--- title: Pages Reviews meta_title: 'Pages Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 376 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Pages works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.3 review_count: 376 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-17' parent_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # Pages Reviews **Vendor:** Apple **Category:** [Document Creation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/document-creation) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 376 ## About Pages Pages is a word processor developed by Apple, designed to create stunning documents with ease. It comes pre-installed on most Apple devices, including Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and is also accessible via iCloud on a PC. With real-time collaboration features, teams can work together seamlessly from anywhere. Key Features and Functionality: - Templates: Over 90 Apple-designed templates for reports, letters, resumes, and more. - Media Integration: Easily add images, videos, audio clips, and customizable shapes to documents. - Apple Pencil Support: On iPad, use Apple Pencil to draw, annotate, and convert handwriting to text. - Real-Time Collaboration: Work simultaneously with others, with automatic saving and change tracking. - Cross-Device Compatibility: Seamlessly transition between Mac, iPad, iPhone, and even PC via iCloud. - Advanced Formatting: Customize fonts, text styles, and utilize features like Smart Annotation. - Multimedia Support: Embed YouTube and Vimeo videos directly into documents. Primary Value and User Solutions: Pages empowers users to produce professional-quality documents effortlessly, catering to both personal and professional needs. Its intuitive design and robust features streamline the document creation process, while real-time collaboration and cross-device compatibility enhance productivity and flexibility. Whether drafting a simple letter or designing an interactive digital book, Pages provides the tools necessary to bring ideas to life. ## Pages Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find the **ease of use** in Pages commendable, making collaboration and publishing straightforward and efficient. (1 reviews) - Users love the **easy editing** in Pages, enabling real-time collaboration and quick audio note additions. (1 reviews) - Users love the **amazing integrations** like Apple Intelligence, enhancing their writing experience with valuable tools and templates. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **sharing ease** of Pages, enabling seamless real-time collaboration and interactive publishing capabilities. (1 reviews) - Users love the **less cluttered interface** of Pages, enjoying seamless integration with other Apple apps. (1 reviews) - Team Collaboration (1 reviews) - Users love the **variety of templates** available for documents, enhancing presentation and usability in writing tasks. (1 reviews) - Users love the **clean user interface** of Pages, finding it superior to MS Word for seamless integration with other Apple apps. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find **collaboration challenging** on Pages, especially with non-Apple users unable to open .pages files. (1 reviews) - Users experience **missing features** when exporting files, leading to lost formatting and layout issues with tables. (1 reviews) ## Pages Reviews ### 1. Great for Creating Documents **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 20, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like the ease of use when it comes to using Pages. I also like that it is interchangeable with Microsoft Word documents. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Sometimes Pages will not align correctly when opening documents that are Microsoft Word. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Pages is an excellent alternative to Microsoft Word. It is easy to use and has all of the basic requirements for creating a document and checking the document using the editing tools. Pages is also a quick learn program that will get anyone up and running within a few minutes. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** With Pages I can write my reports and submit them to my clients. It allows me to send information that is user friendly. ### 2. Good editor for quick documents **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rudy Elliot G. | Data Center Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** It's faster and simpler than Word and already built-in into MacOSX and also replaces a part of the office that is not available on MacOSX since Publisher isn't included in the MacOSX build. **What do you dislike about Pages?** It's almost a good replacement for word but lacks advanced features and templates. If pages had something similar to macros embedded in Word it would be my go-to editor for everything. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** It's like a mixture between word and publisher but free for MacOSX users **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating quick documents that are informational like newsletters and event summaries ### 3. Pages is helpful with the ease of use for Apple devices **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** De H. | BSA/AML Analyst II, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I love the ability to create and edit documents from the palms of my hands using mobile devices. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I have not necessarily found anything that I dislike. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** It streamlines my productivity on-the-go. ### 4. Good interface **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food Production | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 13, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Visually attractive templates. Easy to use interface. High tech features like transparent backgrounds for pictures. Easy import and export of Word Documents **What do you dislike about Pages?** Can not change the underlying template for a document Can not match Microsoft word in advance features Can not set word as default format for saving **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easiest to use interface. All that many iOs users need. Advance formatting and automation features ### 5. perfect to write **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** gloria C. | gloria c, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** the thing i love it's the fact that you can write a lot and the app works perfect especially in the computer **What do you dislike about Pages?