Comparison

Polaris Office vs ASCII

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 devices. This all-in-one office suite is compatible with popular file formats and offers cloud integration for seamless access. It includes tools for PDF conversion and editing, making it a versatile productivity solution.

Highlights
  • Edit and save Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files
  • Sync documents across devices via cloud services
  • Convert PDFs to editable office documents
  • Quick document sharing via links
  • Supports 18 global languages
  • Includes 33 free templates and various charts/effects
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

ASCII

Features
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아스키:일러스트레이터를 통해 여러분의 이미지를 아스키 아트로 변환하여 새로운 예술 작품을 만들어 보세요! -이미지 한 장으로 텍스트 아트 완성 복잡한 편집 과정 없이 자동으로 결과물을 얻을 수 있습니다. -이미지 배경 제거 기능 제공 따로 편집을 거치지 않아도 손쉽게 배경 제거를 할 수 있도록 제공합니다. -간단한 공유 결과물을 이미지로 저장하거나 다른 사람들에게 공유할 수 있습니다.

Screenshots

Polaris Office4 screens
ASCII4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ASCII at none against Polaris Office's 10. ASCII also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ASCII asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Polaris Office versus ASCII: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolaris OfficeASCII
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolaris Office Corp.InBeom Moon

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

ASCII

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Polaris Office

Subscriptions7
  • Premium Service7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Smart Service$3.991 Month
  • Pro Service$5.991 Month
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  • AI Service1 Month trial3 variants$12.991 Month
  • Premium Service1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Smart Service$39.991 Year
  • Pro Service$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$10.99
None

ASCII

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polaris Office free?
Polaris Office is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASCII free?
ASCII is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Polaris Office or ASCII have ads?
Polaris Office shows ads; ASCII does not.

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