Office Suites (178 programs)

Pros: More elegant in feel and look to MS Office. Lots of templates to choose from. Keynote produces stunning cinematic presentations. Opens MS Office documents.

Cons: Installation takes a long time. Can result in incompatibility problems when opening documents from different versions of MS Office.

Pros: Brings Office on Mac up-to-date. Looks much more attractive. Easier to use and find functions. Collaborative and productivity focused tools. More functions in Excel and PowerPoint.

Cons: You will need a 365 account.

Pros: 212 different lessons. Simple everyday language used in videos. Small app size. Good balance between advanced and simple features.

Cons: Doesn't cover all basic topics for accounting use. Application can become unresponsive at times. MS Excel required to complete practice activities. History list of lessons is often incomplete.

Pros: Plenty of bug fixes. Installing is not difficult. Makes changes to almost all the Microsoft Office tools.

Cons: Only useful for people using Microsoft Office 2008. Not vital for the security of the Microsoft Office software.

Pros: Invoice and quote templates. Automation for recurring invoices. Seamless communication features. Generate invoices offline.

Cons: Lack of advanced features. Recurring invoices don't work smoothly.

Pros: Exports to PDF. Very similar in look to MS Office. Integration with Android and Windows Mobile.

Cons: Spell checkers in other languages missing. No toolbar customisation.

Pros: Free to use. Opens Microsoft Office documents including Word and Excel. Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program. Good alternative to Microsoft Office.

Cons: Slow at opening documents and can be unresponsive sometimes. Too many buttons and settings. Based mainly on Java.

Pros: Loads of productivity features. Drag-and-drop functionality. PDF export option. Task lists could be shared to social media.

Cons: Free version may not offer certain features. Doesn’t document the tasks accomplished. Not cross-platform. Needs a 64-bit system.

Pros: Stand-alone and cross-platform viewer. Supports quick review of 3D models and animations. Allows toggling of wireframe, texture, and lighting. Facilitates data exchange between 3D tools.

Cons: Software frequently freezes and glitches. Limited support for many popular file types.

Pros: Adds a sense of urgency to writing. Helps remove distractions from your computer. Time limits of 5 minutes, 15 and 30 minutes. Suitable for fiction writers.

Cons: Makes stopping to research almost impossible. Doesn’t reward you for finishing early. Losing writing work is upsetting and an unfitting punishment. People cannot use the bathroom without losing work.

Pros: Simple to use user interface. Supports user feedback submission for continuous refinement and improvement of OCR. Very good OCR engine for free. Supports over 60 languages.

Cons: Free version provides only single document scanning support. Struggles with smaller font sizes. Tends to transpose letters i and j. User interface appears not to have been updated for Retina displays, resulting in blurry interface at higher resolutions.

Pros: Can be used with a wide variety of embroidering machines.. Easy to use interface.. Supports multiple file formats.. Allows designs to be printed or exported..

Cons: Lacks support for some machine models.. Not compatible with the VP3 file format.. Design rendering can be slow at times.. Application is resource intensive when in operation..