** maybe it's no famous as microsoft work but it's perfect as functions **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** for me it's a perfect app i love use it it's so easy, i advice you to download and use it **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** there is no problem with this app but you can organize your work perfectly, i'ts helpful ### 6. Easily functional **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Coming from using Microsoft Word for 10+ years, Pages has a more sleek design without all the toolbars. Perfect for creating text documents. **What do you dislike about Pages?** In comparison to Word, I find it to have less tools and abilities for creating content and graphics within your document. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Ps. You can export Pages docs to Word docs and open Word as Pages. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pages allows me to create a quick and easy document on my Mac without the hassle of extra bells and whistles. ### 7. Nothing but professional **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sporting Goods | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like how easy it is to add photos from the desktop onto a document. Also it is super easy to export a document to another form. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Adding shapes and other emojis into text are difficult. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving professional writing and I realized that there templates are the best ### 8. great tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Pages is an excellent word processing tool. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I wish it had a few more options for text orientation. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it for daily word processing and document creation. ### 9. Pages - Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mariusz M. | Administrator IT, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** - This program is preinstalled on iPhones and after installing it on your Mac device it allows you to immediately synchronize your documents between those devices - Easy to work with UI - Many types of document examples - Pages allows you to save your file as .docx - Free from **What do you dislike about Pages?** - Only available on macOS devices - Some features could be more expanded - Some features could be more visible **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** If you have to choose between MS Word and Pages you should also take advantage of using iCloud file sharing which makes things a lot easier when you're on-the-go. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I realized that I do not need to spend a lot of money on MS Office bundle having Macs in my company and my employees told me they prefered Pages to Word, so it made them work more comfortably which resulted in better workflow. ### 10. Did Apple give up ? **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Practice | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I used to lover using pages but it seems that Apple just doesn't care anymore. When I first purchased my mac in 2008, Pages was my only document editor. It worked like a charm and worked great. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Over the years, pages has started to stagnate. It seems that Apple has given on up their document editing software and left that to Word. Normally, I wouldn't mind too much but Word is simply not an affordable alternative unless is sponsored by by your institution. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Essentially document editing. Runs very fast on Mac. ### 11. Simple, pure, efficient **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Use everywhere with icloud, on any device, synchronization perfect, really good software ! **What do you dislike about Pages?** Not as much fonction as microsoft concurent, some option is hard to find, good optimizing for ios not that much on macOs **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** All my work everywhere, and on all my device, i can travel and work it’s really a good time gaining ### 12. Apple Pages is a fantastic word processing program **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Fine Art | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Very easy to use, but don't let the simple layout fool you. It is a very powerful and full featured application for pros and casual users alike. I would recommend it over microsoft word any day. **What do you dislike about Pages?** The simple layout can be a good and bad thing. Sometimes features can be a little hard to find, but searching through the help menu is a quick way to find them. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** It is currently free, so you cannot go wrong by giving it a try. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it to process invoices for my work. It makes it very easy to make a template and quickly enter in individual details as well as exporting to PDF. ### 13. pages review **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** the main advantage of pages is that it is free **What do you dislike about Pages?** Not as good as microsoft powerpoint/doc. No too many fonts and it is not compatible with other computers **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** work, but I have not been using it that much ### 14. Pages is Perfect for our Business! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 27, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** We like how Pages allows us to edit website content prior to uploading on our website. Since we use Macs mostly in our business, Pages is a free alternative to editing on Microsoft Word for our website content. Pages allows us employees to send documents to each other, while allowing us to extract images, which is extremely helpful as well. Pages also allows us to edit content on iCloud, so if we are working on a different Apple device, we can still see the same changes made on a previous device on the same iCloud account. **What do you dislike about Pages?** We dislike how Pages is not fully compatible with Microsoft Word documents. We also dislike how documents created with newer versions of Pages cannot be opened with older versions of Pages. No matter if the document would be compatible or not, newer Pages documents are restricted in older versions of Pages, which is frustrating and annoying. