Comparison

Themes for Keynote Slides vs SoftMaker Presentations

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

Head to head
About

Themes for Keynote Slides

Enhance your presentations with a vast library of high-quality Keynote templates. Choose from dynamic video themes or static designs suitable for various professions and interests. Seamlessly sync your work across Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Extensive Keynote template collection
  • Video themes with animated backgrounds
  • Static background themes
  • Profession-specific designs
  • Themes for various interests
  • iCloud synchronization
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Themes for Keynote app contains an impressive collection of Keynote designs for your presentations. Every template can be used to create a captivating presentation that will truly impress your audience. The collection comprises of Video Themes with moving backgrounds and the Regular Themes with static backgrounds. All the templates are high quality and they look great on different screens, displays or projectors. There are themes for teachers, lecturers, scientists, engineers, medics, designers, IT specialists. Additionally, you will find outstanding themes for nature, food and holiday lovers. Everyone will find the perfect theme. With iCloud, it is also easy to keep your presentations up to date across all your devices, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can start your presentation on the Mac and then access the latest version of it on whatever device you happen to be using at the time. Keynote app is necessary for using the themes.

About

SoftMaker Presentations

Create and edit presentations on your mobile device with a full suite of features. Ensure seamless compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint files and enjoy intuitive operation on both iPhone and iPad. Save your work locally or to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Full PowerPoint compatibility (PPTX)
  • Intuitive iPhone and iPad interface
  • Local and cloud storage integration
  • Design templates and color schemes
  • Comprehensive graphics functions
  • Animations and slide transitions
  • Flexible slideshow options
Features
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■ Presentations ► The only complete Office presentation program for your PowerPoint files ► Work on your PowerPoint presentations wherever and whenever you want. ► When working on the go, take advantage of a feature set that you would otherwise only know from your PC or Mac. ► Almost all features can be used permanently free of charge. The complete set of features that you know from Microsoft PowerPoint or Presentations on your Mac or PC is now offered by Presentations on your iPhone and iPad. Compatibility without compromise: Presentations uses the Microsoft Office PPTX format as its native format. This guarantees seamless data exchange. You can open your presentations directly in Microsoft PowerPoint without having to convert them. Intuitive operation on iPhone and iPad: Presentations always provides an ideal user experience, regardless of whether you're using it on your iPhone or an iPad. On an iPhone, you can use the practical toolbars with just one finger. On an iPad, you work with ribbons similar to those on your Mac or PC. Save locally or in the cloud: Presentations not only enables you to open and save documents stored on your device, but it also allows you to access your files in iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive and all other cloud storage services. The Presentations user interface is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and more than 20 other languages. Presentations brings the features of a desktop presentation program to your iPhone and iPad. You shouldn't settle for less. ■ Working with files ► Presentation files can be losslessly exchanged with Presentations for Mac, Windows and Linux. ► Open and save PPTX and PPT files with full fidelity from PowerPoint 97 to 2021 and PowerPoint 365 ► Export complete presentations as picture files or HTML web pages ■ Designing ► Numerous attractive design templates do the design work for you. ► Each template includes many matching color schemes. ► Slide layouts and slide masters ■ Comprehensive graphics functions ► Draw and design directly in the presentation ► PowerPoint-compatible AutoShapes ► Insert pictures in a range of file formats ► Great graphics functions such as mirror effects, soft shadows and transparencies ► Crop pictures, change brightness, contrast and gamma ► Drawings can be filled with colors, patterns, pictures and gradients. ► TextArt function for striking font effects ■ Animations and slide transitions ► Hundreds of different object and text animations ► Numerous breathtaking animations and slide transitions based on OpenGL ■ Flexible slide shows ► Both user-controlled and automatic slide shows without presenters (kiosk function) ► Interaction with the presentation via a virtual pen and highlighter ► Handouts for the audience ► Integrated slide sorter for managing and reordering slides ■ Other features Almost all features of Presentations for iOS can be used free of charge. The following additional features are available to you via an inexpensive subscription: ► Printing ► Export to PDF and PDF/A ► Sharing documents directly from Presentations ► Charts ► Photo albums ► Summary slides ► Free customer support A single subscription unlocks these features simultaneously in Presentations, TextMaker and PlanMaker for iOS. License agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Themes for Keynote Slides4 screens
SoftMaker Presentations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SoftMaker Presentations at 75% against Themes for Keynote Slides's 6%. SoftMaker Presentations also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.7) and ads (none vs shown). Themes for Keynote Slides's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Themes for Keynote Slides sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and SoftMaker Presentations sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SoftMaker Presentations holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SoftMaker Presentations has 65 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Themes for Keynote Slides's written reviews are positive against 75% of SoftMaker Presentations's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Themes for Keynote Slides versus SoftMaker Presentations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThemes for Keynote SlidesSoftMaker Presentations
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.8 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings365 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUAB MacmanusSoftMaker Software GmbH

Customer experience

Themes for Keynote Slides

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive6.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.5%

SoftMaker Presentations

All ratings65 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Themes for Keynote Slides

One-time16
  • Blue Deep$1.99
  • Downtown$1.99
  • Blue Stripes$1.99
Show 13 more
  • Mind$1.99
  • Earth$2.99
  • Waterfall$2.99
  • Gears$2.99
  • Gold$2.99
  • Spheres$2.99
  • Droplets$2.99
  • Package of 5 Action Themes 1$4.99
  • Package of 5 Action Themes 2$4.99
  • Package of 5 Action Themes 3$4.99
  • Package of 5 Action Themes 4$4.99
  • Static$14.99
  • All Keynote Themes$19.99
2 purchases

SoftMaker Presentations

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock all features7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Unlock all features7 Days trial$13.491 Year

Questions

Is Themes for Keynote Slides free?
Themes for Keynote Slides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SoftMaker Presentations free?
SoftMaker Presentations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Themes for Keynote Slides or SoftMaker Presentations?
SoftMaker Presentations is rated higher. Themes for Keynote Slides averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while SoftMaker Presentations averages 4.8 from 65 ratings.
Do Themes for Keynote Slides or SoftMaker Presentations have ads?
Themes for Keynote Slides shows ads; SoftMaker Presentations does not.

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