Comparison

Pages vs Microsoft Copilot

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

Head to head
About

Pages

Create visually appealing documents with a wide range of templates and editing tools. Enhance your work with multimedia, track changes, and collaborate seamlessly. Offers advanced features for writing, design, and presentation.

Highlights
  • Apple-designed templates
  • Add images, video, audio
  • Track changes and comments
  • Screen View for mobile editing
  • Interactive EPUB creation
  • Drawing and annotation with Apple Pencil
  • Writing Tools for AI assistance
Features
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Pages is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus premium content and intelligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform, all in one simple plan. Creating, viewing, and editing documents in Pages, as well as collaborating with others in real time, does not require a subscription. Create beautiful documents with Pages on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Start with an Apple-designed template for a report, resume, poster, or digital book. Easily add images, movies, audio, tables, charts, and shapes. Use comments, change tracking, and highlights to review your work. On iPhone and iPad, Screen View optimizes content for your screen, making it easier to edit. Get Started Quickly • Work from iPhone, iPad, Mac, or even a PC with iCloud.com • Select from a wide variety of Apple-designed templates • Add from a library of shapes, tables, and charts with pre-defined styles • Import and edit Microsoft Word and text files Create Beautiful Documents • Format your document with gorgeous styles, fonts, and textures • Make your content more engaging with recorded audio, video, and image galleries • Create page templates to keep the design consistent across your page layout document • Use powerful graphics tools including image background removal and masking • Design interactive EPUB books that can be shared with others or published to Apple Books • Draw, write or annotate with Apple Pencil on iPad Advanced Tools • Use the table of contents view to easily navigate your document or book • Add comments and join threaded conversations • Turn on change tracking to mark up a document as you edit it • Create footnotes and endnotes and view character, word, and paragraph counts • Add elegant mathematical equations using LaTeX or MathML notation • Use presenter mode on iPhone and iPad to auto scroll text while giving a speech • Seamless integration with EndNote for inserting citations on Mac* Share with Anyone • Share your document publicly or collaborate with specific people using iCloud or Box • Make changes from any device and see a list of changes from others in real-time • Export your document in EPUB, Microsoft Word, RTF, TXT, and PDF format Apple Intelligence • Use Writing Tools to proofread, rewrite, summarize, and compose text • Create your own fun images with Image Playground based on a description Some features of Apple Creator Studio require an Apple Intelligence–capable device. For full system requirements and usage limits for Apple Creator Studio intelligence features, see Apple Support article 125029. * EndNote sold separately. EndNote integration requires a plug-in available from Apple Support.

About

Microsoft Copilot

This AI-powered app helps you be more productive at work. Chat with an AI assistant to create content, manage projects, find files, and learn new concepts. It offers voice interaction and expert insights for various tasks.

Highlights
  • Chat with AI assistant
  • Voice interaction
  • Find files quickly
  • Accelerate learning
  • Generate research reports
  • Create and edit content
  • Manage projects with notebooks
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The Microsoft Copilot app is the AI built for work. Copilot helps you keep your work moving, from early ideas to finished documents, presentations, and more. Whether you're creating content, managing projects, organizing your day, or finding information, Copilot helps you get more done from one place. Copilot connects to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more, bringing the files and information you use into one place. Create polished documents, presentations, and spreadsheets, summarize articles and files, draft emails, brainstorm ideas, analyze information, and get answers grounded in the work you're doing. Need help tackling a bigger task? With Cowork, Copilot can take on multi-step work and help deliver finished files and completed to-dos, so you spend less time piecing work together and more time making progress. Choose between leading AI models, selecting the one that's best suited to the task at hand. Whether you're writing, researching, planning, or analyzing, Copilot gives you the flexibility to work your way. Copilot also remembers what matters, connects to the files and information you use most, and helps you pick up where you left off. Upload Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images or PDF files directly from your phone to ask questions, generate summaries, and find the information you need. For organizations with a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, Work IQ gives Copilot a deep understanding of your organization's work, people, and relationships, delivering more intelligent, relevant, personalized and trusted assistance. Copilot is built on the same enterprise-grade security foundation as Microsoft 365 — your permissions, encryption, and compliance commitments already in place. Data processing and protection commitments differ by subscription; see the full security documentation for details. Availability of Microsoft Copilot features may vary. Some capabilities require specific licenses or may be disabled by your organization's administrator. See this webpage for more information on feature availability by license: https://support.microsoft.com/topic/understanding-the-different-microsoft-copilot-experiences-cfff4791-694a-4d90-9c9c-1eb3fb28e842 Please refer to Microsoft’s EULA for Terms of Service for Microsoft 365. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/microsoft-365/microsoft-365-copilot-mobile-license-terms