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** When using Pages, we would recommend others to save and share documents in "Pages" format, always keeping your version of Pages updated. This way, you'll be able to see your employees' content in the way they intended to send it. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pages allows us employees to send website drafts to each other for our business, while allowing us to extract image files to use in Wordpress! Pages helps us quickly view website revisions when needed, without having to pay for and download Microsoft Office (for Microsoft Word). Pages also allows us to edit draft content on all of our Apple devices. ### 15. Ease of Use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Easier to use than the Microsoft Suite. I was a PC user for 25+ years and transferring over to a Mac I prefer pages to display and build my presentations. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Sometimes the program will crash and it will cause several copies of the same document. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Purchase a Mac and you will see the difference between the suites **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to create and modify documents on the fly. ### 16. Great tool if you like straightforward and beautiful writing experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexander G. | Key Relationship Manager, Events Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** - Pages have a very straightforward design and they also have good templates (I especially like the Note Taking one because the formatting is simple enough, yet it looks good) - Pages (along with other Apple products) have colorful graphs and tables and they are pleasant to look at (and also easy to work with as well) - Help tab has a good search that highlights the feature you're looking for in the menu (which helps the learning process) **What do you dislike about Pages?** - If you have used Word (or Google Docs) all your life and are now switching to Pages, it might take a while to understand where each of the features is located (and some are missing... or I haven't found them yet) **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** - Take time to look through the features available and be ready that it's DIFFERENT from Word or Google Docs. But the difference is in a good way, so don't give up right away in case you can't find a feature you're used to. It's probably there, just in a location you'd never thought to look :) **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Pages for note taking most of the time because I like the simple yet elegant formatting and easy styles that can be applied fast (speed matters when you're taking notes during a lecture or something.) You can also use Pages to create epub books to read in your favorite ebook reader (again, useful for notes because sometimes you need to refresh the knowledge and simply reading your notes sometimes isn't the most convenient thing - for example, if you have saved them in pdf before) ### 17. As Efficient as Word if you learn it **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I just like that it is an Apple produced- product because it costs money for Mac users to purchase/use Microsoft Word. However, the general public seems to prefer MW because it's whats most commonly used. However, Pages is quite easy to learn and just as good once you use it on a regular basis. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I dislike the unfamiliarity of it. I am used to Microsoft Word so it was difficult to learn at first. However, after spending a good amount of time with it, it works just as well. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** I would recommend pages to Mac users, it crashes a lot less than MW. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** MW often crashes on my Macbook whereas I've never had that problem with Pages. ### 18. A great, free alternative to Word. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Pages is great for basic word processing needs. It's much easier to format and structure text using Pages than it is with Word. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Sometimes it can be difficult to locate certain features, but the help section quickly resolves this. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Planning, preparation and assessment of staff. ### 19. Easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Enoc G. | Owner/Prop maker, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** It’s such a simple and powerful word processing tool. I love all of the options it gives me to create exactly what I’m imagining! **What do you dislike about Pages?** Nothing really. I think it’s an excellent software and for what I use it for works great! **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Great software! Comes with any apple product and free to use! **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** If I need to write out anything formal to give to a customer I use this software and it works great! ### 20. Page page page **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicholas M. | Mr. , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** That I can list things out, create stunning reports, make a list , create a document **What do you dislike about Pages?** I wish they had more templates. Because Microsoft have more than Apple. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can create documents with MacOS, IOS, PadOS and have fun. ### 21. Pages as Alternative to Word **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 03, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like that Pages is a document alternative to Word. It allows me to avoid purchasing an MS Office product. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Pages doesn't quite have as many template options as MS Word. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Pages is a user friendly program that allows you to create and edit documents. It is nice to be able to use Pages and MS Word interchangeably. