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Polaris Office Mobile App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ SadI have this on my IPad and love it - wanted to be able to work on the documents on my phone while out but no real easy sync 😞.Version: 7.1.2
✓ No back upI purchased this app for my mobile a few years ago and found it good to do what I needed However I now have a situation where I cannot find any of the files I had accumulated of the years I tried getting some support but after numerous requests I have not had any response. Would not recommend.Version: 9.0.5
✓ Document downgrade!!!You removed the documents layout feature+it takes me time to know how I can open my google drive within the application.Version: 5.0.0
✓ Do not use for anything important!!!!!I just upgraded this app and was keeping a journal on it for an assignment in a class and I saved the document each time I closed the app. Randomly this last time I opened it to work on it (all in the same day BTW) it kept asking me to rate the app and my document was in the thumbnail view and I could see in the thumbnail only my first chapter was on the page so I hoped it was just wrong. The app kept freezing as I tried to choose the thumbnail to bring it to normal view then I eventually pressed my home button twice to close out some other apps thinking this would help and when it showed my Polaris app it showed my document open with all of my chapters. I was relieved thinking it had loaded and saved my work but then when I pressed on it to return to it my document was brought up with only my first chapter and I lost everything. This was a characteristic of the old version and why I hadn't been using it and now will be the reason I am going to go ahead and delete the app because it's not worth it to lose my work and this is about the 3rd time it's happened. The first two were with the older versions and I had hoped this update would correct it but I guess not. Sorry Polaris but you've failed me and wasted a ton of my time for the day as my work is all lost. Here is your review you so adamantly wanted that may actually have caused the work to be lost....Version: 5.0.4
✓ Just another customerIt is ok, just that. I wish I hadn't bought it, I was definitely expecting more from my money. It is slow and lags also the UI could be much more improved... It isn't canddy for the eye... You want something rather beautiful plus very functional for your iPad!.Version: 4.0.1
✓ Nearly....IPad version does not support attachment to e-mail (works on iPhone?). Not good. For business use this is a must. Hopefully this might be added as an update. Support website useless as the registration page errors on the 'check availability' for the e-mail address. I tried all of my addresses (don't ask) and not one would work..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Files are gone2019 Polaris updated & now ALL my files gone What happened to them .. Please tell me how to get them back.Version: 8.0.0
✓ Mixed experienceIt does allow one to view or even create files in word etc, which is excellent. The user interface is very poor, not intuitive at all, nonsensical necessity to go to "edit" to do anything with the files. Why not just keep one's finger on the document for a few seconds? By biggest complaint is that one cannot upload a document to cloud from this application. It does allow you to connect to Box.net and others and you can edit documents that you downloaded from there, but if you created a document using Polaris you are doomed! Well, you could email it to your PC and then upload it to box if you can be bothered. Guys out yourselves in the shoes of the consumer and try the application in a range of situations before you release it, mkay? Ta.Version: 4.0.6
✓ Are you kiddingIn spite of all the little glitches that ad up to giving me something to do when I go to compose words... writing 2nd drafts for a month on several important matters. When I cracked open my iPad to get busy all my writings were simply gone, forever. What's the word I'm looking for... Bogus..Version: 5.0.8
✓ UselessI bought this app to plot charts in spreadsheet. It is useless and can not even select which column of data is my x axis..Version: 4.1.2
✓ IOS9 screwed up PolarisUpdated IOS and now my Polaris freezes. Cannot access my files!! Need a fix quick, please..Version: 5.0.10
✓ Limps byTo be fair to any iPad software developer, the device cannot replace a laptop for a moderately advanced user. But you guys should divert all your resources to the word processor rather than micro improvements elsewhere. Not only is there no sell check, there is no auto complete from the native iOS, one of the critical features that makes/breaks typing on the virtual keyboard a win. A second best, but far below autocomplete is spell checking. The world app is utterly useless without it. The spreadsheet does handle many of the Excel functions, like VLOOKUP and many more. But you can't get very creative with cell referencing or vertical text alignment. Again, harsh reviews that try to make a tablet version of a very mature and sophisticated application like Excel is also useless. At best, however, the Polaris product allows for portable tweaking until you can get back to the real deal. It supports graphs and charts but you cannot alter what data a chart is using. Once you come to terms of the limits, it's still usable. The WP spelling and autocomplete, however, is a serious flaw. Better to remove it than get flamed by reviewers for it..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Needs updatingI'm very fond of this app, I use it all the time. However, it is still not updated for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. These phones have been out for months..Version: 5.0.7
