Docs To Go Standard vs Zoho Writer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Docs To Go Standard
Edit and create Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your iOS device. View PDF files and manage your documents with a built-in file manager. Offers robust editing features for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.
- Edit MS Office files
- Create MS Office files
- View PDF files
- File sorting manager
- Send/receive email attachments
- Supports iOS 'Open In' feature
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Office anywhere with Docs To Go: View, edit, and create Microsoft® Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint*) & view Adobe PDF® files on your iOS device with the original & #1 selling mobile MS Office suite of all time. Docs To Go® Standard contains best-in-class document viewing & editing. Options for connecting to multiple cloud storage accounts, desktop file sync, and opening password-protected files are in our premium version which is available in an in-app purchase. THE DATAVIZ® ADVANTAGE • Founded in 1984, DataViz is an industry leader in developing mobile Office & productivity solutions for iOS, Mac, and more. • Documents To Go, now in its 18th year, is currently preloaded on millions of devices around the world. • InTact Technology™ retains original document formatting of edited files. • Technical support is available via email by actual people in our home office & via our robust knowledge-base at DataViz.com. OVERALL STANDARD VERSION FEATURES: • Works on both iPhone and iPad • View, edit, and create MS Office files (97-2018). • View PDF, iWork, Text, .RTF files, and more! • Send & receive supported email attachments using the built-in Mail app. • Open & edit supported files within Docs To Go from any 3rd party app that supports the iOS "Open In" feature. • File sorting manager (sort your file list by Name, Modified, Size, etc.) WORD TO GO FEATURES: • View, edit, and create Word (.doc, .docx) files • Format font type, size, color, bold, italics, underline, and highlight text • High fidelity viewing for embedded graphics, tables, comments, footnotes/endnotes, text boxes, table of contents, and hyperlinks • Change paragraph alignment • Edit and/or insert bullets and numbering • Multiple undo/redo • Find & replace • Word count SHEET TO GO FEATURES: • View, edit, and create Excel (.xls, .xlsx) spreadsheets • Freeze panes • Sort • Extensive cell & number formatting options, including: font type, size, color, alignment, fill, highlight, category, and decimal place) • 111 functions supported • Insert, delete, resize, hide/unhide rows & columns • Rename, insert, and delete worksheets • Multiple undo/redo • Find/find next SLIDESHOW TO GO FEATURES: • In-slide PowerPoint editing - Edit slide contents & formatting directly in the slide vs. a separate/outline view. • Thumbnail slide sorter/view • High fidelity PowerPoint viewing, including: charts, MS Office SmartArt, and more • View/edit/add speaker notes • Sort slides • Promote/demote bullets • Open password protected PowerPoint 97-2018 files PDF TO GO FEATURES: • Pinch-to-zoom to desired PDF page size/width • Open password-protected PDFs *PowerPoint files are view and edit only.
Zoho Writer
Create and edit documents with a clean, distraction-free interface. Collaborate with others in real-time, import and export various file formats, and access your work across all devices. Your changes are automatically saved and synced.
- Create and edit documents
- Real-time collaboration
- Import/export MS Word, PDF, ODT
- Sync across devices
- Offline access
- Automatic saving
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Simple, slick word processing app to create and edit documents, and collaborate on them with your friends. Sync docs across devices and access them wherever you go. Writer is carefully designed to create a clean, blank paper-esque writing experience across your smartphone, tablet and computer. And it's free forever! Collaborate with your team - Join discussions, even when you're away from your desk. Add your thoughts to documents, reply to friends' comments, or just appreciate them by clicking "like." Work with multiple formats - Import and edit your existing Microsoft Word documents. Take stories off your world by exporting it as an MS Word, PDF, ODT, HTML, or TXT file. Get access to the full-blown web version - One of the best advantages of using Writer is that it features a powerful word processor on the web. It's incredibly easy to jot down notes on the move, and continue working on it on the web when you're back to your desk. Create beautiful looking documents - Format your documents. Add images, tables, and more. Work offline - Apart from a "Make available offline" option, 20 of your most recent documents will available offline by default too! Forget saving documents - Forget clicking save, and manual back up. Your changes are saved and synced across all your devices as you make them. What's stopping you now? Get started. Write away!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Docs To Go Standard at 3.6 against Zoho Writer's 2.9. Docs To Go Standard also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 30%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Zoho Writer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Docs To Go Standard holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 140 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Docs To Go Standard's written reviews are positive against 30% of Zoho Writer's.
Docs To Go Standard ships an update every 6 weeks, Zoho Writer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Docs To Go Standard | Zoho Writer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (61 ratings) — better | 2.9 (140 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.0% of reviews — better | 29.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 | 140 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DataViz, Inc | Zoho Corporation |
Customer experience
Docs To Go Standard
Zoho Writer
User reviews
Docs To Go Standard
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent syncing functionality
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
- 💡 Potential for future Excel editing
- 🚀 Fast document loading
Room to improve
- 🐛 Syncing issues and unreliable connectivity
- 🐛 Keyboard lag and slow text input
- 👎 Lack of email/attachment support
- 👎 Missing key features like font/formatting options
Zoho Writer
From 140 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface design
- 🔒 Privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs
- 📝 Good font variety and formatting options
- 💾 Automatic document saving
- 🌐 Cross-platform functionality (desktop, mobile, web)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing
- ⚠️ Severe data loss issues
- 🐢 Significant lag and slow typing response
- ❌ Missing core formatting features on mobile
- 🔐 Permission and access errors
Bugs and requests
Docs To Go Standard
Reported bugs
3 issues- Syncing failures and connection problems
- Inability to open certain file types
- Formatting issues when editing documents
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for iDisk and cloud storage
- Improve keyboard responsiveness
- Expand font and formatting options
- Integrate email and attachment handling
Zoho Writer
Reported bugs
23 issues- App crashes on document open
- Cursor jumps randomly in document
- Keyboard disappears during typing
- Punctuation disappears after saving
- Text erased or goes missing
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- Undo function behaves erratically
- Diacritics cause app crashes and data loss
- Apple Pencil input causes immediate crashes
- Documents fail to load with permission errors
- Data migration errors on new accounts
- Offline mode loses documents on sync
- Lag increases with document size
- Copy-paste corrupts text formatting
- App freezes on tutorial screen
- Documents deleted after app update
- Sync fails to reflect web version changes
- Microphone input text disappears
- App locks up during formatting operations
- Blank page display in read mode
- Random extra spaces between words
- Cursor placement in middle of words
- Update failure notifications
- App crashes when using WorkDrive integration
Requested features
18 requests- Dark mode for mobile app
- Text wrapping around images
- Adjustable image sizing
- Cover page and page formatting options
- Document list view (not just icon view)
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- Search within document contents
- Ability to save to specific folders
- Multi-select for batch operations
- Select all functionality
- Landscape view support
- Split-screen iPad support
- Cloud import from Dropbox/OneDrive
- Track changes feature
- Outline navigation on mobile
- Font size customization
- Margin adjustment controls
- Document templates
- Alphabetical document sorting
In-app purchases
Docs To Go Standard
No in-app purchases
Zoho Writer
No in-app purchases
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