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** If I need to analyze manuscripts or edit stories I will use Pages when a document is sent to me in MS Word. ### 22. Similar to word **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Entertainment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 08, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** It’s very similar to word it but it comes free with a Mac so that makes it a much better version in my opinion **What do you dislike about Pages?** Sometimes it’s still hard to move images around the page and things jump in unexpected ways. I think it should have a tutorial when you login it shows you had to move things quickly and easily **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I’m using it for pitch proposals, and budget breakdown’s, and invoices ### 23. Pages Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lauren C. | Summer Academy Staff/Photographer, Individual & Family Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** It is simple to use to design brochures, handbooks, posters, flyers, etc. I use it all the time for my work to create different promotional material. It is accessible to putting images in your projects too. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Some of the design and formatting of the documents can be fidgety. And there is limited function for some images and creating new documents and projects. It really is only for Apple Macbooks. There needs to be a Pages program designed for Windows and PCs because anyone that doesn't have the program cannot even open the files. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Make sure everyone in your office uses a Apple Macbook otherwise Pages would be useless to any Windows/PC user. But you can export to a PDF but you wouldn't be able to edit the document. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Pages for everyday promotional use for our office. We use it for our programming flyers and brochures. It is easy to save and export and send off to a printer to print materials. Works really well between Apple products. ### 24. Pages is just as easy as Word **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Executive Office | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I love my Mac, but wasn't sure about using Pages when I got my new Mac after having had a PC prior to this purchase. But I've come to love it. And it's easy to take any Pages document and save it as my two favs - a Word document or PDF document. Once I learned the tools, like how to switch between format and document, it was easy. And the more I use it, the easier it gets. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I did have to learn (the hard way) that once you make a change in Pages, it automatically converts it to that new change, even if you didn't save it. I figured out that I have to hit the Edit, Undo button repeatedly if I already changed something and wanted to save the 'original' version too. But, now that I know that, I know what to do. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Don't worry about using any other word program...Pages will do everything you need for word processing. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Pages for business and personal reasons. I use it every day when I come home to do my IEPs and other Special Education paperwork. I use it for our timeline tables and letters to parents. It's my everyday go-to for word processing. ### 25. Life saver **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I use pages frequently from my phone I’m able to create and edit word , PDFs etc **What do you dislike about Pages?** Can’t think of anything i don’t like it’s great **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submitting docs making last min changes edits etc ### 26. A decent application that gets the job done **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like using Pages because of how easy it is to use. The look and feel of the software is much more pleasing to look at than Word. The ability to install Fonts instantly is also a plus! **What do you dislike about Pages?** I wish Pages would have a collaboration feature. I'd love to see Pages implement collaborative editing like Google Docs has so perfectly achieved. Pages has a lot of potential but there are just better options if you want a better and easier team experience. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use pages personally and really like the interface but can't say it's the best because of the lack of collaboration and communal feel. ### 27. Pages is my number one word processor. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rita N. | Data Analyst., Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like that Pages word processor comes preinstalled with my Macbook an iPad.Like most Apple products,Pages is intuitive and so easy to use.I like the multimedia options I am provided with ,as a Page user.I like how I am able to save documents created with Pages as a pdf file.A vital part of my love for Pages is how it enable me save my documents on iCloud. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I dislike the fact that native a Page documents cannot be exported and accessed on either Google docs or Microsoft word. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pages is my default word processor.It is free,since it comes preinstalled on my MacBook and IPad.I use pages to create proposals,jot down notes and do everything I used to do with Msword. ### 28. Easy for Anyone **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amy D. | Marketing and Events Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** If you do not have access to a professional designer or design software, Pages is an easy solution. Not only is it easy to use, but it also has a plethora of templates for those who are not so creative. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I do not feel as though it is very dynamic. There are things that it naturally will not do because it is not professional level. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pages makes it easy for departments outside of design and marketing to accomplish quick and easy document design. ### 29. Better then Word **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like that I can choose from different templates accordingly depends on what type of document I am going to start. It has beautiful fonts and pretty nice to use. