The iOS version of Office has finally been made available. The app is free to download from the US App Store but it requires a USD 100 yearly subscription to Office 365 before it can be used at all. The Next Web has a full run down of the app and a comparison with the Windows Phone version. Currently the app is not yet available on other App Stores around the world and it is also not a universal app which means it will run on the iPad but as a stretched out iPhone app.
For the longest time, consumers have been waiting for Microsoft to release a version of its Office productivity suite for iOS. When it didn’t arrive following iPad’s launch in 2010, and again each year with new versions of iPad, people began to wonder if the company will ever release it for iOS. In the meantime, a mobile version of Office made its debut as a built in app for Windows Phone and it was refreshed last year for Windows Phone 8.
