Character Counter: Word & Byte

A clean character-counting tool that counts your text quickly and accurately — for cover letters, essays, assignments, and social posts. As you type, it shows detailed stats in real time.

■ Real-time stats

• Characters (with / without spaces)

• Bytes (UTF-8)

• Words · sentences · paragraphs · lines

• Manuscript pages (200-char) · estimated reading time

■ Character limit mode

• Set a target character (or byte) count and see how many are left, live

• A progress bar that flags over-limit instantly with color and an icon

■ Save & organize

• Save your texts, with auto-save

• Organize by company and prompt with folders

■ Text cleanup tools

• Remove extra spaces · tidy line breaks · remove special characters (with undo)

■ Handy features

• Paste · copy · share · clear in one tap

• Home screen widget for a quick count

• A daily writing reminder at a time you choose

• Light / dark / system theme

• Character counting works offline

■ Great for

• Job seekers writing cover letters and personal statements

• Students working within character limits on assignments and essays

• Anyone fitting posts to a length on social media or blogs

■ Supported languages (30)

Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Vietnamese, Thai, Arabic, German, Spanish (Latin America), French, Italian, Indonesian, Russian, Hindi, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Malay, Turkish, Filipino, Polish, Ukrainian, Bengali, Persian, Dutch, Czech, Romanian, Swedish, Urdu, Swahili

The app follows your device language automatically.