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Some fonts that we can see in Word may not be available but you can find them online and add if you really need . **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** YES> but for me it was not a question, since this is what I was primarily using on mac **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was doing some flyers and some promo materials for my business ### 30. Alternative to Microsoft Word **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Pages is convenient because it is built into Apple computers and can access and edit Microsoft Word docs. **What do you dislike about Pages?** The interaction between Word and Pages is not seamless. Formatting, in particular, can get 'messed up' when you switch between applications. Because it's assumed that everyone has Word, Pages can be seen as substandard because it does not display documents exactly as Word does. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** The great thing about Pages is that it is free (with your Mac OS) and can open and edit Word documents. This can come in handy when I am working with mac-based folks outside of the organization -- I know they'll be able to access and edit what I share with them. ### 31. Pages for Mac **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Taylor Z. | Elementary School Teacher, Education Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like the ease of use that comes with Pages. I have used Word before, but Pages is much more user friendly in my opinion. It's also extremely easy to integrate graphics into documents which can be tricky in other word processors. **What do you dislike about Pages?** My only dislike with the Pages program is that there aren't as many users as there are with Word or other word processors, so it can be tricky to send documents to others unless it is sent as a pdf. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** I highly recommend Pages as it is very easy to navigate and learn. I use it for many different purposes such as creating menus, signs, and forms for printing, as well as media for posting online. If you like to incorporate images into documents, Pages makes that extremely easy. I also appreciate how simple it is to add new fonts into the font library for use in Pages and other related programs like Keynote and Numbers. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are currently using Pages to create menus for our shop, as well as signs to display within the shop and digital copies to post on social media. I enjoy being able to easily integrate images into my documents, as well as charts and tables. ### 32. I actually prefer Pages over Word **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Being able to seamlessly operate within the Apple framework is very helpful. I can very easily update documents on my phone, iPad or mac **What do you dislike about Pages?** There are a few features that word has it doesn't have. Some features are a little harder on my phone. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has been helping me keep up with several different business documents ### 33. Full Featured and Flexible **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris D. | Student and Family Minister, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I'm a big fan of the publishing/export options offered in Pages. The ability to export ePub, PDF, Pages, Word, and even Rich and Plain Text for documents I've created is a huge benefit. **What do you dislike about Pages?** If I could change anything about the software, it would be the limitation of there not being a native application for Windows users. While I do not personally use Windows, I do collaborate with a few individuals who do. The workaround of the web based iCloud.com version of Pages is an acceptable but not fantastic solution. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Seeing as it's a free piece of software with nearly all of the features I would want or expect from desktop word processing applications, it solves many problems I face on a daily basis, not the least of which is collaborating on eBook projects across multiple authors. The collaboration features and familiar interface have made it very easy to create rich content for the individuals I teach. ### 34. Pages: Great for word processing and a great Publisher substitute for Mac **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I love the fact that it is easier to use as a word processor than Microsoft Word and the fact that it can change from a word processor to a document layout software with one click of the mouse instead of having to switch between programs. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Not much. Maybe the fact that the templates are a little more limited and difficult to find for free than the Microsoft Office community templates are. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** As far as word processing and document layout software goes for Mac, Pages is a dream....and it's free! **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** So many. Anywhere from documents, to forms, to flyers, to lists, to newsletters, to announcements. ### 35. .pages **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Diana G. | Interview Skill Teacher, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** Not much other than it is a free app with an Apple computer. **What do you dislike about Pages?** The URL ends in .pages which hardly anyone can open. I constantly need to export to a Word doc and that takes three or four steps to do it. There aren't as many options as Word has for formatting. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** I'd much rather use Google Docs or MS Word. For all the years I've had Pages in my Apple computers, even sending to others that have it, asks if I can convert my document to Word or share through Google Doc. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** None. I can use it freely on an Apple computer ### 36. The best program for classic eBook creation! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lisa P. | Graphic Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** As a designer, I love that Pages allows you to create sophisticated layouts. Achieving the same design in any other program would take twice as long and in some instances, it's impossible to recreate. The functionality is amazing! I love use shapes and especially image masks and instant alpha. They are truly indispensable features. **What do you dislike about Pages?