✓ Good and badThis app does a lot of things and makes many things possible on ipad. However this app is so unstable that you can hardly rely on it. It clashes way too often, files not saved properly. This issue needs to be addressed in the next update because although it is one of the good ones certainly not the best.Version: 4.1.5
✓ BuggyI bought this because it works with Dropbox, which it does do. But there are many shortcomings. If you make a new document, you cannot save it directly to Dropbox; it needs an awkward workaround to avoid this. Editing a Word document shows some strange behaviours with (among other things) randomly switching to capital letters, no autocorrect on typing, and buggy behaviour on auto-numbered paragraphs. I haven't used it much, but confidently expect that if I use it a lot more, I'll find a host of other problems. Too bad..Version: 5.0.4
✓ It's okCould really use spell check, otherwise it's solid..Version: 4.1.3
✓ Doesn't work with Google DriveSounds great but it doesn't sync with Google Drive. I sent an email and got a reply saying that it will be fixed in the next update and to be patient. Maybe if they were honest about it not working I'd be happy to wait but It's not Kickstarter and I didn't pay for the app in the hope that it would one day work. Until it actually works I've wasted my $ and got a useless app in return. Cheers guys!.Version: 5.0.3
✓ Since the last updates....Since the last updates, I cannot even save the files I work with... It's useless now, I'm so angry and sad... Even mad... Please do something!.Version: 4.1.4
✓ What Happened?I have always admired giant killers. Your application for the past 4 years has been my go-to for starting and presenting slides and word processing. Your new 2016 upgrade to iOS 9.0 really suffers and probably a mislabel. Not an improvement I was hoping to see from the 2015 version. FIrst and foremost, I can no longer import images into the app. The camera and the other insert bottoms work, If import images doesn't work, then my ability to stay completely off the PC radar and stay on my iPad is gone. Please fix. Second, if your attention and money is going to cloud-based services and forcing a user to pay a large annual price, then you are too late. Microsoft has this already, with apps that work, and at a lower cost. Your support for Dropbox has not been stellar, so that may be a clue of your future business plan. Third, your "contact us" button easier was not easy to find. Took me 10 minutes to find it. When I entered my text, it forced me to approve the use of personal information. Get your legal to change the wording. What this does is force users to give bad recommendations on the App Store. Speaking as a software refugee, don't follow the strategy that DataVis and Docs to Go did and lose sight of the mobile platform users. Thanks..Version: 7.0.1
✓ This App is junk.My iPhone updated the app now it won’t open. I can not access my files. I tried contacting the company. They have not responded. Do I guess I lost everything. Do not use this app. It’s worthless..Version: 9.0.0
✓ Good appIt is a good app but it crashes often.Version: 9.6.2
✓ Pretty coolPretty cool.Version: 5.0.3
✓ Using sheets in Excel a problemAs far as features are concerned, this program is great. The sort and filter features in sheets are terrific, as is integration with Dropbox. I am switching to it on my iPhone from Quickoffice which no longer supports Dropbox. However, there are some issues with formatting that makes it difficult to use sheets save in Polaris with Excel on my laptop. Using Polaris, I opened a worksheet that I created in Excel, and successfully edited etc. in Quickoffice. I added some data to the worksheet and saved it. When I then opened the worksheet in Excel, all of the $ signs were changed to a different symbol....a W with lines through it. Opening the same sheet again in Polaris displays the $ signs again, but not in Excel. My workaround as to just reformat all of the cells to number rather than currency, but a real pain. I also found a formatting issue. Formatting such as text color, cell fill, and borders seem to be carried over from Polaris to Excel. But if I copy an entire worksheet and paste it into a new Excel workbook, text color, cell fill, and borders are all changed....border line are gone, cell fills and text color are different. While I like Polaris for its feature set, these formatting issues are important to me. If there were corrected I would give Polaris Office 5 stars. Polaris....please work in these issues for a future release!.Version: 4.1.3
✓ User Guide needs updatingFor some reason I could not justify text. The user guide only showed screen shots from the previous version. I would give 5 stars otherwise..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Numeric input CORRECTED with latest update..BUT..Great app and NUMERIC keyboard now totally useful. Thank you Polaris office mobile. BUT now when inserting a photo in a word document you can’t easily move the the photo as once was possible…..BUT in a spreadsheet document moving a photo works perfectly. Please correct.Version: 9.6.0
