Comparison

Collabora Office vs SmartBreakdown

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Text editor
  • Spreadsheet program
  • Presentation program
  • Open Document Format support
  • Microsoft Office file compatibility
  • Open Source
Features
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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

About

SmartBreakdown

Features
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SmartBreakdown turns a screenplay into a breakdown your department can work from — prepared on Mac, carried onto set on iPad, checked on iPhone between set-ups. Nothing leaves your device. No account, no cloud, no uploads — even the semantic search runs locally. For unreleased material under NDA, that is not an extra. It is the condition. READ THE SCREENPLAY Import a PDF and SmartBreakdown finds the scenes: headings, scene numbers, length in eighths, DAY/NIGHT and INT/EXT. Dialogue stays dialogue and action stays action, so the screenplay reads the way it was written. Scans work too, and any heading the app is unsure of is shown for you to check, not quietly guessed. BREAK IT DOWN YOUR WAY Name your own departments, give them your production's colours and a symbol, and assign them to any scene. Write notes per department — with formatting — attach reference images and videos, and highlight passages in the screenplay itself. Props, Sound, Video Playback, VFX, Costume: each department sees what concerns it, and nothing else. MARK UP WITH APPLE PENCIL On iPad, pick up the marker pen and draw across the screenplay with Apple Pencil — a highlighter on paper, except that what it leaves behind can be filtered and exported. Your finger keeps scrolling while the pencil marks. Double-tap the pencil to switch department, and write notes by hand with Scribble. COST IT Put an estimate on any note — two phones, a rain bar, three doubles. Totals add up per scene, per department and across any scenes you choose, go into the PDF and Excel exports, and the app always shows what still has no amount. SCRIPT, STORY DAY AND CONTINUITY Every scene carries a running time, a story day and the clock time it plays at. Running times start as estimates from the scene's length and give way to the times you measure. See every scene of story day 2 at a tap, and know what the phone in shot or the watch in costume has to show. A NEW DRAFT KEEPS YOUR WORK Read in a revision without starting over. Departments, notes and markings hang on scene numbers, not on page positions. Coloured stripes in the margin show what each draft changed — blue pages, pink pages, as on paper — and you mark them as reviewed as you go. THE SHOOTING SCHEDULE Import a Movie Magic one-line schedule and the shooting days are linked to their scenes. Open a day to see its scenes in shooting order, with page count, running time, story days and your department's workload. FIND SCENES BY MEANING Search for "phone screen", "someone gets a message" or "computer in the background" and find the scenes, even where the screenplay puts it in other words. EXPORT WHAT IS NEEDED, NOTHING MORE PDF and Excel reports filtered by department, scenes, episode or shooting day: the full breakdown, one department, a handful of scenes or a day sheet. Send a production — or one department's work alone — to a colleague as a single file, by AirDrop or any other way, and merge their changes back when it returns. YOUR WORK STAYS YOURS A production is a single file: save it, move it between devices, carry on where you left off. Open, read, print and export it — always, with or without a subscription. TRY IT FREE No screenplay to hand? Open the demo production: a fictional episode with a finished breakdown — departments, notes with estimates, marked passages, a shooting schedule and two draft revisions. 14 days with every feature unlocked. No account required. SMARTBREAKDOWN PRO Auto-renewing subscription: EUR 12.99 per month or EUR 99.99 per year; prices vary by region. A one-off purchase is also available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smart-app.dev/SmartBreakdown/support/privacy.html

Screenshots

Collabora Office4 screens
SmartBreakdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Collabora Office at none against SmartBreakdown's 3. Collabora Office also leads on iOS requirement (16.5 vs 18.6). SmartBreakdown's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. SmartBreakdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Collabora Office asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Collabora Office ships an update every 2 months, SmartBreakdown every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Collabora Office versus SmartBreakdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollabora OfficeSmartBreakdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (114 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings114 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size320 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCollabora ProductivityStefan Hollekamp

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

SmartBreakdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Collabora Office

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SmartBreakdown

Subscriptions2
  • Pro — monthly$11.991 Month
  • Pro — yearly$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • SmartBreakdown Pro — one-off$229.00

Questions

Is Collabora Office free?
Collabora Office is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartBreakdown free?
SmartBreakdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Collabora Office or SmartBreakdown have ads?
Neither Collabora Office nor SmartBreakdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Collabora Office or SmartBreakdown?
Collabora Office ships an update every 2 months, and SmartBreakdown every 10 days. Most recently, Collabora Office was updated on October 10, 2026 and SmartBreakdown on October 9, 2026.

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