Ability Office vs Apple iWork
Ability Office
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| Figure | Ability Office | Apple iWork |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $2.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 12 | 6 |
| Spec score · Office Suite Software | 8.3 (#13) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Support | The maker says current-version support is free by email and that it does not offer free telephone support. | Apple provides Pages, Numbers, and Keynote user guides, community forums, and a support contact path. |
Plans
Ability Office
- Standard Personal License$39.99, paid once
- Standard Team License$79.99, paid once
- Standard Small Business License$144.49, paid once
- Professional Personal License$44.99, paid once
- Professional Team License$89.99, paid once
- Professional Small Business License$164.49, paid once
- Ability Office Standard Personal License$39.99, paid once
- Ability Office Professional Personal License$44.99, paid once
- Ability Office Standard Team License$79.99, paid once
- Ability Office Professional Team License$89.99, paid once
Apple iWork
- Free iWork appsFree
- iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)Free
- Apple Creator Studio Education$2.99 a month
- Apple Creator Studio$12.99 a month
- Apple Creator Studio Education$29.99 a year
- Apple Creator Studio$129 a year
In their own words
Ability Office
Ability Office is a paid Windows office suite with desktop apps and offline editing. Version 11 includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation application, database, and photo editor. The Standard edition contains word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools; Professional adds a database and Photopaint graphics editor. It opens and saves Microsoft Office 2024, 2021, 2019, and earlier formats, and supports OOXML and ODF import and export. The interface can resemble Microsoft Office 2019 or use traditional toolbars and ribbon mode. Professional’s database handles Access MDB and ACCDB files, while Photopaint supports PSD and other mainstream graphics formats. Documents and spreadsheets export to PDF or XPS; presentations also export to HTML Web-Album and image formats. Pricing starts at $39.99, paid once, with a 30-day trial and no free plan. Personal, team, and small-business licenses define user and PC limits.
Apple iWork
Apple iWork is a free suite for creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. It brings together Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, with tools suited to different kinds of work: Pages supports documents with pictures, movies, shapes, and charts; Numbers combines a blank-canvas spreadsheet with charts, tables, Smart Categories, and pivot tables; and Keynote offers graphics tools and cinematic transitions. The apps support real-time collaboration across Mac, iPad, and iPhone, including with people using a PC. Up to 100 people can view and edit a shared document at once. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are also available online at iCloud.com in Mac or PC browsers, including Safari, Chrome, and Edge. Numbers spreadsheets can be converted to Microsoft Excel, CSV, or PDF. On iPad, Apple Pencil can add illustrations and notations. Collaboration requires iCloud Drive and current supported software and app versions; shared files larger than 2 GB must be reduced before inviting others, or 4 GB for Apple Creator Studio subscribers. iWork collaboration does not support Advanced Data Protection.