Excel is the best spreadsheet on the market. Microsoft first developed it in 1985 and more than three decades later it is still the most widely used by Windows and Mac users.
But if you’ve made it this far, it’s because you want to use it on your Android device so you can edit spreadsheets wherever you are, whether it’s on the couch at home, on commutes in common or traveling.
In this buying guide, we’ll help you choose between the different plans Microsoft offers so you can have Excel (and all the applications on the after office) from your mobile or Tablet. We include completely free options.
How to get Excel on Android with Microsoft 365
Excel for Android is only available through one of the Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) plans. In this sense, Microsoft’s one-time payment apps are only compatible with Windows and Mac.
Not all of these Microsoft 365 plans include the mobile app. Concretely, there are only two home plans that will allow you to use Excel on your Android:
Choosing one or the other will depend on your needs. The Personal plan is for individual use, for a single Android device, while with the Family plan, up to 6 members of the same family can use Excel on their mobile.
Business plans also allow workers to download the mobile version of Excel to their smartphone Android. In this sense, they must opt for one of these plans:
Again, there are minor differences between these three plans. For example, the basic Business plan is the only one of the three that does not include Excel (and the rest of the applications) for desktop, but will only be available in the web and mobile version.
Students, teachers, academic staff, and other school employees can also get Excel for mobile on one of the most affordable Microsoft 365 Education plans.
How to Download Microsoft Excel for Free on Android
We won’t be wrong. It is very likely that you have come here looking for a way to be able to enjoy the program from your mobile or Tablet Android completely free. Well, we are going to offer you three options.
You can download Excel app easily from Google Play and completely free. You will understand, yes, being free is also a simpler version, with limited functions. Still, that may be enough for most.
Another option is to use the web version of Excel. Although if you want the most advanced features you’ll have to opt for one of the plans we listed in the previous section, there is a free version you can install with.
And we are left with yet another option. If you want to use all the more advanced features of the program, you have one month to take advantage of the free trial included in plans such as Microsoft 365 Family.
