Comparison

Polaris Office vs Document Editor

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Document Editor

Create, view, and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on your mobile device. This app offers compatibility with Microsoft Office and PDF formats, along with OCR and AI writing assistance for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Create, edit, and view documents
  • Compatible with Microsoft Office and PDF
  • Spreadsheet editing and charting
  • Presentation creation and editing
  • OCR text recognition from images
  • Convert documents to PDF
  • AI writing and presentation generation
Features
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Document Editor integrates office document processor functions: Word, Excel Spreadsheet, Powerpoint and PDF Scanner, you can create, view and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files easily。 Document Editor is fully compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs and Adobe PDF format. Documents can be viewed synchronously on mobile iphones, ipad, and mac。 ------FEATURES------ Documents •create, edit, view and share documents •compatible with mainstream document formats such as WORD,PDF, WPS, DOCX, DOC, DOCM+,RTF,TXT •Insert tables, pictures, text boxes, shapes, bookmarks and special symbols •Create and edit notes, headers & footers, footnotes, page numbers •Format page setup, page print options, margins, orientation, page size & more Spreadsheets •edit spreadsheets on your mobile phone •Compatible with Microsoft Excel office formats •Create, preview and edit advanced charts •use Excel templates to quickly create tables Slides •create slides, or use ppt templates to quickly make slides •Compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint office formats •Insert charts, tables, pictures, text boxes & shapes •Change slide theme, layout, slide size or background •Add, edit and manage slide transitions OCR •OCR technology is used to recognize text on image. •Extract any Text/Words On Image. •Crop image before OCR. •Edit & Share OCR result. PDF Converter •Open and annotate PDF files •PDF Converter: create pdf , convert document files (doc, docx, ppt, pptx) to PDF Professioanal Tempaltes •Rich professional designed templates •quickly edit word , make spreadsheets, or use professional PPT templates to make PPT slides on your phone AI writing •AI documents: AI writes resumes, AI writes work summaries, AI writes internship reports, AI can help you write documents quickly •AI PPT: AI generates PPT, supports theme generation, document generation and custom generation, massive AI PPT templates, mobile phone PPT production is more efficient Subscription Instructions: Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Privacy Policy: http://www.palmmob.cn/yinsi/wordv2yinsiiosen.html User Agreement: http://www.palmmob.cn/yinsi/wordv2yonghuiosen.html

Screenshots

Polaris Office4 screens
Document Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Polaris Office at free with in-app purchases against Document Editor's subscription. Polaris Office also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 26%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Document Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Polaris Office sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Document Editor sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Polaris Office against 4.4 for Document Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polaris Office has 2.5K ratings behind it against 304, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Polaris Office's written reviews are positive against 26% of Document Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polaris Office ships an update every 4 weeks, Document Editor every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Polaris Office versus Document Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolaris OfficeDocument Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.5K ratings)4.4 (304 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews — better25.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5K — better304
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size243 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolaris Office Corp.palmmob

Customer experience

Polaris Office

All ratings2,475 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews1,662 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative29.7%

Document Editor

All ratings297 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive25.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative69.8%

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

Document Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Polaris Office

Subscriptions11
  • Premium Service7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Smart Service$3.991 Month
  • Pro Service$5.991 Month
Show 8 more
  • 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
One-time2
  • Remove Ads(30 days)$1.99
  • Remove Ads$10.99
8 purchases

Document Editor

Subscriptions7
  • Office Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Office Premium quarterly$9.996 Months
  • Office Premium quarterly$11.993 Months
Show 4 more
  • Office Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
  • Office Premium Yearly$25.991 Year
  • Office Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Office Premium Yearly3 Days trial$30.991 Year
One-time1
  • Office Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Polaris Office free?
Polaris Office is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Document Editor free?
Document Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Polaris Office or Document Editor?
Document Editor is rated higher. Polaris Office averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while Document Editor averages 4.4 from 304 ratings.
Do Polaris Office or Document Editor have ads?
Polaris Office shows ads; Document Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Polaris Office or Document Editor?
Polaris Office ships an update every 4 weeks, and Document Editor every 2 months. Most recently, Polaris Office was updated on October 30, 2026 and Document Editor on October 30, 2026.

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