Free Online Text Tools — Word Counter, Case Converter & More (2026)
TL;DR
UtilDaily bundles 8 free text utilities — word counter, character counter, case converter, text cleaner, lorem ipsum generator, word cloud, reading-time calculator, and more — into one page. Every tool runs in your browser; nothing leaves your device. Safe for drafts, NDAs, and confidential notes.
How do I count words, characters, and reading time?
Word and character counts come up everywhere — essay limits, social-media constraints, content briefs, and reading-time estimates for blog posts. The difference between a 280-character tweet and a 281-character one matters, so accuracy beats convenience.
Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in real time. Shows reading time, speaking time, keyword density, and content length benchmarks.
Text Analyzer
Count words, characters, sentences, find duplicates, and analyze word frequency with detailed statistics.
Reading Time Calculator
Estimate reading time, word count, speaking time, and text statistics by pasting any content.
How do I transform text — case, format, and cleanup?
Sticky daily problems: pasting from PDF gives weird line breaks; copying from a webpage adds smart quotes; AP-style headlines need title case; emails need sentence case. Each tool here handles one of those transformations precisely.
Case Converter
Convert text between 7 case styles: sentence, lower, UPPER, Title, Capitalized, aLtErNaTiNg, InVeRsE.
Text Cleaner
Remove duplicate lines, extra whitespace, line breaks, and unwanted characters with 7 cleaning modes.
Text Transformer
Reverse text, repeat N times, sort lines alphabetically, and find/replace with 4 transformation modes.
Text Reverser
Reverse text characters, words, or lines instantly online.
Plain Text Converter
Convert HTML to plain text, strip Markdown syntax, or extract text from RTF with 3 conversion modes.
How do I generate placeholder, random, and creative text?
Whether you are mocking up a landing-page layout, brainstorming a brand name, or beating writer's block, generating text on demand is faster than typing it. UtilDaily covers Lorem Ipsum for layouts, random words for prompts, and visualisation as a word cloud.
Lorem Ipsum Generator
Generate lorem ipsum placeholder text by paragraphs, sentences, or words.
Random Word Generator
Generate random English words filtered by type (noun/verb/adjective/adverb), length, and starting letter.
Word Cloud Generator
Generate beautiful word clouds from text with customizable colors, sizes, and layouts.
Phonetic Translator
Translate text to NATO alphabet, Pig Latin, or phonetic spelling with 3 conversion modes.
Quick reference: pick the right tool
| If you want to… | Use this tool |
|---|---|
| Count words, characters, sentences | Word Counter |
| Get full statistics on a document | Text Analyzer |
| Estimate reading time for an article | Reading Time Calculator |
| Convert text to UPPERCASE / lowercase / Title Case | Case Converter |
| Strip extra whitespace and weird characters | Text Cleaner |
| Apply multiple text transformations at once | Text Transformer |
| Reverse a string character by character | Text Reverser |
| Strip HTML tags from rich content | Plain Text Converter |
| Generate placeholder Lorem Ipsum | Lorem Ipsum Generator |
| Generate random words for prompts | Random Word Generator |
| Visualise word frequency as a word cloud | Word Cloud Generator |
| Translate text into the NATO phonetic alphabet | Phonetic Translator |
All text tools (8)
Text Analyzer
Count words, characters, sentences, find duplicates, and analyze word frequency with detailed statistics.
Online Notepad
Simple browser-based notepad with auto-save, download to .txt, and customizable font settings.
Phonetic Translator
Translate text to NATO alphabet, Pig Latin, or phonetic spelling with 3 conversion modes.
Regex Tester
Test regular expressions in real-time with match highlighting and capture group display.
Markdown Preview
Live Markdown editor with split-pane preview, GFM support, and HTML export.
Text Reverser
Reverse text characters, words, or lines instantly online.
Reading Time Calculator
Estimate reading time, word count, speaking time, and text statistics by pasting any content.
Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in real time. Shows reading time, speaking time, keyword density, and content length benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best free word counter?
The best word counter for your needs is the simplest one that gives you accurate counts of words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and reading time. UtilDaily's word counter does all of that, runs in your browser, and works offline — no upload, no sign-up.
How is reading time calculated?
Reading time uses the standard 200-265 words-per-minute average reading speed for adults — UtilDaily uses 250 wpm by default, adjustable up or down. The calculation: total words ÷ wpm = minutes. Technical content with code examples typically reads 30% slower; light fiction reads about 20% faster.
Are these text tools safe for confidential documents?
Yes. Every UtilDaily text tool runs entirely in your browser as JavaScript. Your draft, NDA, contract, or sensitive notes never leave your device. You can verify this in DevTools' Network tab while typing.
What is the difference between a word cloud and a tag cloud?
Both visualisations size words by frequency. A word cloud is built from a body of text — the source is the document. A tag cloud is built from a curated list of tags or categories — the source is metadata. UtilDaily's word cloud generator handles either: paste text and we count, or paste pre-counted tag pairs and we render.
How do I convert text to title case correctly?
Title case has style-guide differences (AP, Chicago, MLA), but the common rules: capitalise the first and last words, all major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives), and prepositions of 4+ letters. Lowercase short articles, conjunctions, and prepositions of 3 letters or fewer (a, an, the, of, to, in, on). UtilDaily's case converter applies the most common rules.
How do I clean messy text — extra spaces, line breaks, and special characters?
Use the text cleaner tool. It collapses multiple spaces, normalises line breaks, removes invisible Unicode characters (zero-width spaces, BOM marks), and optionally strips punctuation, smart quotes, or non-ASCII characters. Each option is a checkbox so you keep exactly the formatting you want.
What characters count toward Twitter's 280-character limit?
Twitter (now X) counts most characters as 1, but counts CJK characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) as 2. URLs are auto-shortened to a fixed 23 characters regardless of original length. Our character counter shows both raw and Twitter-style counts side-by-side.
Are these text tools free with no usage limits?
Yes. Every text tool is completely free with no caps on document length, no signup, no paid tier. The site is supported by display advertising on the page itself, never inside the tool interface.
References
- 1.Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines — Google
- 2.Tag cloud — Wikipedia
- 3.Diceware passphrase generation — Electronic Frontier Foundation