Free, full-featured mobile office suite for creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with decent stability
Free, full-featured mobile office suite for creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with decent stability
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Program license Free
Developer Kingsoft Office
Version 18.20.2
Works under Android
Also available for Windows
Also known as WPS Office
Vote
(54 votes)
Developer
Kingsoft Office
Works under
Android
Program license
Free
Version
18.20.2
Also available for
Also known as
WPS Office
Pros
- Completely free office suite
- Well-known and fairly stable
- Has all three major office suite components
Cons
- Can have spotty compatibility with MS Office output
- Not as polished as other suites
WPS Office is a fully-featured office suite available for free on the Android platform.
WPS Office has long been a competitor with Microsoft Office, and it has been gaining some traction in the industry. It has three main components, with some mobile extras for Android. These are: a word processor, a presentation creator and viewer, and a spreadsheet creator and viewer. Each of the components has all the features you would need and can even open Microsoft documents.
The word processor is probably the component used the most. It more or less is as stable as MS Word. However, its compatibility can be unreliable, especially with documents produced by newer versions of MS Word. Even among different platforms using WPS Office, results can differ. If you're making official or academic documents, you would need to double-check it's being displayed properly on the platform you're using.
The Spreadsheets portion of the suite also opens MS Excel files. It has most of the features, including advanced math and analysis, that MS Excel has. Again, it is missing some of the more advanced features, and the compatibility with existing Excel documents is not perfect. However, if you're looking to do some calculation on datasets without breaking the bank, this office suite is perfect for you.
The last part, Presentations, has every basic function you would need to create and do a presentation. This has the worst compatibility with existing MS Office files out of the whole suite. This can be problematic if you've already made a presentation and need to make final touches.
In short, WPS Office is excellent if you're creating original content on your Android device. However, it technically takes in MS Office files, but there's no guarantee they will always be interpreted correctly. Depending on what purpose an office suite will serve, WPS Office may or may not be the best way to go.
Pros
- Completely free office suite
- Well-known and fairly stable
- Has all three major office suite components
Cons
- Can have spotty compatibility with MS Office output
- Not as polished as other suites
Create documents and PowerPoint displays on your Android device.
This is an app that makes it easy to edit documents that you've created or view the slides that you have prepared for a slideshow without opening them on a computer. You can easily slide to the left or the right on the screen to view the different aspects of the documents, editing them before they are shared or saved. It can be hard to see some of the information since there is a smaller screen, but it is a convenience for those who need to quickly make changes before a project is submitted.
