Comparison of EIGHT major Office Apps [02/18/2013; NEW: SoftMaker Apps]

chinarabbit · Sep 20, 2013

OK. it actually DOES have Pinch to zoom function.. so.. that just leaves Macro & Wildcards I'm missing / hoping for

Pinedat · Dec 2, 2013

Can we arrange a user's vote?

funnycreature · Dec 2, 2013

Pinedat said:
Can we arrange a user's vote?

Sure, I can add the vote option but I have to admit that I will not update this thread for a while since I'm too busy... there have been a lot of updates and changes that are not reflected in my reviews.

afr33s · Dec 3, 2013

What about AndrOpen Office? A full open office port available free from okay store!

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klau1 · Dec 5, 2013

Just checked out AndrOpenOffice.

Functionality wise, This looks amazing.

I think it will demolish current native Android competitors.

In Native apps, Too many functionalities have been sacrificed for Android GUI design principles.

chinarabbit · Dec 11, 2013

klau1 said:
Just checked out AndrOpenOffice.

Functionality wise, This looks amazing.

I think it will demolish current native Android competitors.

In Native apps, Too many functionalities have been sacrificed for Android GUI design principles.

are you saying its just a straight OpenOffice Port? from OpenOffice.org?

can you compare functionality? I dont use OpenOffice at all.. Does the Android have Macros, Wildcard Replace, and PDF Export?

afr33s · Dec 19, 2013

Try it yourself. It's free!

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chinarabbit · Dec 20, 2013

afr33s said:
Try it yourself. It's free!

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doubtful

SoftMaker OfficeMaker is pretty awesome..

if Open Office had advanced functions like Recording Macros & Running VBA Scripts, and Advanced Wildcard Find & Replace Functionality, I'm sure there wouldnt be a "best of" list, and thats all anyone would use.

Of all the ones I have already tried, SoftMaker OfficeMaker is by far the one with the highest Fidelity Input & Output, It's a true Office App which creates, opens, saves and exports exactly like Microsoft Office does.

So unless Open Office has Macros & Wildcards, I dont really have a reason to go testing everything out

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klau1 · Dec 20, 2013

AndroOpenOffice is relatively new, so it might very well become the best in terms of functionality.

But things of high functionality are rarely popular due to the proportiojally higher learning curve.

AndroOpenOffice does support macros.

pacha32 · Aug 23, 2014

Working off-line or locally

Hello world,

I'm new to this site and please forgive my (nearly ?) broken english as I'm an oldddd man from Belgium

. This comparison job is of great value, very useful and I thank its author for his very high quality job and also all other contributors.

One point I couldn't clearly find in the charts is about he ability to work "off-line" or locally. I know it's not in the current trend for "always-Internet-connected-people" and I'm in no way a kind of paranoiac person. But in some case, we need to be on our own ressources.

Actually, I'm working on a house renovation project in the field where I have no access to free Wifi, as I use them at home or with city free Wifi spots. My mobile subscription is a very low cost one with a 10 MB limit (yes!) and I can't pay for overload in Internet traffic. But on my project, I don't need to connect to some cloud storage : definitely no need to access external resources. I just want to look at and edit my project XLS and DOC files, view my .JPG and .PDF files stored on my smartphone (standard Android 4.2.2) and in case of edit, to save them to my local storage, internal memory or SD card.

Some of the listed packages like Polaris don't work at all if not permanently connected to the Internet. Others allow you to save and retrieve files only from their proprietary storage areas or from the cloud services. And it could be that some such services keep a copy of passwords (if nothing else even more sensible) in their data files. And what can happen if these services just DIE, like any human being or activities ? Not to forget M. Assanje and NSA "affairs"...

I've read in some posts above a similar interest, but nothing applicable as from now, August 2014 and in Belgium (i.e. not the USA). Any suggestion welcome...

chinarabbit · Aug 24, 2014

Anyone who doesn't have a need to be offline has never had a great idea.

pacha32 · Aug 25, 2014

WPS Office, Kingston

Installed and could use it very easily, even if less powerful than MS OFFICE PRO 2010 on my Win 8.1 PC. Compatibility is good, enough for me. Also OK when off-line and for PDF viewing (even if difficult to read on my WIKO Iggy 4,5" screen).

Evaluated other suites :
OneSoftMob : Calculator or spreadsheet ? Free but not possible to save work.
OfficeSuite Viewer 7 : just a viewer !
SoftMaker Office : looks good but 19,99 € for the 3 DOC/XLS/PPT apps. First looking at free apps !

