743 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Export to Word Live Meeting Presentations as Video Export to PDF Support for Themes 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 • 9 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree LibreOffice can do 90%+ of what Microsoft Office can do, and it costs 100% less! Guest • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It handles large documents better than word does. Guest • Mar 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's very easy to use, Small. I asked for a new feature. The team debugs fast. mohammadetemaddar • Nov 2016 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree If you do not need some very rare functions, LibreOffice Writer is better and totally libre alternative! KuboFHromoslav • May 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is absolutely free and handles .docx and .doc files better than the other alternatives provided. Additionally, it supports more features than other alternatives like Google Docs. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Freedom. If you care about that go for LibreOffice. Also you've got pretty much the same common feature, which is quick enough for everyone. Word stay good if you really want to go deeper in some modificatio, but it's really not worth the price (alone without Office 365). Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees 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 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
672 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. Free Web Android iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Collaborative writing IFTTT integration Real time collaboration Export to PDF Add a feature Cloud based document storage and editing. n10m • Feb 2016 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees 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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Access documents everywhere, no harmful macro commands so no risk of virus infection adolftekkanna • Dec 2016 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Online syncing, very lightweight, sharing documents, sleek UI. Guest • Jan 2017 Disagree Agree Not so many abundant features, fast and auto-save. Guest • Jul 2017 Disagree Agree
645 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: ... Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Cloud sync Distraction free writing MarkDown support Distraction-free UI Reading list Software compartmentalization Add a feature
53 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... Freemium Windows Linux Built-in PDF converter Office-like 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 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it is absolutely one of the best alternatives to microsoft Word but the only thing that it does not have is the equation editor: it is present only in the windows version of the application but not on the linux version. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is absolutely free. It also has some incredible features like pdf to word and much more. WPS Office gives all necessary components of MS-Office i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point. The best part is that it is cross-platform. SuperMinds • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree WPS Writer has a very similar layout to MS Word Guest • Aug 2017 Disagree Agree WPS have a good compatibility with docx and its UI is almost similar with office Guest • Sep 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
196 Like ONLYOFFICE Good alternative? YES NO ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is an open-source office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors, distributed under AGPL license v3. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted Support for Docker Dropbox integration Gantt-charts Google Drive integration Compatible with Microsoft Office Multiple languages ... Real time collaboration Add a feature
634 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature Will not use later than word 97 documents Guest • Nov 2015 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Poor features and quite complicated interface Guest • Jan 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
170 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... Commercial Mac Windows iPhone iPad Distraction free writing Export to Word iPhone/iPod sync Support for LaTeX Export to ePub Export to PDF ... Scripting 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
238 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... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Haiku GTK+ AmigaOS 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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
92 Like Airborn OS Good alternative? YES NO Store and edit documents in the cloud without sacrificing your privacy. Freemium Web Encrypted Documents Multiple languages Real time collaboration Export to PDF Windows-like Add a feature
155 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... Commercial Mac iPhone iPad Desktop publishing Add a feature
29 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... Freemium Windows Linux Windows Mobile Android Android Tablet Autocompletion 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
53 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... Commercial Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Real time collaboration Content Templates Export to Google Spreadsheets IFTTT integration Integrated Chat Support for @mentions ... Works offline too Real time collaboration Slack integration Add a feature
16 Like Authorea Good alternative? YES NO Collaborative platform for research. To write and manage technical documents in one place. Freemium Web Collaborative writing Export citation GitHub integration Support for LaTeX Real time collaboration WYSIWYG Support Add a feature
48 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 -... Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad Distraction free writing Dropbox integration Works offline too Add a feature
43 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.... Commercial Windows No features added Add a feature
