AO Office vs Document Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AO Office
This app provides a comprehensive office suite for mobile devices, allowing users to view, edit, import, and export a wide range of document types. It includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and equation editing capabilities, mirroring the functionality of desktop office software.
- View, edit, import, and export documents
- Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tools
- PDF export and import
- Support for extensive file formats
- Cloud storage integration
- Recover unsaved work
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AO Office is the world's first porting of OpenOffice for iOS and it's a powerful and complete office suite for OpenOffice / LibreOffice documents. You can view, edit, import, and export PDF, Word, Excel & PowerPoint documents using full features of the OpenOffice in the PC version. AO Office has 5 components: Writer: a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book. Calc: a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or graphics. Impress: the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations. Draw: lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations. Math: lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor. * AO Office is a forked project from the Apache OpenOffice project. AO Office is not affiliated with the Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice projects. ■ Features ■ - View / edit / import / export documents - High reproducibility for Open Document Format - Export and import documents as PDF - Formatting paragraphs - Create stylized text with special effects - Support for extensive file formats - Support for embedded object - Support for Dropbox / iCloud Drive / Google Drive / OneDrive / Box - Support for NAS / WebDAV (Paid version only) - Support for Audio and Video - Support for recovering the unsaved work - Support for modern encryption - Support for Markdown documents ■ Supported File Formats ■ AO Office can open and save to: - Microsoft Word (DOC / DOT / RTF) - Microsoft Word 2007 (DOCX / DOTX / DOCM) - Microsoft Excel (XLS / XLT) - Microsoft Excel 2007 (XLSX / XLTX / XLSM) - Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT / POT) - Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (PPTX / POTX / PPTM) - OpenDocument (ODT / ODS / ODP / ODG / ODF) - Portable Document Format (PDF) - OpenOffice.org1.0 / StarOffice6.0 (SXW / SXC / SXD / SXI / SXG / SXM) - Text (TXT / CSV / XML) - HyperText Markup Language (HTML) - Markdown (MD / MARKDOWN) - Adobe Photoshop (PSD) - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) - Windows Metafile (EMF / WMF) - Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) - Data Interchange Format (DIF) - SYLK (SLK) - Portable Anymap Format (PBM / PGM / PPM) - OS/2 Metafile (MET) - Sun Raster Image (RAS) - Mac Pict (PCT) - X PixMap (XPM) - StarView Metafile (SVM) AO Office can open: - WordPerfect Document (WPD) - AutoCAD (DXF) - T602 Document (602) - Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) - Truevision Targa (TGA) - X Bitmap (XBM) - Zsoft Paintbrush (PCX) - Kodak Photo CD (PCD) AO Office can save to: - PlaceWare (PWP) - Macromedia Flash (SWF) - JPG / GIF / PNG / BMP ■ Gesture Assignments ■ - Hard Press or 2 Finger Tap = Context Menu - Pinch In & Out = Zoom In & Out - Drag = Scrolling - Drag with Hard Press or 2 Finger Tap = Drag & Drop ■ Limitations ■ - Not supported for macro ■ Contact Us ■ Email: support-ios@aooffice.app Twitter: @office700 The paid version includes the following functions. · Access to cloud storages · Printing - Export as PDF · Other useful functions
Document Editor
Create, view, and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your mobile device. This app offers compatibility with Microsoft Office and PDF formats, along with OCR and AI writing assistance for enhanced productivity.
- Create, edit, and view documents
- Compatible with Microsoft Office and PDF
- Spreadsheet editing and charting
- Presentation creation and editing
- OCR text recognition from images
- Convert documents to PDF
- AI writing and presentation generation
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Document Editor integrates office document processor functions: Word, Excel Spreadsheet, Powerpoint and PDF Scanner, you can create, view and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files easily。 Document Editor is fully compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs and Adobe PDF format. Documents can be viewed synchronously on mobile iphones, ipad, and mac。 ------FEATURES------ Documents •create, edit, view and share documents •compatible with mainstream document formats such as WORD,PDF, WPS, DOCX, DOC, DOCM+,RTF,TXT •Insert tables, pictures, text boxes, shapes, bookmarks and special symbols •Create and edit notes, headers & footers, footnotes, page numbers •Format page setup, page print options, margins, orientation, page size & more Spreadsheets •edit spreadsheets on your mobile phone •Compatible with Microsoft Excel office formats •Create, preview and edit advanced charts •use Excel templates to quickly create tables Slides •create slides, or use ppt templates to quickly make slides •Compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint office formats •Insert charts, tables, pictures, text boxes & shapes •Change slide theme, layout, slide size or background •Add, edit and manage slide transitions OCR •OCR technology is used to recognize text on image. •Extract any Text/Words On Image. •Crop image before OCR. •Edit & Share OCR result. PDF Converter •Open and annotate PDF files •PDF Converter: create pdf , convert document files (doc, docx, ppt, pptx) to PDF Professioanal Tempaltes •Rich professional designed templates •quickly edit word , make spreadsheets, or use professional PPT templates to make PPT slides on your phone AI writing •AI documents: AI writes resumes, AI writes work summaries, AI writes internship reports, AI can help you write documents quickly •AI PPT: AI generates PPT, supports theme generation, document generation and custom generation, massive AI PPT templates, mobile phone PPT production is more efficient Subscription Instructions: Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Privacy Policy: http://www.palmmob.cn/yinsi/wordv2yinsiiosen.html User Agreement: http://www.palmmob.cn/yinsi/wordv2yonghuiosen.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: AO Office at free with in-app purchases against Document Editor's subscription. AO Office also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 26%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 304). Document Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. AO Office sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Document Editor sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for AO Office against 4.4 for Document Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 304 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of AO Office's written reviews are positive against 26% of Document Editor's.
AO Office ships an update every 5 weeks, Document Editor every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | AO Office | Document Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.5K ratings) | 4.4 (304 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.3% of reviews — better | 25.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 304 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akikazu Yoshikawa | palmmob |
Customer experience
AO Office
Document Editor
In-app purchases
AO Office
- Professional Version$19.99
Document Editor
- Office Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Office Premium quarterly$9.996 Months
- Office Premium quarterly$11.993 Months
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- Office Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
- Office Premium Yearly$25.991 Year
- Office Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
- Office Premium Yearly3 Days trial$30.991 Year
- Office Premium Lifetime$29.99
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