud services like SugarSync, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and more.
Besides creating a word file and editing your spreadsheets, you can even view your animated presentations in the utility to make last minute changes. Convert documents to PDF and easily open documents received by email in this program. And if that’s not enough, it is also compatible with password protected documents.
Price: $14.99
6 – QuickOffice Pro:
The alternative that takes this spot in our array featuring Android office apps boasts of helping you to work smarter from wherever you are. It is developed for not only editing MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, but also viewing and annotating PDF documents.
Complete with features like edit and spell check, it lets you update formulas in spreadsheets and save them to cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and more. The program understands languages like Dutch, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and many more, besides English.
Price: $14.99
7 – Evernote:
And just so you are organized at all times and do not end up forgetting your ideas, we have added Evernote to this list. It helps you jot down notes during meetings and snap a picture of the whiteboard just to make sure you have it all covered.
The utility also makes it a point to remind you about all that is there to keep in mind through its voice reminder feature. Another advantage is that you get to capture and share Business Notes and Notebooks as well as access them across multiple mobile devices and PC systems.
Price: Free
Conclusion:
So these, according to us, are the best Android office apps available right now in the Google Play store. We’ve tried to cover most of the aspects of staying productive while on the move through the contenders mentioned above, but if you think we have missed on an important factor, do not forget to let us know. Check them out for yourself and drop in a line to tell us about your experiences.