✓ Was great but new 2019 version horribleI have used polaris office for years now and foolishly updated to the 2019 version, what a mistake. Its a huge step back as far as the layout goes and is nothing like what polaris users are use to . No more file shots to click to open its more like using note for ipad . Another good app down the drain . 👎.Version: 8.0.4
✓ Numeric key pad missing now. Used to work fineKey pad input removed. Should have been left in.Version: 9.5.6
✓ No app support email, copy paste doesn't work xlsThere is no email address for app support? Website fails to provide support, but does provide a manual. Spreadsheets copy paste function into new spreadsheet useless, only 18 rows copy?! How can you allow an app with no email contact? His app looks good, but does not work fully as it should, requires feedback, which does not exist ..Version: 4.1.10
✓ Used to be pretty good, now it's pretty awful.I bought this app and used it to write several long documents. I learned early on to save often because it does crash. However, as long as I saved, it wasn't a problem. It did have formatting issues that were near impossible to fix after opening documents in the newest version of Office. That became a pain more and more often. Now, while in the middle of writing a paper and hitting "save" after every other sentence, it crashed, and behold. . .nothing I have saved is there. I was 5 minutes from finishing a paper and the entire thing is gone. I tried restarting the iPad just hoping it was a minor glitch. Nope. I honestly just want my money back now because the problems started out minor back in October but they just continue to get worse. This program may be slick in some ways, such as Dropbox integration. However, it is completely unreliable. Spend your money elsewhere..Version: 4.1.10
✓ ShameThere are some good ideas in this app, and it's good to see that it handles MS Word files properly, unlike Pages. That said, this app is little more than a beta edition. It continues to amaze me that there is no quality control on the App Store, and no way of getting a refund for software that is utterly defective. The main disaster is the integration with Dropbox - you can get files *from* Dropbox but I've yet to figure out a way of getting than *into* Dropbox. This is simply unacceptable and is tantamount to false advertising. Ultimately, despite some really nice features - at least in potential - this app fails to do the job. Without working Dropbox integration this app is useless. On top of that, the laggardly way the fonts update on the retina screen when you scroll is just ridiculous. The author off this app has failed to address fundamental problems that render this particular piece of work, at £8.99, a total rip-off..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Poor file systemThe file system is not documented and there is no support for saving or moving files to the selected cloud service even while the cloud app is already present on the Ipad. Not very useful when WiFi is not avalable!.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Frustrating - five star viewer in a one star appThis IS probably the best viewer yet for Word files. Tables, complex formatting, even tracked changes are displayed faithfully. Shame the rest of the app is so obviously work in progress. File saving only works intermittently, and if there's a way to email the file back or transfer it to another app I haven't found it. There's an arbitrary limit on filename length, incompatible with many docs transferred from my PC. The app has the concept of style-based formatting, but only with its own stupid list of styles, not the ones defined in the document. I could go on... This is work in progress, and a promising hint of what may come, but not there yet..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Needs an input toolIt is actually quite good. File transfers across to excel seamlessly. Needs some onscreen input method for cell entry. Entries can be made using the top line, but how much more ergonomic would this be if you had a keyboard with directional keys to allow movement between the cells. This would earn it five stars..Version: 4.1.5
✓ Could do betterThe app works okay but it is not very user friendly, it has Dropbox access but I couldn't work out how to save to it. It has no spell check. I went to get help on the developers site and it's a nightmare. When I tried to register it would not accept my email address at all. I can find no way to contact them to ask their help. If you want a user friendly app and one that provides support this is not for you. I hope that someone from the developers reads this and helps me, otherwise I will be asking Apple for a refund and looking for an alternative app..Version: 4.0.2
✓ Great office appOverall a great office app to use. Spell check has finally been added to check all those incorrect spelling mistakes but the app can not correct the spelling..Version: 5.0.2
✓ Don’t use!!!My iPhone automatically upgraded this app to 2019 and all my 2018 files are gone!!! No explanation of how to retrieve them..Version: 8.0.0
✓ No support for Dropbox and problem with foreign accentsThe app looks good. I use the iPad for writing and there is no app really good for that. They all lack something or other. Polaris Office looks promising. But I see two problems right now. One, there is no support for Dropbox, what is very strange. Two, it is impossible to use foreign accents (im my case, Portuguese) with an external bluetooth keyboard. The app applies the accent ok and it even shows the accented letter correctly, but then the affected letter remain highlighted and when you type the following letter it goes over the accented one which, thus, is suppressed. That is, there is no way of keeping the accented letter. As such, the app is uselles for people who use any language which have accents or diacritics. Also, I am wrting this review in the hope the developers see it because there is no way to leave a feedback in their site, which is another negative point of this app..Version: 4.0.0
