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Top 12 Text Processing SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 18 Sep 2023 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, 85.30% have integrated Pdfium. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

The Pdfium SDK offers Android binding with Bitmap rendering.

Total Apps
193.50k
Google Play
App Share
85.30%
Google Play
Apps
192.18k
Games
1.32k
Total Downloads
14.53b
Google Play
Download Share
74.54%
Google Play
App Downloads
14.51b
Game Downloads
19.58m

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

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 79.56% have integrated AndroidPdfViewer. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

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

Total Apps
179.34k
Google Play
App Share
79.56%
Google Play
Apps
178.04k
Games
1.30k
Total Downloads
11.67b
Google Play
Download Share
59.88%
Google Play
App Downloads
11.65b
Game Downloads
19.45m

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

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 8.43% have integrated iText. This accounts for 88% 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
17.59k
Google Play
App Share
8.43%
Google Play
Apps
17.52k
Games
75
Total Downloads
2.25b
Google Play
Download Share
11.53%
Google Play
App Downloads
2.25b
Game Downloads
915.08k

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 88% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
2.34k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
2.34k
Games
1
Total Downloads
721.27m
Google Play
Download Share
3.70%
Google Play
App Downloads
720.94m
Game Downloads
335.00k

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 88% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
1.89k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.89k
Games
2
Total Downloads
24.75m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
24.00m
Game Downloads
746.51k

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

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 2.78% have integrated Android PDFView. This accounts for 88% 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
1.47k
Google Play
App Share
2.78%
Google Play
Apps
1.47k
Games
5
Total Downloads
135.41m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
134.75m
Game Downloads
660.13k

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 88% 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
1.12k
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
1.09k
Games
25
Total Downloads
128.26m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
128.25m
Game Downloads
5.01k

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 88% 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
817
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
816
Games
1
Total Downloads
1.38b
Google Play
Download Share
7.07%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.38b
Game Downloads
4.72k

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 88% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
466
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
339
Games
127
Total Downloads
1.21b
Google Play
Download Share
6.21%
Google Play
App Downloads
873.51m
Game Downloads
336.77m

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 88% 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
425
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
424
Games
1
Total Downloads
118.53m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
118.36m
Game Downloads
174.88k

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 88% of app downloads within the text processing SDK category.

Total Apps
133
Google Play
App Share
<1%
Google Play
Apps
133
Games
0
Total Downloads
18.59m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
18.59m
Game Downloads
0

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

Among all apps utilizing text processing SDKs, 1.67% have integrated PDFTron. This accounts for 88% 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
78
Google Play
App Share
1.67%
Google Play
Apps
76
Games
2
Total Downloads
11.42m
Google Play
Download Share
<1%
Google Play
App Downloads
11.22m
Game Downloads
200.25k

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

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