Comparison

Polaris Office vs Charmiary

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

Charmiary

Features
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Charmiary(차미어리)는 모르는 사람들의 하루를 읽는 기록 공간입니다. 오늘 있었던 일을 쓰고 발행하면, 누군가의 피드에 당신의 하루가 조용히 도착합니다. 당신도 낯선 이들의 꾸미지 않은 하루를 한 장씩 넘겨보세요. * 쓰기 - 제목이 없어도 발행됩니다. - 사진은 원하는 만큼 - 발행한 기록은 언제든 수정하고 삭제할 수 있습니다. * 탐독 - 모두의 기록이 하나의 피드에 흐릅니다. 열람 제한도, 알고리즘 추천도 없어요. - 피드에서는 사진이 잉크빛 모노톤으로, 기록을 열면 원래의 색으로 보입니다. * 구독 - 마음에 드는 사람을 구독하면 그 사람의 하루만 모아 볼 수 있어요. 승인은 필요 없습니다. * 댓글 - 좋아요도, 하트도 없습니다. 마음이 움직였다면 문장으로 남겨주세요. * 조용한 디자인 - 단 하나의 잉크색과 종이색, 모노스페이스 글자, 그리고 도형뿐인 화면. - 여러 도형 중 나를 닮은 아바타를 고르세요. 다크 모드를 지원합니다. * 알아두세요 - 모든 기록은 전체공개로 게시됩니다. - 불쾌한 콘텐츠는 무관용 원칙으로 제재하며, 차단 기능으로 특정 사용자의 기록과 댓글을 숨길 수 있습니다. - 탈퇴하면 계정과 모든 기록·댓글·사진이 즉시 영구 삭제됩니다. 오늘의 기록을 남겨보세요.

Screenshots

Polaris Office4 screens
Charmiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Charmiary at none against Polaris Office's 10. Charmiary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). 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 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Charmiary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polaris Office ships an update every 4 weeks, Charmiary weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Polaris Office versus Charmiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolaris OfficeCharmiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size243 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPolaris Office Corp.Soo Jeong Min

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

Charmiary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Polaris Office

Subscriptions8
  • 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
  • Premium Service1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Smart Service$39.991 Year
  • Pro Service$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$10.99
None

Charmiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polaris Office free?
Polaris Office is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Charmiary free?
Charmiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Polaris Office or Charmiary have ads?
Polaris Office shows ads; Charmiary does not.
Which is updated more often, Polaris Office or Charmiary?
Polaris Office ships an update every 4 weeks, and Charmiary weekly. Most recently, Polaris Office was updated on November 4, 2026 and Charmiary on October 13, 2026.

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