Android Applications: Top 5 Office Apps

This free app works wonders in creating and reading the basic documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF apps. Its supported file formats include .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx. Bundled with various tools like password creation, word count, find-in-page, and various formatting tools, the app looks after your documents well. The complete version, available for $14.99, provides greater control over all your documents including bi-directional sync with your device’s USB cable to seamlessly transfer files from device to computer.

Google docs tries to make you more productive with their Android based app. You can create, edit, upload and share your documents. It is especially designed to save your precious time in searching for your preferred docs. All edits are visible within seconds to collaborators. You can even go through PDFs, presentations and spreadsheets, while uploading and converting them in Google Docs format whenever required. Printed text can be clicked and converted to Google Docs format on the go. You can even share all your work with the contacts in your smartphone.

Quickoffice has been specified as one of the most connected and comprehensive mobile office suites available for your smartphone. Although, an inch higher in price than its counterparts, the app has been designed keeping a tablet display in mind. Being an HD app, it spreads out to fill the entire screen with table-centric drop down menus and a nice editing environment. It supports all kinds of files, from word docs to PDF, Evernote, Catch and Egnyte access. The file manager lets you access your non-Office files too. Browsing of zip files and copying from zip folders is made possible. Also, sharing files through SMS, Bluetooth, e-mail, cloud services and social media can also be performed in this app.

Designed with a convenient user interface and complemented with great functions, ThinkFree can read and write Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats while acting as a PDF viewer as well. It also allows access to Google Docs and ThinkFree online, so as to use Web-based apps on PC and the Android app anywhere on the go. The app provides high speed upload and response time for instantaneous productivity. Its file management lets you synchronize all documents with your PC or notebook.

This feature-rich mobile office solution for your smartphone uses the commonly used desktop document formats, including a File Browser. The app also works in conjunction with Google Docs, Dropbox and Box to manage local, remote and email files. Costing $9.99 after the 30-day trial, the Android app features filters to help access selected file formats, Recent Files and My documents shortcuts and automatic saving in Google Docs.