Wordsalad FAQ

Create a document, then open Words and tap the text row to type or paste your text. Wordsalad picks the words that matter most. Choose a shape, a palette and fonts in the inspector.

Yes. In the text editor you can import a .txt or PDF file, or search Wikipedia and use an article's text. The new text replaces the old one when you save.

Yes. In Words, tap Topic Words and type a topic, like “summer in Sicily”. Apple Intelligence writes the words privately on your device. It needs a device that supports Apple Intelligence, with it turned on in Settings. The words replace your current text.

In the Files app, on your device or in iCloud Drive, wherever you choose. They save automatically, and Files shows a thumbnail of each one.

Join them with an underscore in the text: New_York. It shows in the cloud as one word, “New York”.

Drag it up or down in the Words list. Words at the top are bigger, and the first one is the biggest.

Star it in Words, or touch and hold it in the cloud and choose Make Hero. The hero word goes in the middle of the shape.

Touch and hold it in the cloud and choose Mark Forbidden, or tap its forbid button in Words. Forbidden words stay in the list, struck out. Tap the button again to bring a word back.

Wordsalad skips filler words (stop words). Turn off Remove Stop Words in Words to keep every word. Remove Numbers and Case Sensitive are in the same place.

Editing the text, or the list options, builds the list again from the text. Finish the text first, then reorder, star and forbid words.

The list holds up to 500 words. Words repeat until the shape is full, so even a short list fills the shape.

Yes. Touch and hold the word, open Colors, then pick one of the palette's colors or Other Color… for any color.

It lays out the words again with new angles, colors and fonts. Didn't like the result? Undo brings the previous one back.

Yes. In Palettes, tap the palette that's already selected. Its colors are shuffled among the words, and the layout stays the same.

In Layout, pick one of the eight orientations, from Horizontal to Dancing. Spacing, Size variation and Biggest word are there too.

Yes, with Shape Outline in Layout. The line goes around the silhouette, behind the words, in the palette's first color. It isn't available with Fill the Page.

Fill the Page follows the paper's proportions, so a new size lays out the words again. A silhouette keeps its words and is just fitted to the new page.

Yes, with My Palettes and My Fonts in Wordsalad Pro. Imported fonts are stored inside the document, so a word cloud you share keeps its fonts. Fonts larger than 15 MB, or whose licence doesn't allow embedding, can't be used.

That font isn't on your device. Accept to lay out the words with the suggested font, or tap Cancel to keep the cloud as it is.

Your own words, placed exactly where you want them, at any size, angle and color. The rest of the cloud flows around them. Pin words are part of Wordsalad Pro.

Tap + to add one, and tap a pin word to select it. Drag to move it, pinch to resize it, and twist with two fingers to rotate it.

Emoji can't be laid out in a word cloud, in the text or in pin words.

Pinch, or double-tap the page.

• ⌘R Shuffle
• ⌘T Show Words
• ⌘E Export
• ⇧⌘P Edit Pin Words
• ⌘1 to ⌘6 open the inspector panes
• ⌘+, ⌘− and ⌘0 zoom in, zoom out and zoom to fit
• ⌘Z and ⇧⌘Z undo and redo

Yes. Every change to a word cloud can be undone and redone.

Yes. Words highlight under the pointer, and a secondary click on a word opens its menu.

• PNG for messages, social media and wallpapers.
• PDF for printing: words stay sharp at any size.
• SVG for design apps and cutting machines.
• Photoshop (PSD) for fine editing, with each word on its own layer.
• USDZ to see the word cloud in AR.

Yes. In Export, tap View on Your Wall. Your word cloud hangs on the wall in AR, in an oak frame at its real size.

A4, A3, 30 × 40, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm, portrait or landscape, in Size.

Wordsalad is free to use, with dozens of shapes, palettes and fonts and PNG export. Wordsalad Pro unlocks all 438 shapes, every palette and font, My Palettes, My Fonts, pin words, and PDF, SVG and Photoshop export.

No. You keep everything you paid for. Open the Pro screen and tap Restore Purchases.

In the Settings app: your name → Subscriptions. The yearly plan starts with a 1-week free trial, and you're not charged if you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends.

Not once Wordsalad 6 has saved them. Wordsalad 6 opens every Wordsalad 5 word cloud.

No. Your text and word clouds stay on your device or in your iCloud Drive. See the Privacy Policy.