✓ Good but lacking.All around, this is a good app. I’ve been using Polaris Office since 2014, but now this app doesn’t seem to have any access to the “My Polaris Drive”, and after initially setting it up, it doesn’t seem like you can go back and link it to a computer. What’s up with that? If you’re not near your computer when you 1st set up the app, you’re out of luck? And you’re My Polaris Drive is unavailable on the 2019..Version: 8.0.4
✓ Sorting with header columnPlease add option to specify first line of the worksheet as a header line, so sort will start from line 2, or add a text box to specify a line number to start sorting from..Version: 4.1.10
✓ Spreadsheet can't even display correct value in fieldsHave a simple enough spreadsheet that has a column for year, qty etc. this app can't display the values, just shows that same amount in all the rows. When selecting one of ten cells, the correct value shows in the edit pane, but not on the sheet itself. Same spreadsheet works fine in two other iPad office apps I use. And the app has crashed on iPad 3 twice in in first couple of minutes of usage. Had high hopes with claimed ability to sort and filter columns. No point trying that given the massive fail in basic capability. Money back please!.Version: 4.1.2
✓ Frozen App, ScreenSince I have updated to Iso9 I haven't been able to access this app. It is frozen. Please fix as I urgently need access to files..Version: 5.0.10
✓ All my Polaris Office dissapearedOn April 24th, all (20+) my Polaris Office files disappeared. I dont use the cloud. My IPhone is updated with the latest released. I have tried for days to get a response on from Polaris and still no response. There is no ‘old’ directory. I had been using Polaris for several years, Im familiar with the app. For two days the phone was sitting around with no activity. Every else on the phone works fine. Im desperate. What happened? Im computer savvy and it appears the app auto loaded and is no longer pointing to the right directory or they put my files in sone cloud, that I never approved. I need those files..Version: 8.0.6
✓ Not worth itBeen waiting for this but sorely disappointed. 1. Too slow in scrolling up and down as to be unusable 2. Word files compatibility is very bad. Useful for basic text editing only 3. Charting and other function in spreadsheet unintuitive and not functional 4. PowerPoint equivalent too slow scrolling pages. 5. Lack of support for Dropbox although support website shows this, 6. Etc. In short this is an alpha version suitable only as an in house testing. They should pay users for testing the app not the other way around. A complete waste of $11. Can I get a refund? I gave one star only because you need to give something in order to submit this review. Otherwise I would have given a big fat zero..Version: 4.0.1
✓ Does not support dropboxIt does not support dropbox....Version: 4.1.7
✓ Half-baked at bestHalf-baked. Sort of works. Not exactly WYSIWYG presentation of Word documents - sort of half way between MS word and no formatting at all. Quite difficult to navigate around the functions, especially saving. Bought because it promised to integrate fully with cloud services, but although I can access documents already on my cloud accounts, after a couple of frustrating hours, still can't save to anything but the program's own on iPad folder, so have resorted to emailing documents to myself (which does work). (Since discovered that you 'save' to cloud by opening the document in that ap - but no clear pathway to do so, adn no mention in 5 page 'manual'). Creates 'split words at end of lines' problem, which can only be fixed when you later open it in Word by copying adn pasting into Wordpad and then back again. Shows spelling errors, but doesn't offer any replacements. Suggested a discount price in the body of the blurb, but no way to access it doing the actual purchase. Would go for a refund if it was possible..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Very badThe speed is too slow, Not worth buying, Need improved..Version: 4.0.4
✓ No goodUnhappy that this no longer supports .rtf docs....Version: 5.0.4
✓ Incredibly Poor AppOnly bought this app due to the instability of 'Numbers' after the last update. There was me thinking that from the descriptions and the cost that it'd be worth having, what a mistake and waste of £8.99 that was. My main use was for the spreadsheet and this is where my judgement comes from. The overall feeling from the app in use is one of unfinished, rather useless and hard to use. It's main failing is that when needing to input numbers the keyboard doesn't automatically change to a numbered format so you're always having to use the standard keyboard layout which just isn't good enough. Then you faced with the lack of availability to record duration within the time frame options. This should be a standard that all spreadsheets have. I can't comment on the word processor side as I haven't bothered using at due to the absolute uselessness of the spreadsheet. Extremely disappointed doesn't come close and I would not recommend anyone wasting their money on it. I've no doubt that the government will buy the app for their usage as it's useless, inadequate and doesn't do the job, it matches them perfectly ;-).Version: 4.1.10
