Best Word Processors

Best word processors

I always have random things to do; a book report to hand in for my school, a business card to design for some fictional character, a story to type, a blog post to draft, and much more. The question is: is there one word processor to do all these things? Or at least one app?

5. MS Word from Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word is, in a “word”, tedious. While it was one of the original word processors, things just got pretty bad and the new pay-to-use desktop app kinda scares people away. There are some pros, though. It is still free to use on https://office.com, and has many features for the average essay typist. However, if you are willing to pay, the Word App offers a neat, slick UI and easy accessibility.

4. Google Docs from Google
Google Docs gets a higher place on this list simply for being free. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is different from MS Word here… Well, there is the cleaner UI and the easier text formatting, but both of those points are invalidated for the long-term Word user who knows how to handle this sort of thing. The thing I like about Docs is that it is completely free - no one telling you to switch to premium or anything. One con is that it has no desktop app - but then again, this is google. Google's mission is to move from desktop to web… why make a desktop app and revert that?

3. WPS Writer from WPS Office
From here on, all of these candidates are pretty good. WPS Office is basically MS Word but without all of the cons - and it’s completely free!

2. Canva.com
Surprisingly, Canva is an amazing alternative to your run-of-the-mill word processor. And it’s completely free! Picture a word processor that works like a presentation: insert text wherever you want. It’s pretty much the best thing anyone can use.

1. Zoho Writer from Zoho
A surprisingly unknown nominee, Zoho is an India-based work suite company. With almost everything in mind, from articles to story writers to (cough, cough) blogs, it has pretty much everything someone would want from a word processor. Oh, and it’s completely free.

Honorary Mention. Apple Pages from iWork
This is both a step down and a step up from Word. It offers a nice user interface and its desktop app comes at no cost for people with an Apple device. However, the same problem as Word pops up: you have to use a web interface is you don’t have an iPhone/iPad or Mac. And, this time, you only have 5 GB of storage.

In conclusion, it’s not really the word processor that matters - just what you type.

Just kidding.

But if you want a solid word processor, with no cutting corners or anything like that, using this list to find what you really want will help you in the long run. And once you find the one that best suits your needs, use it! There really is no point in spending too much time in finding a word processor - one that works to your needs should be enough.

Tags: MS Word Alternatives, Google Docs Alternatives, Apple Pages Alternatives, Zoho Writer Alternatives, WPS Writer Alternatives, MS Word Alternatives, Word Alternatives