Collabora Office vs PolarisOffice Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collabora Office
Create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your mobile device. This app offers compatibility with a wide range of file formats, including Open Document and Microsoft Office. It's an open-source solution for on-the-go productivity.
- Text editor
- Spreadsheet program
- Presentation program
- Open Document Format support
- Microsoft Office file compatibility
- Open Source
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Collabora Office is a text editor, spreadsheet and presentation program based on LibreOffice, the world's most popular Open Source office suite — and now it's on iOS, enhancing your possibilities to work on mobile devices. This app is in active development, feedback and bug reports are very welcome. Supported files: • Open Document Format (.odt, .odp, .ods, .ots, .ott, .otp) • Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019 (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .dotx, .xltx, .ppsx) • Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP/2003 (.doc, .ppt, .xls, .dot, .xlt, .pps) Report issues: Use the bugtracker and attach any files that caused problems via https://col.la/iosBug . Please note that anything you enter in the bugtracker will be public. About the app: Collabora Office for iOS is based on the LibreOffice code for macOS and other platforms. This, combined with a new front-end based on Collabora Online. Credits: iOS port is mainly based on the work of Collabora engineer Tor Lillqvist, with help of Patrick Luby. Please find a detailed list of contributors in the credits: https://col.la/iosCredits License: Open Source — Mozilla Public License v2 and other
PolarisOffice Tools
This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing PDFs, documents, and images. It allows for easy conversion between various formats, compression, merging, splitting, and viewing of files. The application prioritizes user privacy and supports batch processing for efficiency.
- PDF conversion to JPG, PNG, BMP
- Document conversion to PDF/JPG
- Batch document conversion
- PDF compression
- PDF splitting and merging
- Document viewing
- Image style transfer and super resolution
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The ultimate online tool for PDFs, Documents and Images! It is easy to use conversion, compression, merging, viewing, extracting with PDFs, Documents and Images 1. We do not collect user document data. Use documents with sensitive content safely. 2. We support fast document conversion. Experience the usability of batch conversion of multiple documents with one click. 3. We support various document formats which are PDF, Word, Slide, HWP. [conversion] • PDF ↔ JPG • JPG ↔ PNG ↔ BMP • Images ↔ PDF • Sheet → PDF/JPG • Word → PDF/JPG • Slide → PDF/JPG • HWP, HWPX → PDF/JPG [compression] • Compress PDF [security] • Unlock PDF • Protect PDF [composition] • Split PDF • Merge PDF • PDF Cover [viewer] • PDF viewer • HWP viewer • HWPX viewer • Word viewer • Slide viewer • Sheet viewer [extract] • PDF extract contents • HWP extract contents • HWPX extract contents • Word extract contents • Slide extract contents • Sheet extract contents [image effect] • Image Style Transfer • Image Super Resolution
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Collabora Office at 41% against PolarisOffice Tools's 0%. PolarisOffice Tools's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Collabora Office ships an update every 6 weeks, PolarisOffice Tools every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Collabora Office | PolarisOffice Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (130 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 302 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collabora Productivity | Polaris Office Corp. |
Customer experience
Collabora Office
PolarisOffice Tools
Bugs and requests
Collabora Office
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to open password-protected documents
- Formatting issues with imported documents
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
- Keyboard and cursor controls not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved cursor and text selection controls
- Better integration with cloud storage services
- More intuitive file naming and saving process
- Enhanced spreadsheet functionality
PolarisOffice Tools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Collabora Office
No in-app purchases
PolarisOffice Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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