✓ If only it had spell check...It's not the prettiest of apps, but it's functionality and performance with cloud services is very impressive. Shame it has no spell check...that's a vital component for me, hence only 3 stars....Version: 4.0.5
✓ Not so goodRecent updates have not helped the overall rating which used to be quite good. If you export to MS Word the formatting is terrible and words are cut at end of sentence without text flow. Only way to solve this is to strip out formatting which is a pain if you wanted to keep the format..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Polaris 2016Your latest update of Polaris 2016 is terrible . . . my spreadsheets often do not open and when they do, my current input is never saved! What can you do to solve this problem ?.Version: 7.1.0
✓ Some missing featureNow I can copy files from file sharing in iTunes but Paid $22 for app that has no insert-table feature. PLEASE FIX!!.Version: 9.0.6
✓ Stay AwayI asked for my money back. Constant crashes. Files don't open properly. Nothing but problems. It took me less than 2 minutes to regret this purchase..Version: 4.0.8
✓ Nice, but corrupts documentsI downloaded Polaris Office as part of the introductory offer. Pros: - Nice UI - Fast loading of documents - Word documents seems to be rendered nicely --- on the iPad. - Seems to be hinting at comments/revision support, which is rare in iPad apps (from what I've seen) + the UI showed where my comments (revisions) should be, but I couldn't actually view them Cons: - Of the few documents I tried, one "round tripped" nicely - I made a change in iPad after importing and was able to open in Word on the PC. However, the other one would not open on the PC after editing in PolarisOffice. I repeated the procedure a few times, but got the same result. MS Word (on the PC) complained of a security alert. Once I dismissed that dialog (by clicking Open), a second dialog saying Word was unable to open the document and that it might be corrupt. - Support is seemingly non-existent (or at least not responsive). The developer website has a link to a Q&A (under Support), but after typing my question and clicking submit, an error is returned. I sent an email to an address I found on their Facebook page, but did not get a response. (In that email, I also reported the broken Q&A link on their website). Posted a question to Facebook but also didn't get a response. - DropBox support appears to be one way; easy enough to get documents out of DropBox and copy to local iPad storage, but unclear (at least to me) how to sync documents back to DropBox after making changes to the local copy. (I ended up emailing the changed document back to myself). - Scrolling through pages in large documents is slightly sluggish, but not bad (better than remote access type solutions).Version: 4.0.2
✓ Worst purchaseBasic docs function like moving and dragging pictures will not work at all. Found impossible to delete document. Pressing the edit function does not bring up the delete button as the tutorial say it would??? There is no way to easily contact support as with most app unless you create a log in and password. I never said that about any app before but this app is useless and downright not working. Ripoff..Version: 4.0.5
✓ More support!!!This is a great app and would love it if it had Dropbox and box.net support pls update. Thanks!!!.Version: 4.0.1
✓ Very limitedI've tried other Office apps on my iPad and this is the only one that will let me see charts and drawings in Excel. However, it is very cumbersome to actually create and edit spreadsheets using this or any other Office type app. Unlike the rest of the Office apps this one does not screw up the formatting of existing documents. Two major issues I have with this however, is that you cannot open a document directly from Dropbox; the document must be downloaded first, then edited, and the only way I can figure out how to get the document back into Dropbox is to email it to myself. The second issue is that I have some Excel workbooks with locked worksheets, and even though there are cells within each sheet that are not locked and can be edited (for custom form data entry) when using Excel, this app won't let me edit those cells. So many custom forms are not accessible using this app..Version: 4.0.5
✓ No SkyDrive supportLucky I only paid $0.99 as I wanted skydrive support, show me where the skydrive support is that you list in your app description... Don't say you can do something unless you can..Version: 4.1.10
✓ Not badPretty good app, does appear to miss some of the expected features e.g the ability to select blocks of text when in edit mode. But with a bit of work it will get there I think..Version: 7.0.1
✓ No Dropbox save?Have emailed several times. These guys aren't interested in getting back to me. I cannot create a file in Dropbox. Great to use but useless while no cloud enabled file creation. I have commented below in the past but the comments don't show up??? Love how it works. Especially with my Bluetooth keyboard but I cannot find any way to save to Dropbox which renders it 100% useless. Would love a refund if this is the case. I have emailed them but days later no response. Not happy guys. The app costs money and I cannot use it. The advert said Dropbox integration. Best I can tell this is rubbish..Version: 5.0.7
