Pages

Apple's word processor and page layout app for Mac, iPad, iPhone and the web.

FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOSWeb
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About Pages

Pages is Apple's app for writing and laying out documents such as letters, flyers, essays and books. You can set page size and margins, add images and charts, and build a table of contents. On iPad, Apple Pencil handwriting is turned into text, and you can annotate and draw inside a document.

Pages runs on Mac, iPad and iPhone. Pages for iCloud lets you edit documents in a web browser. You can publish books to Apple Books directly from Pages.

Strengths

  • Combines word processing and page layout
  • Apple Pencil handwriting and annotation
  • Direct publishing to Apple Books
  • Browser editing through iCloud

Limitations

  • Native apps only on Apple devices
  • Web version requires going through iCloud

Details

Pricing
FreemiumApple also sells an Apple Creator Studio subscription covering its creativity and productivity apps.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Apple
Platforms
macOS, iOS, Web
How it runs
Downloadable app, Web application
Best suited for
Apple users writing and designing documents across their devices
Categories
Office tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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