Eliminated
All apps that require a membership and allow only storage on cloud services :
Microsoft Office Mobile : Office 365 subscription and cloud storage only, to my experience.
GoogleSheets event if offline possible with proper configuration of Chrome browser, but Google storage is totally unavoidable as it syncs as soon as connected ; no way to prevent it. And file formats differ when working offline or online. Too much cons.
Or apps that do not allow to work locally :
Polaris Office 5.1.2

My first post as it was in french, and now completed above. Seems I forgot this is an English speaking Forum
Installé et utilisé avec plaisir, même si c'est évidemment moins puissant que MS OFFICE PRO 2010 sur mon PC Win 8.1. Mais la compatibilité me semble suffisante. Fonctionne très bien hors connection. Permet de bien visionner des PDF, même si sur mon Wiko IGGY de 4,5", il faut de bons yeux ou de bonnes lunettes, si pas une loupe.
Rien à redire pour cette application, hautement recommandable.

PS. : au départ, sujet orienté vers le TF101. Aujourd'hui, je pense qu'il aurait vocation à être plus universel. Encore une fois, du très bon travail.

AidanSonoda · Sep 22, 2014

Source Files …

I know the OP hasn't updated since early 2013 (huge thanks to funnycreature for over 2 years of great updates!), but I was curious, beginning my shopping for android office softs for my new S5, about how much has changed in the last year or so. On the off chance funnycreature still watches this thread, is there any chance of getting the last version of the source files? That is the desktop MSOffice files you were using for testing. I'd love to see how current versions compare to the last tested ones rendering the same files.

Sadly, I don't have the spare cash to test all of these suites, by I do already own Docs to Go / OfficeSuite Pro 7 & Polaris is now free. I'm curious how well AndrOpen renders native MS formats too.

There seems to be a terrible dearth of real testing/comparison of mobile office compatibility - this thread (old as it is) is still a top 5 google search result. Heck, it is the most informative of those top 5 as well (excepting that we can't know how much has changed since 2/2013).

funnycreature · Sep 24, 2014

AidanSonoda said:
I know the OP hasn't updated since early 2013 (huge thanks to funnycreature for over 2 years of great updates!), but I was curious, beginning my shopping for android office softs for my new S5, about how much has changed in the last year or so. On the off chance funnycreature still watches this thread, is there any chance of getting the last version of the source files? That is the desktop MSOffice files you were using for testing. I'd love to see how current versions compare to the last tested ones rendering the same files.

Sadly, I don't have the spare cash to test all of these suites, by I do already own Docs to Go / OfficeSuite Pro 7 & Polaris is now free. I'm curious how well AndrOpen renders native MS formats too.

There seems to be a terrible dearth of real testing/comparison of mobile office compatibility - this thread (old as it is) is still a top 5 google search result. Heck, it is the most informative of those top 5 as well (excepting that we can't know how much has changed since 2/2013).

Hey there,

I apologize for not updating this thread any longer. I wasn't even aware that it would show up in Google search! I guess I have a number of excuses, mainly that I have no more spare time and the other that I gave up on trying to be productive on my Android tab.

That said, I found myself using Office suites on my Galaxy Note II every now and then when I want to quickly review files that someone sent me. I can highly recommend using WPS (formerly Kingsoft Office) which is FREE! Alternatively I used the SoftMaker apps but they're pricey IMO. I also have/had AndrOpen installed but can't comment on its functionality much since I uninstalled it quickly (that must mean it didn't perform that well back then...)

Anyway, if you PM me your email address I'd be more than happy to share the files that I used for evaluation!

Cheers!

AidanSonoda · Sep 25, 2014

funnycreature said:
Hey there,

I apologize for not updating this thread any longer. I wasn't even aware that it would show up in Google search!

Nothing at all to apologize for, I'm glad you did all the work on this to start with. Thanks for the recommendations, I'll certainly try out WPS.

FWIW I tried AndrOpen this spring on my EvoLTE, but it was unusable on the 4.7" 720p screen … a pity since I use LibreOffice for all my office needs and have a lot of styles & macros made up. Trying it out again on my new S5 and finding it pretty great. On par, in limited trials, with OfficeSuite Pro (both of which have a lot of nested menus). Not as polished (some dialogues load with confirmation buttons off screen and the like), but useable, particularly if you are familiar enough with OpenOffice to know your way around. PDF export and support for TTF fonts on SDcard are huge pluses for me. Cheap too, less than $2 for pro version - happy to support the dev in any case.

I'll mention that it isn't very fast or battery friendly. I guess that has something to do with needing to run it's own instance of Xserver, etc. I guess performance is pretty bad if it bogs down on an 801, but any newish phone should be ok - for me, the performance issues are more of a minor bother than a hindrance to productivity.

funnycreature said:
… PM me your email address I'd be more than happy to share the files that I used for evaluation!

PM sent. Thanks again.

Comparison of EIGHT major Office Apps [02/18/2013; NEW: SoftMaker Apps]

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