Comparison

Synap Office vs WordByWord

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Synap Office

This mobile office suite allows users to create, view, and edit documents, presentations, and spreadsheets on their iPhone. It offers broad compatibility with Microsoft Office formats and supports various file types, including PDF export. The app provides rich formatting tools and the ability to open files from multiple sources.

Highlights
  • View, edit, and create documents, slides, and spreadsheets
  • Microsoft Office compatibility (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Supports numerous file formats including PDF
  • Export documents to PDF
  • Rich formatting and editing tools
  • Open files from email, storage, and browser apps
Features
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Synap Office is a free mobile office solution for iPhone which lets you view, edit and create documents at anytime and anywhere. Synap Office offers excellent compatibility, allowing you to quickly view documents and edit them easily. Feature Highlights: ■ One small app includes Word, Slide, Cell ■ 100% FREE. No sign-in or subscription required ■ Fully compatible with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) ■ Supports dozens of file formats including doc, docx, txt, hml, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx and pdf ■ Export office documents to PDF ■ Intuitive User Interface ■ Open documents from email, storage and browser apps ■ Rich formatting features –font and paragraph styles, images, shapes ■ Insert pictures taken with your phone camera Synap Office Word: ■ Compatible with MS Word (doc, docx) ■ Export Word documents to docx, pdf, hml or txt formats ■ Rich font and paragraph formatting feature ■ Insert pictures, shapes, memos and text boxes ■ Find and replace ■ Thumbnail view Synap Office Slide: ■ Compatible with MS PowerPoint (ppt, pptx) ■ Slide show ■ Thumbnail and slide note view ■ Export Slide documents to docx or pdf ■ Supports detailed object properties such as images and shapes, font, paragraph ■ Insert pictures, shapes, memos and text boxes ■ Find and replace Synap Office Cell: ■ Compatible with MS Excel (xls, xlsx) ■ Supports MS Excel compatible charts and filters ■ Supports MS Excel compatible formulas including 150+ math, financial, information, statistical, date/time and text functions ■ Manage worksheets ■ Export Cell documents to xlsx or pdf ■ Rich font and paragraph formatting feature ■ Insert pictures, shape, memos and text boxes ■ Find and replace System Requirements ■ iPhone with iOS 7.0 or later Links ■ Homepage: m.synapoffice.com If you have any questions, feedback or suggestions, please contact us directly at support@synapsoft.co.kr

About

WordByWord

This app helps you read faster by displaying text one word at a time in a fixed position. It supports various text formats like PDFs, EPUBs, and web articles, allowing you to adjust reading speed up to 1200 WPM. All processing is done locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Reads text one word at a time (RSVP)
  • Supports PDFs, EPUBs, web articles, and copied text
  • Adjustable reading speed from 100 to 1200 WPM
  • Punctuation and sentence endings are respected
  • Progress is saved for each document
  • Includes three classic books
Features
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Read faster without moving your eyes. WordByWord uses RSVP to display text one word at a time in a fixed position, helping you move through books, PDFs and articles at up to 1,200 WPM. Completely free. No subscriptions, purchases, ads, accounts, analytics or tracking. BRING YOUR OWN TEXT • PDF and EPUB from Files, chapters kept intact • A printed page, photographed and recognised on the device • Anything you have copied • An article from the web, by address • Share text, a link or a document into the app from anywhere in iOS • Send the page you are reading in Safari straight to your library READING • 100 to 1200 words per minute, in steps of 25 • Long words and sentence ends hold a little longer, so punctuation is still felt rather than flattened • Each start eases in over the first sixteen words instead of beginning at full speed • Your place is kept in every document • Chapter list, rewind, and pause at any moment Nothing leaves your iPhone. No analytics, no tracking, no server. The only network request the app ever makes is fetching an article from an address you typed yourself. Three books are included to begin with: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Frankenstein, and Moby-Dick.

Screenshots

Synap Office4 screens
WordByWord4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WordByWord at 5.0 against Synap Office's 1.0. WordByWord also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Synap Office's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WordByWord holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Synap Office ships an update every 2 months, WordByWord every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Synap Office versus WordByWord: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynap OfficeWordByWord
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynapsoft Corp.Tehran Hamidzada

Customer experience

Synap Office

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

WordByWord

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Synap Office

No in-app purchases

None

WordByWord

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Synap Office free?
Synap Office is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WordByWord free?
WordByWord is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Synap Office or WordByWord?
WordByWord is rated higher. Synap Office averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while WordByWord averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Synap Office or WordByWord have ads?
Neither Synap Office nor WordByWord shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Synap Office or WordByWord?
Synap Office ships an update every 2 months, and WordByWord every 9 days. Most recently, Synap Office was updated on November 1, 2026 and WordByWord on October 31, 2026.

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