Screenshots

Pages4 screens
Microsoft Copilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pages at none against Microsoft Copilot's 18. Pages also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (59% vs 28%). Microsoft Copilot's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Microsoft Copilot sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pages asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pages against 4.7 for Microsoft Copilot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 573K and 1.3M respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Pages's written reviews are positive against 28% of Microsoft Copilot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pages ships an update every 3 months, Microsoft Copilot every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pages versus Microsoft Copilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagesMicrosoft Copilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (573K ratings)4.7 (1.3M ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews — better28.2% of reviews
Number of ratings573K1.3M — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#7 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size683 MB453 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperApple Inc.Microsoft Corporation

Customer experience

Pages

All ratings572,851 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews7,979 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral9.3%
Negative31.5%

Microsoft Copilot

All ratings1,343,163 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews3,555 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative65.7%

User reviews

Pages

From 573K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Versatile writing app
  • 🎨 Excellent creative features
  • 🤝 Collaborative capabilities
  • 📚 Great for writing books/stories
  • 🏫 Useful for school/work documents

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 🔍 Difficult to find/organize documents
  • 🖋️ Frustrating cursor and text editing
  • 🔄 Inconsistent sync and file management
  • 🔢 Limited font and formatting options

Microsoft Copilot

From 1.3M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Seamless integration of Office apps
  • 🔒 Secure cloud storage with OneDrive
  • 👍 Convenient all-in-one productivity solution
  • 🚀 Great for on-the-go work and collaboration

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent file saving and syncing
  • 🔍 Confusing file management and navigation
  • 🔍 Limited functionality compared to desktop Office
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues
  • 💰 Subscription-only model, no standalone option

Bugs and requests

Pages

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Documents disappearing or failing to save
  • Keyboard freezing and unresponsive typing
  • Formatting issues when importing/exporting files
  • Compatibility problems with older devices/OS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more font and formatting options
  • Improve cursor and text editing controls
  • Streamline document organization and search
  • Enhance sync and offline editing capabilities
  • Integrate grammar/spelling correction tools

Microsoft Copilot

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Documents not saving properly
  • Inability to change file names or locations
  • Compatibility issues with older devices and OSes
  • Unreliable syncing between devices and cloud

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow opening multiple documents side-by-side
  • Improve iPad optimization and user experience
  • Provide better integration with third-party cloud storage
  • Add more advanced formatting and editing capabilities

In-app purchases

None

Pages

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

Microsoft Copilot

Subscriptions14
  • Microsoft 365 Basic$1.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal2 variants$9.991 Month
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  • Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Family1 Month trial2 variants$12.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Family$12.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly2 variants$19.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Personal$99.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Family1 Month trial2 variants$129.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Family$129.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Premium Annual1 Month trial$199.991 Year

Questions

Is Pages free?
Pages is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microsoft Copilot free?
Microsoft Copilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pages or Microsoft Copilot?
Microsoft Copilot is rated higher. Pages averages 4.6 out of 5 from 573K ratings, while Microsoft Copilot averages 4.7 from 1.3M ratings.
Do Pages or Microsoft Copilot have ads?
Microsoft Copilot shows ads; Pages does not.
Which is updated more often, Pages or Microsoft Copilot?
Pages ships an update every 3 months, and Microsoft Copilot every 4 days. Most recently, Pages was updated on October 10, 2026 and Microsoft Copilot on October 9, 2026.

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