Comparison

Docs² | for Microsoft Office vs Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write

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

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About

Docs² | for Microsoft Office

This app helps you create, edit, and manage Microsoft Office documents on the go. It offers video guides, templates, and a document browser for efficient workflow. Secure your files and sync them across devices for seamless productivity.

Highlights
  • Create Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents
  • Edit and share documents online
  • Access free document templates
  • Learn essentials with video guides
  • Secure files with Face ID/Touch ID
  • Sync documents to OneDrive
Features
Currently charting
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–– SAVE BIG TODAY ON DOCS² | THE SMARTEST BUNDLE FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE! –– • Start working smarter, online and on the go with the Office apps that you know and love. • Quickly create Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, or email with Outlook. • Complete with the best documents, guides and templates for Office. Get Docs² for everything you need to begin quickly creating Microsoft Office docs! Work smarter with great videos to guide you through the essentials, a convenient document browser to edit online and on the go with your favorite apps, plus free templates to help you create beautiful docs. All together in the smartest bundle for Microsoft Office! FEATURES – Explore the essentials of Microsoft Office with helpful videos & content to guide you. – Create and share docs online with convenient shortcuts for your favorite Office apps, including: –– Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote & OneDrive. – Discover free templates to create beautiful documents. – Save docs offline or in OneDrive to work with other apps and devices. QUICKLY LEARN TO: – Create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. – Update your calendar and manage mail with Outlook. – Edit and add comments to documents. – Save, print, publish and share documents. – Add charts, pictures, animations and effects. – Insert a table of contents, headers, and footers. – Create and print custom labels and PDFs. – Work with documents while on the go. – And so much more... DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS WITH THE BEST DOCUMENT BROWSER – Enjoy streamlined steps to work with documents in OneDrive. – Work with the most popular document types and formats. – Avoid frustrating file incompatibility, and "View Only" headaches of other apps. – Secure your files with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode. – Type what you want to do, and the new Tell Me feature will show you how! SAVE YOUR WORK ONLINE FOR USE ACROSS YOUR DEVICES – Because working without the cloud is so 1999... – Simply save your files to OneDrive to edit them everywhere. – Automatically sync documents for use across your devices. – Easily share your documents with friends and colleagues. – Enjoy greater freedom with online and mobile editing. EXPLORE HUNDREDS OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITY TEMPLATES – Browse a free treasure trove of time saving templates. – Select the perfect layout or theme, and edit online or save offline. – Start creating beautiful documents in no time! LEARN FROM THE MASTERS – The included guides show you everything you need to be more productive, discover key features, and learn to get things done fast. Download now to get jump-started! ____________ NOTICE: Microsoft Office 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive are property or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Docs² is a property and trademark of Docs Squared, and is neither produced by, endorsed by, nor affiliated with Microsoft Corporation. Access to Microsoft Office functionality and templates is available for free through Microsoft Office Online, or you can work offline with even more features via an Office 365 trial subscription. © 2013-2018 Docs Squared, LLC. All rights reserved.

About

Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write

This app is a versatile writing and document management tool. It offers a powerful word processor, PDF editing and annotation features, and AI writing assistance. Organize, create, and share various document types for personal and professional use.