** For me, sharing a document is a little cumbersome, but it's not the software's fault! I grew up on Apple, but not many of my colleagues know how to use the program, which makes collaboration an issue. The ability to turn your Pages files into word documents is a life saver, but once opened in Microsoft Office, it may look a little different sometimes. But as I mentioned, it's no fault of the program! **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Since pages was created by Apple, using it is similar to using other Apple software. Once you explore and get used to the product, navigation is a breeze. Make sure that colleagues are also using the program (if you will be collaborating). Most people never really take advantage of the cloud features, which you may want to explore! **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pages allows me to create stunning eBooks (usually shared as a PDF document). I am able to (once again) create bookmarks of particular sections and link within the document. I can also add external links as well. A benefit for me, as a designer, is that the layout and design functionalities are so simple and easy to use. ### 37. Much Better than Word **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Montana T. | Media Services Intern, Accounting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** So easy to move things around on the Page. You can also use this for graphic design. Easy to type documents, reports, anything you need to use it for. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Sometimes formatting goes haywire and it's hard to get it back. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting out newsletters, designing flyers and t-shirts, anything and everything ### 38. Pages is better then Microsoft Word! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron C. | Youth Minister, Non-Profit Organization Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I love the seamless use between devices. I write a sermon on Pages on my Mac and I can use the document on my iPad to preach later on which is something I can't do in Word. ALSO, it's FREE with macOS and iOS! **What do you dislike about Pages?** When you don't export the file as a document no one (that doesn't have a Mac with pages) can open it. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Be sure to export files in a document or PDF if you are emailing or sharing files **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm becoming more productive in my sermon and lesson writing process which is a must because every week I struggle to find the time to get everything done I need to do in week. ### 39. Cheap and preferred to Microsoft Publisher **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chelsea H. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 03, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I like the ease of overlaying objects, the way you can use their ‘symbols’ and change the colors and textures in a more modern style. I like that I can convert to page layout and I find it easier to adjust simple settings than similar products. I also like that I can access my pages documents between devices with great ease. **What do you dislike about Pages?** I don’t like that the text box link feature (which I’m glad they added back after several versions with out) does not allow you to have the text boxes in different orders on the page- for instance, if I am creating a booklet that I want to lay out on a half letter sheet, I can’t order the text boxes in the necessary diagonal format. I also don’t like that the color eyedrop feature has some glitch that either delays it from working for about 30 seconds or causes the application to crash altogether. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Booklet design. Bulletins for church Sunday services. ### 40. The Surprisingly Effective Graphics Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Political Organization | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** Pages is not just for word processing (although it does that well too.) The true beauty of Pages is that you can switch to Page Layout mode and do the equivalent of a Microsoft Publisher. **What do you dislike about Pages?** The word processing ability of Pages is slightly below that of Word. I found the interface with fonts and sizes to be a bit confusing. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** If you are looking for a way to do some very basic graphics design projects, particularly for a small company that cannot hire a professional or afford expensive software, Pages is the place to go. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Most people in my office use Macs because they are just so good at so many things. Their versatility is unparalleled and they are a good entry point for beginners with regards to technology. ### 41. Comparable to MS Word **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** The graphics are beautiful and the interface is simply-designed. I also like the price, as its free with all Mac products and does not require any additional downloading/payment **What do you dislike about Pages?** If you are switching over from Microsoft, it can take a little adjusting to do so. I am also unable to open without reformatting on other non-mac computers. Also, often times clients do not know what pages is **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Keep in mind who you'll be using pages to interact with. If this is simply to keep your own documents organized than this is great, but for communication with others it could be confusing. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a beautiful word processor, the benefits are that the graphics allow for more vivid documents. However, simply as a word processor, it is very comparable to MS Word. ### 42. Beautiful document creation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2019 **What do you like best about Pages?** Layout is a breeze. It’s very easy to make a document that appears professionally designed. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Nothing, really. The software is very easy to use, even for our novice users. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Collaboration is very easy in the district. ### 43. Signs for my volunteer work at my local library **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David P. | Retired Electronic Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 25, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** It runs on my Mac.and is a good substitute for Word **What do you dislike about Pages?** A little hard to get borders just as I would wish. