Microsoft PowerPoint vs Microsoft Word

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] Microsoft PowerPoint 2/5 · US Not compatible with Office: I needed to make a simple text change using the app on my phone but it said I couldn’t edit because it has content this version of Office can’t display.
2. [R10] Microsoft PowerPoint 2/5 · US Too different from desktop version: Features in desktop are hard to find or missing in iPad version.
3. [R52] Microsoft PowerPoint 1/5 · US Not quite there: Too much functionality is missing in the iOS app, relative to the desktop app.
4. [R63] Microsoft Word 3/5 · US MS iPad apps need full attention: Microsoft Office Apps on iPad: Solid Potential, But Falls Short of Apple’s Native Alternatives (3/5 stars) I’ve been using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on my iPad for work and personal projects, hoping for a seamless experience that matches the desktop versions. While the apps have improved over the years and offer good cross-platform compatibility with O
5. [R7] Microsoft PowerPoint 1/5 · US Unusable: Besides the eyesore copilot button permanently existing in the bottom corner, the app freezes as soon as I click anywhere on a slide to begin editing. Literally unusable.
6. [R22] Microsoft PowerPoint 1/5 · US Horrible glitchy app: Did an entire PowerPoint and ready for work and was about to export and it glitched out on me. The app got stuck in buffering mode so I reset the app and the entire project was gone. I just ended up deleting the app. What a waste of time.
7. [R40] Microsoft PowerPoint 1/5 · US Super slow: Takes long to load, very glitchy!
8. [R66] Microsoft Word 3/5 · US What’s up with the keyboard: I have to reinstall the app anytime I want to be able to edit on my phone. The keyboard refuses to come up every time I open it after.
9. [R45] Microsoft PowerPoint 3/5 · GB BUG!!!: When I open PowerPoint it just kicks me off I tried re downloading it many times and I can’t use it I’ve tried everything.
10. [R82] Microsoft Word 1/5 · US 2 decades of bugs: For 2 decades and almost 4 degrees I’ve put up with the crashes, bugs, and nonsense that comes with this godforsaken software because it came free at my high-school and every university I’ve been to, but I would rather pay money I don’t have than lose one more draft to the ether because Word claimed it saved and showed the blue check mark of lies only to delete the last several
11. [R23] Microsoft PowerPoint 4/5 · US Money: You have to pay them a lot of money and if you’re a kid you cannot do it. Also, if you maybe be like a parent and you have to do a presentation and you don’t have a microscopic account you are stuck with a creek that means you cannot send in your presentation right away and you might have to like sit if you make a scrub account and that is a lot just to do I’ll see the slides are just not t
12. [R42] Microsoft PowerPoint 3/5 · GB Good but not the best: I mean it’s good but you basically have to pay for most or all of it except what presentation you chose I would give it two or three stars
13. [R91] Microsoft Word 2/5 · US High payment low reward: Great if you’re extremely creative and have a ton of time. Also if you cancel because of how expensive it is. You can’t save the files you created.
14. [R94] Microsoft Word 1/5 · US Basic to Personal: Why do I have 365 Basic? I’m locked out of my apps and being forced to pay again to move to 365 Personal? Is this a joke? How many subscriptions do I need to use your products???
15. [R28] Microsoft PowerPoint 1/5 · US Useless for enterprise: More trouble than it is worth. Awkward UI, assuming I can even navigate the authentication and posture assessment checks, which are hit or miss for enterprise users. Microsoft owns everything and this still feels broken and poorly thought through.
16. [R58] Microsoft PowerPoint 1/5 · US Signing in: This makes me sign in way too frequently and it takes ages
17. [R88] Microsoft Word 1/5 · US Product not synching: I am annoyed that I am paying premiums and OneNote does not synch across devices and becomes read only. The system tells me things are broken and to copy into a new notebook. Why am I paying you when I can use another system? Very frustrating as this is the second time.
18. [R97] Microsoft Word 1/5 · US Might be OK if I could ever sign in: Every time I try to use Microsoft products there is about a 50% chance I get stuck in authentication hell.
19. [R78] Microsoft Word 3/5 · US College student: I am a college student who uses word for every assignment. I have found that after writing 43 different PDF documents word had started not saving my documents even after manually saving. Other than that I have had a good user experience while using this app.