Highlights
  • Advanced word processing with rich text formatting
  • PDF annotation, highlighting, and signing
  • AI writing assistance
  • Offline writing capabilities
  • Cloud service integration
  • Document organization with folders
  • File conversion to multiple formats
Features
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Wordpad+ is a Microsoft Word-compatible DOCX and PDF editor that helps you write, edit, read, highlight, and manage documents for school, college, work, and everyday life. Whether you're taking last-minute lecture notes, writing a story, preparing meeting minutes, working on an important essay, or organizing your thoughts, you can do it all in Wordpad+. Whether you're a student, educator, writer, medical professional, journalist, scholar, or business professional, you can use Wordpad+ every day to create and edit notes, annotations, memos, signed PDFs, papers, highlighted PDF textbooks, and more. Powerful document editor - Create and edit Microsoft Word-compatible DOCX documents. - Edit Microsoft RTF, plain-text, and Markdown files. - Format your text with tables, lists, fonts, styles, and colors. - Use templates to create professional resumes, reports, and other documents. - Save your work automatically and access it across multiple devices. PDF editing and annotation - Highlight, sketch, add text boxes and pictures, and sign PDF documents. - Write and sketch with seven ink tools: Marker, Pen, Pencil, Monoline, Fountain Pen, Watercolor, and Crayon. - Fill out PDF forms. - Sign documents directly on your device. - Verify digital signatures to confirm their authenticity. Write and format your way - Keep writing wherever you are, including when you're offline or don't have your laptop. - Customize margins, headers, and other layout options. - Track statistics such as word and sentence counts. - Proofread your work with text-to-speech. - Dictate text for hands-free writing. - Use Focus Mode to reduce distractions. - Type in more than 30 languages. Multiformat reader - Read ePub and PDF files, view PowerPoint and Excel documents, play MP3 audio, and open many other formats. - Import and export files through iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and other cloud services. - Choose from dark, light, and sepia reading themes, adjust the font size, and use text-to-speech with ePub and PDF files. - Work with large documents, including fillable forms, using the PDF engine. - Annotate and highlight eBooks, or add text and images to them. Organize and multitask - Keep several documents open in the multitabbed interface and switch between them quickly. - View documents side by side with multiple windows and multitasking. - Keep all your notes, ideas, and projects in one place with unlimited space. - Create folders and subfolders that suit the way you work. - Customize notebook covers. - Find your files quickly with search. - Manage DOCX, RTF, PDF, TXT, Markdown, ePub, PowerPoint, Excel, Apple iWork, MP3, MP4, PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, ZIP, and other file formats. Share and export - Open email attachments directly in Wordpad+. - Sync your files with iCloud, Dropbox, and other services. - Convert your work to PDF, ePub, HTML, and other formats. - Compress folders into ZIP files and send them by email. Scan and convert to PDF - Scan notes, books, tickets, recipes, and other items directly to PDF. - Convert documents, images, photos, scans, and other files to PDF on your device. - Open PowerPoint, Word, and Excel files, convert them to PDF, and annotate them. Back up and protect your work - Protect your content with a passcode. - Lock individual folders or projects for added security. - Keep your data safe with automatic backups. Use Wordpad+ to organize your thoughts, lectures, books, sketches, notes, documents, and projects in one place. Download it for free and start writing, editing, reading, and organizing your work. Privacy Policy http://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Docs² | for Microsoft Office4 screens
Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write at Free against Docs² | for Microsoft Office's $9.99. Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Docs² | for Microsoft Office's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On ads 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

Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write is free to download; Docs² | for Microsoft Office costs $9.99 up front. Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Docs² | for Microsoft Office asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Docs² | for Microsoft Office holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Docs² | for Microsoft Office has 688 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Docs² | for Microsoft Office's written reviews are positive against 0% of Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Docs² | for Microsoft Office ships an update monthly, Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Docs² | for Microsoft Office versus Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocs² | for Microsoft OfficeWord pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (688 ratings) — better4.3 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews8.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings688 — better27
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#50 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB500 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDocs Squared, LLCKairoos Solutions SL

Customer experience

Docs² | for Microsoft Office

All ratings688 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative89.5%

Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write

All ratings27 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Docs² | for Microsoft Office

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when creating documents
  • Doesn't allow copying and pasting
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Login screen freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow offline document editing
  • Improve user interface
  • Add support for more cloud storage services
  • Provide better integration with Microsoft Office

Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Docs² | for Microsoft Office

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write

Subscriptions1
  • Wordpad+ Full Pro Unlock & AI3 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Docs² | for Microsoft Office free?
Docs² | for Microsoft Office costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write free?
Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Docs² | for Microsoft Office or Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write?
Docs² | for Microsoft Office is rated higher. Docs² | for Microsoft Office averages 4.6 out of 5 from 688 ratings, while Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write averages 4.3 from 27 ratings.
Do Docs² | for Microsoft Office or Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write have ads?
Neither Docs² | for Microsoft Office nor Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Docs² | for Microsoft Office or Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write?
Docs² | for Microsoft Office ships an update monthly, and Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write every 5 days. Most recently, Docs² | for Microsoft Office was updated on September 26, 2026 and Word pad + Docx, PDF, AI Write on September 16, 2026.

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