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Top 13 Text Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 6 Jul 2025 CET
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Top 13 Text Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 13 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, 53.06% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 92.98% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
175.38k
Google Play
App Share
53.06%
Google Play
Apps
174.87k
Games
511
Total Downloads
223.25b
Google Play
Download Share
92.98%
Google Play
App Downloads
221.41b
Game Downloads
1.84b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ML Kit by Google.

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 47.08% have integrated AndroidPdfViewer. This accounts for 7.28% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
155.60k
Google Play
App Share
47.08%
Google Play
Apps
155.45k
Games
156
Total Downloads
17.48b
Google Play
Download Share
7.28%
Google Play
App Downloads
17.46b
Game Downloads
26.90m

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

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 46.59% have integrated Pdfium. This accounts for 7.96% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

The Pdfium SDK offers Android binding with Bitmap rendering.

Total Apps
153.97k
Google Play
App Share
46.59%
Google Play
Apps
153.76k
Games
213
Total Downloads
19.12b
Google Play
Download Share
7.96%
Google Play
App Downloads
19.10b
Game Downloads
25.20m

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

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 12.96% have integrated iText. This accounts for 1.68% 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
42.84k
Google Play
App Share
12.96%
Google Play
Apps
42.80k
Games
31
Total Downloads
4.03b
Google Play
Download Share
1.68%
Google Play
App Downloads
4.03b
Game Downloads
1.11m

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

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

Total Apps
2.68k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.67k
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.40b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.40b
Game Downloads
266

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
2.24k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.24k
Games
0
Total Downloads
16.51m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
15.76m
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 PSPDFKit. This accounts for <1% 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
731
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
730
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.49b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.49b
Game Downloads
6.98k

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

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
645
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
634
Games
11
Total Downloads
160.73m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
160.73m
Game Downloads
5.22k

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

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
443
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
443
Games
0
Total Downloads
119.84m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
118.89m
Game Downloads
948.62k

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

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

Total Apps
254
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
245
Games
9
Total Downloads
1.43b
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.09b
Game Downloads
337.34m

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% 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
140
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
140
Games
0
Total Downloads
100.88m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
100.70m
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
111
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
111
Games
0
Total Downloads
23.58m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
23.58m
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
7
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
7
Games
0
Total Downloads
11.02m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
10.82m
Game Downloads
200.25k

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

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