664 Like LibreOffice - Writer Good alternative? YES NO Writer has all the features you need from a modern, full-featured word processing or desktop publishing tool. It's simple enough for a quick memo, but powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes... Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature It is better than Open Office. It could redraw the MS-Word-created diagrams which Open Office could not. Guest • May 2016 Disagree Agree It's very easy to use, Small. I asked for a new feature. The team debugs fast. mohammadetemaddar • Nov 2016 Disagree Agree LibreOffice can do 90%+ of what Microsoft Office can do, and it costs 100% less! Guest • Dec 2016 Disagree Agree LibreOffice Writer has all the same features, plus a few extras that make commonly used things in Word easier, and in my opinion, I like the interface better than Word's more complicated one. Guest • May 2016 Disagree Agree
623 Like Google Drive - Docs Good alternative? YES NO Google Docs is an online word processor, part of Google Drive , that lets you create and format text documents and collaborate with other people in real time. Here's what you can do with Google Docs: • Upload a Word document... Free Web / Cloud Android iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet ... iPad Export to PDF Add a feature Cloud based document storage and editing. n10m • Feb 2016 Disagree Agree I like the multiplatform editing. Very useful feature, when you edit on your phone and easily can continue editing in pc. bohdanfetso • Oct 2016 Disagree Agree Access documents everywhere, no harmful macro commands so no risk of virus infection adolftekkanna • Dec 2016 Disagree Agree Online syncing, very lightweight, sharing documents, sleek UI. Guest • Jan 2017 Disagree Agree
615 Like Apache OpenOffice Writer Alternative? YES NO Writer, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is an open-source word processor. It supports the ISO standard Open Document Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft... Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature Will not use later than word 97 documents Guest • Nov 2015 Disagree Agree Poor features and quite complicated interface Guest • Jan 2017 Disagree Agree
324 Like Write! Good alternative? YES NO Write! is a distraction-free text editor that boosts your productivity. It supports markdown syntax, spell-checker, cloud integration and much more! Features: Native Cloud Clean UI With Tabs Writing Sessions ... Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Distraction free writing Distraction-free UI Add a feature Modern interface without unnecessary icons and panels, simple to use. Overall excellent writing software and is a real testament to agile development that focuses on its users. my_name_is • 7 days ago Disagree Agree
228 Like AbiWord Good alternative? YES NO AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" (pronounced "Abby Word") is derived from the root of the Spanish word "abierto", meaning "open". It runs on Linux, Mac OS X... Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Haiku ... AmigaOS Xfce Multiple languages Add a feature AbiWord is a great simple word processor. However it doesn't have many advanced features. Just a simple text document. And it's free! kaylinTechAU • Jan 2017 Disagree Agree
144 Like LyX Good alternative? YES NO LyX is a document processor. It combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX, an advanced typesetting system, with the ease of use of a graphical interface. Although in some respects its user interface resembles that of... Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Xfce No features added Add a feature
160 Like Scrivener Good alternative? YES NO Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers. It won't try to tell you how to write - it just makes all the tools you have scattered... Commercial Mac Windows iPhone iPad Distraction free writing Support for LaTeX Export to ePub Export to PDF Write in separate docs Add a feature It's a hole research/writing management tool, extremely flexible, generous in it's licence and allowing easy data recovery if anything goes wrong by keeping every piece of work in an open format! Guest • Nov 2016 Disagree Agree
44 Like WPS Writer Good alternative? YES NO WPS Writer, part of WPS Office , is dependable and fast word processing software that is highly compatible with Microsoft Office Word , and can read and edit DOC and... Freemium Windows Linux Built-in PDF converter Tabbed interface Convert Word documents to PDF Add a feature I think WPS Office is the closest you can get to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). It handels .docx witch was my main problem. The WPS Writer may be in a early stage but I see alot of potential of it becomming better, more easy to use, beautiful and more stable. Guest • Jan 2017 Disagree Agree Fully Functional with .docx and various formats that are compatible with Microsoft office word. The Features and layout are also very similar and shouldn't take long to learn the program :) Guest • Sep 2016 Disagree Agree It has Microsoft-alike interface and has much features Guest • Jan 2017 Disagree Agree
144 Like iWork - Pages Good alternative? YES NO Pages is a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool for the Mac. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works. Commercial Mac iPhone iPad No features added Add a feature
