# VerbTeX LaTeX Editor

> The collaborative LaTeX Editor for your Android device

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/verbosus.verbtex](https://chrome-stats.com/d/verbosus.verbtex)

## Overview

- **ID:** `verbosus.verbtex`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** verbosus.com
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 572,530
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (4,945 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.4.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-16
- **First published:** 2010-07-03
- **Publisher country:** AT
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=verbosus.verbtex)
- **Website:** [https://www.verbosus.com/android-latex-editor](https://www.verbosus.com/android-latex-editor)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.verbosus.com/privacy.html](https://www.verbosus.com/privacy.html)

## Description

**VerbTeX LaTeX Editor** is a free Android app for creating, editing, managing, and compiling LaTeX projects. Generate PDFs offline with PdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, or LuaLaTeX, or use cloud compilation through Verbosus. Features include syntax highlighting, autosave, inverse PDF search, BibTeX and Biber support, a full TeXLive distribution, and support for custom fonts and multilingual documents.

Choose between Local Mode, which requires no account, and Cloud Mode for synchronization, web access, and collaboration. The app also supports Dropbox, Box, Git, Zotero, Mendeley, and AI assistance through ChatGPT and Claude. The free version has project and document limits, while VerbTeX Pro adds code completion, encrypted transmission, and unlimited projects and documents.

## Rankings

- #93,226 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `verbosus.verbtex.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviews overwhelmingly praise VerbTeX as a capable mobile LaTeX editor with in-app compilation, strong editing features, and usefulness for students and note-taking. It is noted as free and generally reliable. Isolated criticisms focus on limited in-app help/documentation and some file-management quirks, but these are not widely reported.

### Pros

- In-app LaTeX compilation/testing to quickly validate snippets
- High-quality, feature-rich LaTeX editor on Android
- Very useful for students and for taking notes on the go
- Free to use and valuable for learning and writing

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