✓ Not all Formulas workImported a file and some of the formulas were not working ie bringing information into a graph..Version: 7.1.5
✓ Good app spoilt by poor cloud supportThis is one of the best office apps, but the current support for cloud requires the user to manually download to local, edit, save to local and then manually upload to cloud. This simply isn't good enough..Version: 4.0.0
✓ Non compatible avec Microsoft officeC'est une bonne application, Mais à notre grande déception, elle n'est pas compatible avec office. Si l'on ouvre un fichier doc, docx ou excel, il est tout croche. Si vous arrivez à régler ce problème important dans une prochaine mise à jour, je vous donnerais 5/5 avec joie. Relevez le défi!.Version: 5.0.4
✓ Not ready for Prime Time!I made a mistake by downloading this app and now I'm out $12.99 I only used the Word document viewer/editor. But there are a number of major issues discovered in 5 minutes of use. 1. Jerky scrolling of document. 2. Numbering on document not formatted correctly. Numbers and letters displayed to large. 3. Trying to add a paragraph (by pressing return at end of a paragraph) totally threw all the numbering out of wack. What should have appeared as "III." displayed as "III. III. III.", and also added extra numbers to each numbered line. 4. Selecting words was not as fluid as in all other apps. I wish I had my money back and I am surprised Apple let's this stuff in its App Store - what's the point in the approval process?.Version: 4.1.1
✓ ZERO STARS!!!!!!!I am not one to write a bad review but I have to agree with the person who gave this app ZERO STARS. Before buying an app I read all the reviews posted on the first 3 pages then I make my decision, most apps you get what you paid for its a roll of the dice. In most cases if the app stinks I caulk it up to experience. In this case where you are paying $9.99 for the app ( I would not charge more if I were you ) I gotta say something. I just purchased the app and the first thing I did was create a company letter head to use on my iPad. I liked the fact that I could add images from my iPad ( like my logo) but once I finished my letter head and tried to save it the app shut down, just that alone was not a big deal. The next thing did, I was working on a letter and adding some photos when all of a sudden it crapped out and I lost my letter. There is also no spell check or the ability to switch between letter and header or footer. I'm not sure how I go about getting my money back but I'm sure going to try. The reviews on my iPhone were not has favorable has the ones on my iPad. I guess I'm going to have to buy Quick Office like Mr. Richard Booe did. Since we are all forced to give some kind of rating before leaving a comment I had to give it 1 star. I hope you will do the right thing and refund the money you received for a useless app. Thank You.Version: 4.0.2
✓ It Works.....But response could be improvedAfter using documents to go premium for over a year I've always been disappointed that I've been unable to filter spreadsheet cells to only display data I want to see. Polaris office does everything I need to on the to and more. the only downside I've come across is the fact it can have slow response when scrolling through the spreadsheet. if the response was improved to be faster I would rate 5 stars..Version: 4.1.9
✓ Buyer's remorseZoom is too slow, It's easy to get stuck. The use is not convenient..Version: 4.0.4
✓ Going off this appDevelopers not providing updates and it is buggy to the point of getting in the way. I expect bug fixes on a paid app. 1 weird capitalization is wildly annoying. Any time you move the cursor, eg tap in a word to fix a typo, the first letter you type will be a capital. Doc ends up full of random capitals 2. Auto text spell check is not the same as all other text editors on iOS, it makes even worse suggestions, and you HAVE TO accept the suggestion. The x you can use usually with the apple auto correct to reject the correction doesn't work in Polaris, after about 5 times trying trying to type a word you can eventually force it. A huge problem. 3. I've had it crash when switching away from the app, and also it sometimes thinks my doc needs recovering when I switch between apps. 4. The filing system is totally incomprehensible, I managed to put a file in a folder once but now can't repeat it. Filing is a terrible unintuitivr UI. No drag drop, no rename, can't see how to move things around, if you get into delete mode, even forcing app closed and open again doesn't clear it. Are the developers actually using this app day to day? Aren't they having these issues? I'm using it reluctantly, but would have more faith if I saw the occasional bug fix.Version: 4.1.7
✓ No iCloud direct access in applicationVery disappointed Has 100s files in iCloud but there is no access to them from the application..Version: 8.0.7
✓ InterestingThe application has some great features, but Dropbox integration needs improvement. It would be great to have a french translation..Version: 4.0.2
✓ No direct access to iCloud DriveYou can’t access existing files in iCloud drive the way you can in the free version. You have to save the files there first. I bought the 2019 version thinking it would work the same way, very disappointed..Version: 8.0.4