43 Like Quip Good alternative? YES NO Quip is a modern word processor that enables you to create beautiful documents on any device, including the iPad, iPhone, and the desktop. It combines documents and messages into a single chat-like “thread” of updates — making... Commercial Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad Collaborative IFTTT integration Works offline too Real time collaboration Slack integration Add a feature
35 Like WordPad Good alternative? YES NO WordPad is a simple word processor that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 onwards. It is the successor of Windows 3.1s Write. From Windows 7 Wordpad includes the ribbon user interface. Commercial Windows No features added Add a feature
26 Like TextMaker Good alternative? YES NO TextMaker is a Microsoft Word-compatible word processor, part of SoftMaker FreeOffice. It's available for free included in the FreeOffice suite. It runs lean (using around 12MB of RAM on my... Freemium Windows Linux Windows Mobile Android Android Tablet Compatible with Microsoft Office Export to ePub Export to PDF Add a feature Really fast, really compatible with Microsoft Office. Guest • May 2016 Disagree Agree Powerful features with a very intuitive interface. Outputs in MS Word formats plus ODT, PDF, HTML and ePub, among many others. Reads most common formats, including MS Word. Fully customizable interface. Fast and compact. Excellent documentation. The best word processor for personal use, period. DiegoAzeta • Oct 2016 Disagree Agree
49 Like Zoho Writer Good alternative? YES NO An online word processor that lets you create and edit documents in your web browser and save them in the cloud, so that you can share them with anyone. Zoho can allow multiple users to work on a document simultaneously. Import... Free Personal Web / Cloud Android iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet ... iPad Chrome No features added Add a feature
41 Like Byword Good alternative? YES NO Byword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Features - Designed to make writing more enjoyable using Markdown - Sync text documents across all your Mac, iPhone, iPad devices -... Commercial Mac iPhone iPad Distraction free writing Dropbox integration Works offline too Add a feature
19 Like Atlantis Word Processor Alternative? YES NO Atlantis is an innovative, no-nonsense word processor carefully designed with the end-user in mind. Compact, fast-loading, but still powerful and efficient, Atlantis will be the perfect companion for a wide range of your word... Freemium Windows Windows RT No features added Add a feature light.....fast....full with every thing you need to write Guest • Oct 2016 Disagree Agree
12 Like Word Online Good alternative? YES NO Word Online, part of Office Online, is the online version of Microsoft Office Word. Create, edit and share. Work with other at the same time. Free Personal Web / Cloud Chrome OS No features added Add a feature
40 Like Documents To Go Good alternative? YES NO Create, view and edit native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files The first and only commercially for $ 14.99 available mobile office suite to fully support (view, edit & create) Microsoft Office 2007/2008 files and... Commercial Android iPhone Blackberry iPad Compatible with Microsoft Office Add a feature
17 Like Calligra Words Good alternative? YES NO Calligra Words is an intuitive word processor and desktop publisher application. With it, you can create informative and attractive documents with pleasure and ease. Open Source Linux KDE No features added Add a feature
8 Like Notion Good alternative? YES NO With so many tools, it's hard to keep everyone on the same page. Notion is a new tool that unifies them all. It's like Google Docs, but everything is organized and discoverable by your team. Real collaboration in... Freemium Mac Web / Cloud Collaborative Collaborative writing MarkDown support Real time editing Add a feature
8 Like iBooks Author Good alternative? YES NO Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page... Free Mac No features added Add a feature
8 Like Authorea Good alternative? YES NO Authorea is a collaborative text editor for research. Write and manage your documents in one place. Freemium Web / Cloud Collaborative writing GitHub integration WYSIWYG Support Add a feature
12 Like Nisus Writer Good alternative? YES NO Nisus Writer feels like home with support for Mac OS X autosave, document versioning, and iCloud. Built from the same core as Nisus Writer Pro, Express features the same elegant user interface and compatibility that has been... Commercial Mac File Versioning Add a feature
18 Like Jarte Good alternative? YES NO The Jarte word processor uses Microsofts reliable, fast starting WordPad word processing engine while adding many features missing in WordPad. Jarte can save files as .doc, .rtf, or .txt. It has all the features that most students... Freemium Windows PortableApps.com No features added Add a feature
5 Like Documents Viewer Alternative? YES NO Documents Viewer allows you to preview Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents on iPad as Microsoft Office originally displays them. Documents Viewer gives possibility to open password-protected files, print and convert them to PDF, etc. Freemium iPad No features added Add a feature Discontinued The app is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.0, released in April 2014, can be still downloaded from the AppStore.
36 Like Airborn OS Good alternative? YES NO Store and edit documents in the cloud without sacrificing your privacy. Freemium Web / Cloud Multiple languages Export to PDF Add a feature
