diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/SettingsActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
index 30d75c75..8cbd8e16 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/SettingsActivity.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class SettingsActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         setupClickableLinks()
         setupMonospacedFont()
         setupShowKeyboard()
+        setupShowWordCount()
         setupFontSize()
         setupGravity()
         setupWidgetNote()
@@ -90,6 +91,14 @@ class SettingsActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun setupShowWordCount() {
+        settings_show_word_count.isChecked = config.showWordCount
+        settings_show_word_count_holder.setOnClickListener {
+            settings_show_word_count.toggle()
+            config.showWordCount = settings_show_word_count.isChecked
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun setupFontSize() {
         settings_font_size.text = getFontSizeText()
         settings_font_size_holder.setOnClickListener {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/fragments/NoteFragment.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/fragments/NoteFragment.kt
index 104e5588..c5edd22a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/fragments/NoteFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/fragments/NoteFragment.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.simplemobiletools.notes.fragments
 import android.graphics.Typeface
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.support.v4.app.Fragment
+import android.text.Editable
+import android.text.TextWatcher
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod
 import android.text.util.Linkify
 import android.util.TypedValue
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ class NoteFragment : Fragment() {
         super.onResume()
 
         val config = context!!.config
+
         view.notes_view.apply {
             typeface = if (config.monospacedFont) Typeface.MONOSPACE else Typeface.DEFAULT
 
@@ -113,10 +116,45 @@ class NoteFragment : Fragment() {
                 setSelection(if (config.placeCursorToEnd) text.length else 0)
             }
         }
+
+        if (config.showWordCount) {
+            view.notes_view.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher)
+            view.notes_counter.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+            setWordCounter(view.notes_view.text)
+        }
+        else {
+            view.notes_counter.visibility = View.GONE
+        }
     }
 
     override fun onPause() {
         super.onPause()
         saveText()
+
+        removeTextWatcher()
+    }
+
+    private fun removeTextWatcher() {
+        //Avoid memory leak
+        view.notes_view.removeTextChangedListener(textWatcher)
+    }
+
+    private fun setWordCounter(text: Editable) {
+        //Replace new lines with space
+        val wordArray = text.toString().replace("\n", " ").split(" ")
+        //Count only items which are not empty
+        notes_counter.text = wordArray.count { it.isNotEmpty() }.toString()
+    }
+
+    private var textWatcher: TextWatcher = object : TextWatcher {
+        override fun beforeTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, count: Int, after: Int) {
+        }
+
+        override fun onTextChanged(s: CharSequence?, start: Int, before: Int, count: Int) {
+        }
+
+        override fun afterTextChanged(editable: Editable) {
+            setWordCounter(editable)
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Config.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Config.kt
index 97c0dda4..25bc327e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Config.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Config.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class Config(context: Context) : BaseConfig(context) {
         get() = prefs.getBoolean(SHOW_KEYBOARD, true)
         set(showKeyboard) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(SHOW_KEYBOARD, showKeyboard).apply()
 
+    var showWordCount: Boolean
+        get() = prefs.getBoolean(SHOW_WORDCOUNT, false)
+        set(showWordCount) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(SHOW_WORDCOUNT, showWordCount).apply()
+
     var fontSize: Int
         get() = prefs.getInt(FONT_SIZE, FONT_SIZE_MEDIUM)
         set(size) = prefs.edit().putInt(FONT_SIZE, size).apply()
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Constants.kt
index 9c5d64f9..d147b8a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/helpers/Constants.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ val CLICKABLE_LINKS = "clickable_links"
 val WIDGET_NOTE_ID = "widget_note_id"
 val MONOSPACED_FONT = "monospaced_font"
 val SHOW_KEYBOARD = "show_keyboard"
+val SHOW_WORDCOUNT = "show_word_count"
 val FONT_SIZE = "font_size"
 val GRAVITY = "gravity"
 val CURSOR_PLACEMENT = "cursor_placement"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_settings.xml
index c5a6dc67..d9348b05 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_settings.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,29 @@
 
         </RelativeLayout>
 
+        <RelativeLayout
+            android:id="@+id/settings_show_word_count_holder"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/medium_margin"
+            android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackground"
+            android:paddingBottom="@dimen/bigger_margin"
+            android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_margin"
+            android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_margin"
+            android:paddingTop="@dimen/bigger_margin">
+
+            <com.simplemobiletools.commons.views.MySwitchCompat
+                android:id="@+id/settings_show_word_count"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:background="@null"
+                android:clickable="false"
+                android:paddingLeft="@dimen/medium_margin"
+                android:paddingStart="@dimen/medium_margin"
+                android:text="@string/show_wordcount"/>
+
+        </RelativeLayout>
+
         <RelativeLayout
             android:id="@+id/settings_font_size_holder"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_note.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_note.xml
index f193f5c9..037bdbc9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_note.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_note.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         android:fillViewport="true">
 
+        <RelativeLayout
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
+
         <com.simplemobiletools.commons.views.MyEditText
             android:id="@+id/notes_view"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
@@ -22,5 +26,18 @@
             android:padding="@dimen/activity_margin"
             android:textCursorDrawable="@null"/>
 
+            <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/notes_counter"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:textStyle="italic"
+                android:text="123"
+                android:padding="5dp"
+                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
+                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
+                android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
+
+        </RelativeLayout>
+
     </ScrollView>
 </RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
index 9aafc561..8ba59260 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <string name="place_cursor_end">Platziere Cursor am Ende der Notiz</string>
     <string name="monospaced_font">Benutze Monospace Schrift</string>
     <string name="show_keyboard">Zeige Tastatur beim Start</string>
+    <string name="show_wordcount">Zeige Wort Zähler</string>
     <string name="alignment">Ausrichtung</string>
     <string name="left">Linksbündig</string>
     <string name="center">Zentriert</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 508be5da..8f4cd7c0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <string name="place_cursor_end">Place cursor to the end of note</string>
     <string name="monospaced_font">Use monospaced font</string>
     <string name="show_keyboard">Show keyboard on startup</string>
+    <string name="show_wordcount">Show word counter</string>
     <string name="alignment">Alignment</string>
     <string name="left">Left</string>
     <string name="center">Center</string>