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Top 12 Text Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 6 May 2024 CET
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Top 12 Text Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 12 most popular Text Processing SDKs leveraged by Android apps available on the Android app market.

Text Processing SDKs help developers build apps that analyze and manipulate natural language texts. They enable text formatting, segmentation, tokenization, part-of-speech tagging, named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, summarization, and machine translation. They're commonly used for chatbots, virtual assistants, etc.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Google Play Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Text Processing SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 90.84% have integrated Pdfium. This accounts for 75.18% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

The Pdfium SDK offers Android binding with Bitmap rendering.

Total Apps
200.62k
Google Play
App Share
90.84%
Google Play
Apps
199.90k
Games
726
Total Downloads
17.51b
Google Play
Download Share
75.18%
Google Play
App Downloads
17.48b
Game Downloads
21.90m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Pdfium.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 85.88% have integrated AndroidPdfViewer. This accounts for 62.09% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

AndroidPdfViewer offers an Android view for displaying PDFs rendered with PdfiumAndroid via SDK.

Total Apps
189.69k
Google Play
App Share
85.88%
Google Play
Apps
188.97k
Games
715
Total Downloads
14.46b
Google Play
Download Share
62.09%
Google Play
App Downloads
14.43b
Game Downloads
21.76m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use AndroidPdfViewer.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 8.00% have integrated iText. This accounts for 13.23% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

iText is a library SDK for creating and manipulating PDF files in Java and .NET.

Total Apps
17.66k
Google Play
App Share
8.00%
Google Play
Apps
17.60k
Games
59
Total Downloads
3.08b
Google Play
Download Share
13.23%
Google Play
App Downloads
3.08b
Game Downloads
1.02m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use iText.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 1.20% have integrated Lokalise. This accounts for 3.71% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
2.64k
Google Play
App Share
1.20%
Google Play
Apps
2.64k
Games
1
Total Downloads
863.91m
Google Play
Download Share
3.71%
Google Play
App Downloads
863.91m
Game Downloads
166

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Lokalise.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated PlugPDF by ePapyrus. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
2.08k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.07k
Games
1
Total Downloads
25.83m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
25.09m
Game Downloads
746.54k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PlugPDF by ePapyrus.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated Android PDFView. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Android PDFView is a library SDK which provides a fast PDFView component for Android, with animations, gestures, and zoom. It's based on VuDroid for decoding the PDF file.

Total Apps
1.13k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.13k
Games
2
Total Downloads
141.96m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
141.30m
Game Downloads
660.17k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Android PDFView.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated MuPDF by Artifex. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

MuPDF by Artifex is a lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer SDK. It consists of a software library, command line tools, and viewers for various platforms.

Total Apps
980
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
965
Games
15
Total Downloads
128.72m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
128.71m
Game Downloads
5.11k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use MuPDF by Artifex.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated PSPDFKit. This accounts for 6.06% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

PSPDFKit is the best framework for working with PDF files. The PSPDFKit SDK provides first-rate PDF solutions for your application with features like annotating, signing, and form filling.

Total Apps
809
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
808
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.41b
Google Play
Download Share
6.06%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.41b
Game Downloads
5.94k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PSPDFKit.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated Nuance. This accounts for 5.74% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
346
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
303
Games
43
Total Downloads
1.34b
Google Play
Download Share
5.74%
Google Play
App Downloads
999.94m
Game Downloads
336.78m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Nuance.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated PDFrenderer. This accounts for 1.06% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

The PDFrenderer SDK is a Java library for rendering PDF documents to the screen using Java2D.

Total Apps
343
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
342
Games
1
Total Downloads
247.91m
Google Play
Download Share
1.06%
Google Play
App Downloads
247.74m
Game Downloads
175.25k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PDFrenderer.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated Milibris PDF Reader. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
126
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
126
Games
0
Total Downloads
19.76m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
19.76m
Game Downloads
0

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Milibris PDF Reader.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, <1% have integrated PDFTron. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

PDFTron is an SDK that offers PDF tool kits for developers to manage documents, publishing workflows, and interactive applications.

Total Apps
57
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
57
Games
0
Total Downloads
11.00m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
10.80m
Game Downloads
200.25k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use PDFTron.

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