Wordpad Plus is a word processor, a scanner, a reader and a document manager in one app, and all of it works with the connection off. This page is the full reference; the homepage is the short version.
Writing and formatting
- Bold, italic, underline and strikethrough
- Text colour and highlight, multiple font sizes and typefaces
- Headings, left, centre and right alignment, and indent controls
- Bulleted, numbered and checkbox lists
- Superscript and subscript
- Tables built inside the document, and images placed inline
- Undo and redo across the whole editing session
OCR scanning
Photograph printed or handwritten text and convert it into editable content without leaving the editor. Recognition runs on the device, so it works offline and the photograph is never uploaded. There is a plain-English guide to getting good results in OCR, explained without the jargon.
Import and export
- Export any document to PDF in one tap, with formatting and tables preserved
- Import PDF and DOCX files to work on them
- Share documents straight to other apps
- Add a signature to a document before sending it
Read aloud
Have any document — including imported files and saved web pages — read back to you, with the current sentence highlighted so you can follow along. Speed and voice are adjustable, and you can skip forward and back through the text.
Organising your documents
- Folders you create and name yourself
- Built-in sections for Saved Pages, Lists, Journal and Imports
- Full-text search across document contents, not just titles
- Templates for planners, reports and meeting notes
- Recycle bin for documents deleted by accident
- Manual backup and restore, so moving phone does not mean losing your writing
Journal
Dated entries with a mood marker and a calmer writing surface, kept separate from your working documents.
Lists and tasks
Checklists that track what is done and what is left, with completed items collapsed out of the way.
Saved pages
Share an article from your browser into Wordpad Plus and keep a clean, readable copy that works offline — and that you can then edit, annotate or have read aloud.
Edit on your computer
Wordpad Plus can serve selected documents to a browser on the same Wi-Fi network, so you can type on a full keyboard while the files stay on your phone. You choose which documents to share, and the session stops when you close it. There is no sync service and no account involved.
Privacy and security
- Works entirely offline — every feature, including OCR and export
- No account, no sign-in, no email capture
- The Google Play data-safety section lists no data collected and none shared with third parties
- PIN lock for individual documents
- Dark mode throughout
Requirements
Android 7.0 or later. Free to download from Google Play. An iOS version is in development.