Polaris Office vs ezPDF DRM Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polaris Office
Create, edit, and share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations across multiple devices. This all-in-one office suite offers PDF viewing and conversion, with seamless cloud integration and collaboration features.
- Edit and save documents in various formats
- View and convert PDFs
- Sync across desktop, iPhone, and iPad
- Share documents via link
- Supports 18 global languages
- Integrated cloud storage options
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Create, edit, save and share your files with the best office app of iOS, used by 100 million users all over the world. Experience New All-in-One Complete Office Suite compatible with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe PDF "Best App" awarded by iTunes App Store. [ Features ] • Edit and save documents in various file formats Under 100 MB size. Just one application enough for all different type of documents. - Open, edit, save and share all kinds of office documents such as Word, Excel, Power Point, and Google Docs with one iOS app. - View PDFs right from your iPhone and iPad. Convert PDF into Office documents and edit them. • Convenient usability Quick and Easy Access for Anytime, Anywhere and Any device. - Across all devices like Desktop, iPhone and iPad, Keep your all documents always up-to-date in sync via Polaris Drive, iCloud and other cloud service. - Edit file easily with Split View. - Powerful search function will save your time to expand your search terms not just filename. - Save frequent template in My Template folder. You can make your own template anytime. - Without extracting zip files on iPhone and iPad, you can easily open and read all type of documents. • Share documents quickly, easily Share documents easily and invite others quickly to edit or view documents. - Just simply sharing the link of documents with our cloud storage via SMS, email, Facebook and other channels. • Other support available - Supported File Formats : DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, TXT, HWP, HWPX, ODT and PDF. (NEW) Now we support CSV format. - Free Available for 33 templates, 20 various 2D/3D charts, 37 slide transition effects, 173 different shapes and 300 formulas for spreadsheet. - Supporting 18 global languages including English, French, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese (Europe, Brazil), etc. - Polaris Drive is a default cloud but also available other cloud service such as iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, WebDAV, FTP for 24 hours, 365 days. - Polaris Office has earned ISO 27001 certification for International Cloud Privacy Standard. [Payment plan and auto-subscription] • Polaris Office is free all-in-one office suite but some features can be limited by your cloud usage or your subscription option. • Smart Plan : $3.99/month & $39.99/year • Pro Plan : $5.99/month & $59.99/year • AI Plan ($12.99/month & $129.99/year) • AI-Plus Plan ($20.99/month & $209.99/year) • Remove Ads : $10.99 • Recurring payment and plan subscriptions are charged to Apple Store account. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Subscriptions can be managed at App Store account setting. Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to user’s Account Settings. [Note] • Support : [Application] -[Settings] - [Customer Support] or [Official Site] – [Support] • Customer Support : support@polarisoffice.com • Terms of Service : https://www.polarisoffice.com/en/terms • Privacy Policy : https://www.polarisoffice.com/en/privacy * How to change sharing option Settings > Privacy > Allow additional permissions Select category > Revoke access to Polaris Office
ezPDF DRM Reader
This application allows users to view both standard and DRM-protected PDF files. It requires a login for secured documents but opens unprotected PDFs without one. It is designed for users who need to access documents created with ezPDF Editor 3.0.
- View DRM-protected PDFs
- Open unprotected PDFs
- Requires login for secured files
- Compatible with ezPDF Editor 3.0 documents
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The ezPDF DRM Reader is a dedicated viewer for viewing secured documents created with the ezPDF Editor 3.0. The main features of this app are open any non-protected PDF documents and open ezPDF DRM-protected PDF. The non-protected PDF files can be opened without logging in. However, ezPDF DRM-protected PDF requires log-in prior to open the file.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Polaris Office at 63% against ezPDF DRM Reader's 8%. Polaris Office also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 4). ezPDF DRM Reader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Polaris Office sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ezPDF DRM Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Polaris Office holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polaris Office has 2.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Polaris Office's written reviews are positive against 8% of ezPDF DRM Reader's.
Polaris Office ships an update every 4 weeks, ezPDF DRM Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polaris Office | ezPDF DRM Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.5K ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.6% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polaris Office Corp. | Unidocs Inc. |
Customer experience
Polaris Office
ezPDF DRM Reader
Bugs and requests
Polaris Office
Reported bugs
4 issues- Documents not saving properly
- Syncing issues between devices
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Formatting issues when exporting to PDF
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more file formats
- Improve offline document editing capabilities
- Provide better integration with cloud storage services
- Introduce a dark mode option
ezPDF DRM Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Polaris Office
- Premium Service7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Smart Service$3.991 Month
- Pro Service$5.991 Month
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- AI Service1 Month trial2 variants$12.991 Month
- AI Service$12.991 Month
- AI-Plus Service$20.991 Month
- Premium Service1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Smart Service$39.991 Year
- Pro Service$59.991 Year
- AI Service1 Year trial$129.991 Year
- AI-Plus Service$209.991 Year
- Remove Ads(30 days)$1.99
- Remove Ads$10.99
ezPDF DRM Reader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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