✓ Really stupid bugs in the spreadsheet editorI use this app exclusively for editing spreadsheets at work. I spent quite a while setting up some spreadsheets on my pc to use day to day on the iPad. Quite usefully some formatting functions that you cannot do on this version are carried over from spreadsheets made in other program's. this is where the good ends. About 2 versions ago this app started doing some really weird things in spreadsheets like putting values in the next cell instead of the one i typed the value into. Because of this this app has become completely useless as I cannot rely on it to be accurate. Also when editing cells sometimes what was there previously persists even after editing, I can't constantly check every thing I type, especially when I know I have not made a mistake..Version: 4.1.2
✓ Is making me feel dizzyEvery time I have to edit I have rotate my iPhone from landscape to portrait, it was a better with the older version. At least on the older version you could edit in landscape..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Why only 3 stars?I begin work on my iPad (Gen 6 fully updated) using this App, I start a new document. Next I bring up a different app (such as Google Chrome) so that I may work on gathering data to add to my new document. When I return to my new document, it closes the moment I try to switch back and I have to start over to bring it back up for access (and hope I remembered to save before I switched to Chrome for a moment). It helps to have the “Recent Files” tab as it negates some steps, but it taxes my patience constantly. It would be nothing to complain about if it only happened “once in a blue moon”, but it happens every time, which gets old real fast. Among others, one of the rubs that I find is when I use (…) Normally, when you see the … it looks just as you see it here. Since the last update this (…) is higher (in the middle in relationship to the letter next to it. It does so as soon as you add the 3rd dot. Is this a new thing in English literature? It bothers me. I hope this may be addressed in the next update..Version: 9.5.6
✓ Does not work with PPTX filesThis product is the most expensive of the available list and it does not work. I got this App just so I could view a PowerPoint file, and it simply does not work. Leo.Version: 5.0.2
✓ Buggy dynamic menus, lag that mangles documents10 minutes to properly delete a single decimal point in a table. No joke. Interface likes to pop up random boxes covering things you need, and not pop them up when you need it, causing frequent misclicks, undesired pastes, and the inability to properly place a cursor when using tables. Copy and Paste broken, no longer properly copies mixed formatting with your selection. Must reformat everything you copy if you have a mix of bold, underlined, different font sizes, lists, etc. (previous versions this worked fine) Their internal 'File Transfer' over wifi is completely broken in this version. Used to be a great feature, now just shows a splash page and no files. Lag Lag Lag. Start to type or scroll to a different page and literally watch the keys depress on the keyboard seconds to minutes after you actually finished typing. Often times hits undesired menu options that have magically appeared between the time you tapped, and the time it decides to register your input. Pdf output is still bugged. Inserts a 'page frame' into the pdf, leaving a big rectangle box over your output. Works fine for simple text documents, anything else is a long exercise in near futility due to inaccurate cursor placement, and delayed lag clicks. Better than nothing, but expect to spend up to an hour longer to make simple edits..Version: 5.0.8
✓ Google drive supportDespite an update I still can't access google drive. Will take a long time to think about it and then times out... Not happy..Version: 5.0.4
✓ What happened???I used to like Polaris office but recently updated and lost ALL my files!!! What is going on? I had tonnes of files and now I don't know how to recover them. I should have used iBooks for my PDFs.Version: 4.1.1
✓ IPad and Polaris FREEZEI have been using Polaris Office for years. Every time I update the iPad, the latest being to iOS 9.0 - things freeze. I can't open Polaris Office at all! This is very upsetting. My iPad is freezing before I can get onto the Internet. Please fix for me. CAE.Version: 5.0.10
✓ UnstableCrashed immediately in opening a simple .doc Documents to Go is not the fastest or flashiest, but its the most stable, and I have tried most..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Some Good Things But Needs MorePolaris Office 2019 Good all-in-one for very basic office use. Otherwise Word still the go-to. Not sure it was worth $20, some other free suites do just as much. I'm keeping it hoping for more, otherwise WPS may go back to my other fall back. Pros Good formatting of Word Documents Clean Interface Connects to online storage Snappy No ads Cons No Ruler (horizontal or vertical) Not saving Recent documents list, if loaded from OneDrive Does not use other loaded fonts No single place for Paragraph formatting Can't find a way to create or customize styles.Version: 8.0.3
✓ Still lookingI purchased the polaris office app to use on my iPad for word processing documents via Dropbox. It does allow you to open , edit and save files via Dropbox, but when it saves them the whole document gets corrupted with the text wrapping over line breaks. The only way to resolve it is to reformat the whole document when you are back on your computer. It also puts annoying capital letters in the middle of words if you ever have to use a delete button or do anything other than type without stopping. I am therefore still looking for a decent document manager. Very disappointing..Version: 5.0.1
