Mach Write vs LibreOffice Remote for Impress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mach Write
This app offers robust editing and viewing capabilities for RTF, TXT, and PDF files across iOS and macOS. It features iCloud synchronization, syntax highlighting for code formats, and PDF annotation tools.
- iCloud document synchronization
- RTF Read/Write support
- TXT and code format Read/Write with syntax highlighting
- PDF Creation, Viewing, and Editing
- Freehand PDF writing on iOS
- DOC and DOCX viewing on iOS
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**Please visit our website or search for "Mach Write" in the Mac App Store to download the macOS version, only $3.99!** Mach Write is a powerful new RTF, TXT, PDF (Rich Text Format, Plain Text, PDF) Editor and Viewer for iOS and macOS! Featuring full iCloud document synchronization, RTF in multiple styles, sizes, and colors; as well as PDF Viewing/Creating/Annotation; and TXT files in addition to supporting nearly 15 plain text code formats; Mach Write makes it super easy to create in many different formats while still being incredibly powerful! And the best part is Mach Write is free for iOS and only $3.99 (U.S.) on macOS! - iCloud document synchronization; Mach Write keeps all your documents up to date on all your iOS and OS X devices (iPhone, iPad, and Mac) - RTF Read/Write support; easily Create and Edit Rich Text with multiple styles, alignment, font sizes, color, shadows, line spacing, and more -- one of the most popular word processor formats widely compatible across OS X, Windows, and Linux - TXT Read/Write support; as well as HTML/JS/PHP/RB/PL/JAVA/C/H/M/CP/MM Read/Write with Syntax Highlighting support for HTML, Javascript, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Java, C, C++, Objective-C++ and more - PDF Creation, Viewing, Editing; PDF Free-hand writing on iOS -- Create Blank PDFs super easy and draw diagrams, take notes, etc. (Large PDF documents in iCloud, such as large eBooks, are not recommended) - DOC and DOCX Viewing on iOS (DOC/DOCX Read/Write support on OS X) - Export as PDF makes it easy to annotate PDF's for grading papers, making corrections, or signing documents (iOS only) - Revolutionary PDF Magnifer feature makes it super easy to take Notes and automatically save as PDF (iOS only) - Incredibly advanced, yet super easy to use!
LibreOffice Remote for Impress
Control your LibreOffice Impress slideshows from your iOS device. View slide previews and speaker notes remotely. This free app enhances your presentation experience.
- Remote slideshow control
- Slide previews
- Speaker notes display
- Free to use
- iOS device integration
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Get yourself the free presentation remote control app for LibreOffice! The LibreOffice Impress Remote is an app to interact with your slideshow presentation from your iOS device - including slide previews, speaker notes, and more. A detailed description of the prerequisites and a step-by-step user guide is available here: http://hub.libreoffice.org/iosremote LibreOffice is the power-packed free, libre and open source personal productivity suite for Windows, Mac and GNU/Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers. Download LibreOffice from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ LibreOffice, and the LibreOffice Impress Remote, is community-driven and developed software which is a project of the governing charitable organization, The Document Foundation. This software is developed by users, just like you, who believe in the principles of free software and in sharing their work with the world in a non-restrictive way. Meet us at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/ Imprint: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LibreOffice Remote for Impress at 3.7 against Mach Write's 1.0. LibreOffice Remote for Impress also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Mach Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LibreOffice Remote for Impress asks for nothing beyond the download.
LibreOffice Remote for Impress holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibreOffice Remote for Impress has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Mach Write's written reviews are positive against 63% of LibreOffice Remote for Impress's.
Mach Write ships an update every 10 months, LibreOffice Remote for Impress every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mach Write | LibreOffice Remote for Impress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 5.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mach Software Design | The Document Foundation |
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Mach Write
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In-app purchases
Mach Write
- Remove Ads$0.99
LibreOffice Remote for Impress
No in-app purchases
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