Top 5 Office Apps: The mobile workstation

With modern smartphones and tablets productivity and efficiency are no longer foreign words. With the right applications, an Office file editing on the go, without great loss of comfort and functionality. In the following we show Top list Office apps that make the mobile office a reality.

Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile

The beginning makes with Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile a popular application in the Play Store, which belongs together with the "Presentations" and "PlanMaker" the office suite SoftMaker. The package offers the ability to edit text files, the corresponding Anwedungen for presentations and spreadsheets, according to the Microsoft counterparts PowerPoint and Exel.

All three apps are functionally appealing and intuitive to use. Core elements as the export as PDF file or a spell checker are included, with a grammar checker is missing. This is compensated by a variety of supported cloud storage, more convenience features round - in all programs offered - the overall picture and are definitely worth a closer look.


Warning: this week it is all Office apps SoftMaker at a promotional price of € 2.99 each (regular price 4.99 euro).

Quickoffice

Thanks to Google Quickoffice is offered free of charge since the end of 2013. The application relies on the basic elements of an Office application and does not require the user with very specific functions. This strategy has advantages and disadvantages, the main advantage is the rapid understanding of the operation. The graphical presentation follows the Android design language, a more diverse cloud integration would be desirable. Furthermore, convenience features such as a version history and some file formats are not integrated. For quick editing of Office documents, it is sufficient.

For quick and basic editing of files Quickoffice is highly recommended.

OfficeSuite Pro 7 +

Mobile Systems' OfficeSuite Pro 7 + is the costly members of this toplist. With 10,90 Euro, the application is not a bargain, even if the functional diversity can impress at first sight. Unfortunately, Android 4.4.2 is not a direct saving to the SD card possible and it must be chosen the route over the internal memory. As known from other Office applications, also offers Office Suite Pro 7 + many useful templates and PDF functionality is diverse and exceeds that of most free alternatives. Unfortunately, the formulas can be further developed in the spreadsheet, in particular the lack of detailed settings still has room for improvement.

Kingsoft Office + PDF - 45 Lan

The next representative of our list has set itself the goal to become the "best mobile office application in the world". Although this goal is still a bit away, so you could Kingsoft Office + PDF - 45 Lan but convince positive. Not only is the free availability is a plus point, but also the variety of file formats and cloud providers. Furthermore, the graphical presentation is very well done and focused with the minimalist approach, the essential element of an Office application: The processing of text and tables. For many users likely Kingsoft Office + PDF - 45 Lan be a good alternative, though little things like date formatting might still be repaired.

Microsoft Office Mobile

Last but not least is with Office Mobile from Microsoft's official mobile office counterpart in our toplist. Microsoft Office is likely to be for many readers is the epitome of the Office suite and correspondingly high expectations were on the mobile application. Although Microsoft Office Mobile is free, but without a Microsoft account can not be edited files. Likewise, lack the ability to save files locally, only the use of OneDrive leaves left. If these conditions are accepted, Office Mobile is a good and mobile complement of Microsoft Office on the desktop. Unfortunately, more particularly elaborate formatting are still insufficiently integrated.

Conclusion and Alternatives

Many office solutions can be found in the Play Store and the representatives of these five are successful examples of mobile solutions. Of course, not all applications have the same functionality, but neither the most user needs the same. So Quickoffice has a rather minimalist approach and is suitable for short and quick edits Office 2012:. TextMaker Mobile pursues a diverse approach and Microsoft Office Mobile offers a portable complement to the domestic office suite. Alternatives such as Olive Office Premium or Docs To Go are well worth a mention.