✓ AlmostCan’t add text to pdf documents which is a major deal breaker..Version: 8.1.2
✓ No option to share a file to Polaris office?This is quite unbelievable, why I can’t jus press a file in Files and share the file to Polaris? The only way is that I save the file in a cloud which Polaris can access, then open the Polaris, then to open the file???.Version: 9.0.9
✓ Organizing is all chaoticAll my files are all construed and all random.Version: 8.0.1
✓ Useful business toolsComparing the spreadsheet of Polaris to Numbers it has a lot of good standard PC spreadsheet features but lacks the drop down Menu feature of Numbers. Looking forward to them upgrading and adding the drop menu selection features. Always been a fan of OpenOffice and Polaris is bringing these features to the iPad. Easy to move your files into a cloud service like SkyDrive. Has a good file management process that is hard to come by on any Mac iPad program's. In time this will be a good business package and cross system compatibility. Enjoy..Version: 4.1.2
✓ App quit workingAfter you did the last update my app quit opening up..Version: 9.0.2
✓ Stopped working following recent iOS upgradeVery important info stored and can't access since upgrade. It WAS a brilliant app but will not be happy if not fixed soon as I will have to start over - and will be finding another spreadsheet app that works..Version: 5.0.10
✓ A good alternative to Docs to Go and QuickofficeThis app seems to run pretty well with all of the Word files I have tried to edit or create. It seems to have a few glitches though that are annoying. Every time I am editing docx files it capitalizes the first word I enter. This needs to be addressed. When docx files are eventually opened in Word on my laptop, the words at the end of every sentence are split down to the next sentence. The app has also crashed a few times when opening it ...usually when the app was left in the storage window prior to closing. With a bit more polish, it could be a leader. Luckily, I paid a heavily discounted price at purchase and would not pay the regular price. Pages is still the best bet for working with Word files..Version: 4.1.9
✓ Website says Dropbox support, but the app says otherwiseI purchased this app to compare it with other office suite offers since it is said to support Dropbox and Box.net on the official website and since Dropbox is where all my active working documents are put. I was terribly disappointed to see that the app actually has no support for Dropbox at all. I've tried writing to the company to get support only to end up on a dead end with an ASP error when trying to submit my support ticket. This is not what I consider good support. Until I can get some news back from the company and possibly a solution to the problem, my rating has to remain low. There seems to be some good ideas behind this app, but in a poor execution in its current state..Version: 4.0.1
✓ Best yet, but not perfectUsed to edit a large and complex Excel file successfully and also several smaller Word files. You need to save regularly as Polaris often closes abruptly, especially when zooming - that needs fixing. Editing can be cumbersome at times, but at least it can be done. Many Excel features such as conditional statements are supported and those which aren't, such as conditional formatting do at least survive the load/save process if already present. When you enter a value into a cell, pressing "next" moves to the next cell but enters a zero, which can be annoying. The file management feature goes some way to getting around the limitations of the iOS file system. It would be good if (for example) image files could be added to the Polaris folders. All in all, a pretty good solution, useable but in need of further development. I shall continue to use it..Version: 4.0.5
✓ Not wORTH ITTexts look poor on Retina Display. Horrible usability with external keyboard..can't scroll through texts using arrows on the keyboard and cannot select words using SHIFT+arrows. Don't bother if you need to edit documents with an external keyboard.Version: 4.0.2
✓ A system error has occurred. the app will close in five secondsIt takes multiple retries before I do not get this error. “A system error has occurred. the app will close in five seconds.” I tried the support page and I get an answer in kanji..Version: 9.6.0
✓ Worthless to me due to not being able to check or uncheck check boxes in excel forms.I was seriously hoping Polaris would be able to offer what Microsoft has thus far refused to...the ability to check or uncheck check boxes within an excel form. After spending the money on the download I Unfortunately see I was wrong..Version: 8.0.6
✓ Great - When It WorksI've had two significant crashes now. On the first I lost all my data for several months of work. On the second I think I will only lose one letter. I am more carefully saving work product now. Generally I like the program (until the crash!). It certainly does not have all the functions of a full word processing program but it does have the basics and makes the iPad a much more versatile work tool..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Not badI think it is slightly over-priced given the feature set. I can't see any way of saving to Dropbox, it only lets me open files on there. There needs to be greater font support too as a lot of presentations don't format correctly. On the plus side, it works well with what it does do, although I have noticed it hang a couple of times in ios 6..Version: 4.0.8
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