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Good alternative to Word on a Mac **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** Neat consistent signs for our booksales. Gives the event a professional look. ### 44. Pages is an excellent resource for Mac & Word doc users alike **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lindsey B. | Content Strategist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I love the customization that Pages offers, and the fact that you can transfer it to a .doc extension format. I also love the fact that it keeps the format, for the most part, when you change the extension of it. I also like the variety of template uses for it; basic, stationary, newsletter, etc. **What do you dislike about Pages?** The pages version still has a long way to go, but I think it's on the right track, since Apple is always evolving technologically, and they are on top of the game. I'll always be a Mac user, and it will be my go to resource always. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are not solving business problems with Pages yet, as there are too many PC users with GGM, but as far as those who use Mac pages along with me, the benefits are more streamlined and seamless. ### 45. Pages - Free alternative to MS Word **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dana Y. | Product Marketing Manager, Marketing and Advertising, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** - it’s free for all new MacOS users if you buy Apple iMac or MacBook - supports Doc or Docx format - it’s very easy to export your documents as PDF files - Collaboration. If you use iCloud Drive several users can edit this files like in Google Docs. Share files with different rights. - Pages is also available online as part of iCloud - a lot of templates. You can find examples of resumes, school reports, etc. - Quality of graphics. Pages has very beautiful diagrams with ready color schemes **What do you dislike about Pages?** - it’s not fully compatible with Doc and Docx. For example you can’t edit mathtype formulas or some formatting can be wrong - collaboration works. But’s it’s working not as good, as Google Docs. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** It's great free altenative to MS Word, you don't need to buy Office if you need simple DOCs editing tool. Also you can collaborate with your team and edit files like in Google Docs via iCloud Drive. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** If you need simple tool to edit DOC and DOCx files - you are good to go. Right now Google Docs also can solve this tasks, but Pages can do collaboration too. A huge plus of Pages is templates. It's very easy to do Reports with simple and good looking design. ### 46. Use it for everything **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nathan L. | Pastor, Religious Institutions, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** All the different projects I've used Pages for. Obviously, it's primarily word processing, but I've used it for graphics and editing things that I can't edit in my normal program. Pages is incredibly versatile and incredibly easy to use. **What do you dislike about Pages?** Once in a while it has been a little glitchy for me. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Use it for as many things as possible. It's an incredibly versatile program, and I use it 7 days a week. Other than that, I don't really have any other recommendations--it's just a great program, and I recommend using it for whatever you can. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I write sermons, do text studies, create and format Bible studies, and create worship folders. It's so easy to integrate all sorts of images, fonts, shapes, and other items. ### 47. Simple Document Creation **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Music | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** The layout is easy to navigate and I can continue projects from other platforms. **What do you dislike about Pages?** The focus of the viewpoint can be misleading as compared to a print preview. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to quickly and conveniently create various documents on my phone. I can continue to edit them seamlessly from another device for more detail. ### 48. Just for basics things **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nolwenn C. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** Actually I don´t really like this app, there is a lack of function. **What do you dislike about Pages?** It´s quite difficult to use, no as intuitive as Microsoft Word. There are a lot of things you can´t do and without tutoriel, it´s difficult to do what you want. So you waste a lot of time by searching how to do things **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Actually I wont recommend this to other companies, they should find another alternative for their employees to don't waste their productivity. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used pages to write texts, to do presentations and to write files. ### 49. Amazing! The ONLY text editor you may need. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bogdan D. | Chief Marketing Officer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 30, 2018 **What do you like best about Pages?** I love the simplicity. It's so light but at the same time, so versatile. I write content for a blog, SEO articles, various posts, drafts and even emails. All of this is done inside Pages. After switching to Mac from Windows, of course I was used to Word. But that's only because Microsoft made the world use Word as a standard. I was afraid I would have to use Microsoft Word on the Mac, but no. Apple made is a breeze for everyone. It's pre-installed on my Mac as a default app and it works incredibly smooth. **What do you dislike about Pages?** To be honest, there's not much you can dislike. It's almost perfect for me. The only thing I'd request to improve is the way Pages works with images that you drag and drop inside. Sometimes it doesn't work as expected and the pictures you paste inside just disappear. **Recommendations to others considering Pages:** Don't blink. Just use Pages. It's the only text editor you will need on a Mac. **What problems is Pages solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can export the files as any popular format you may imagine. As a software company that creates apps and has frequent product launches – we have to create Press Releases, website copy, blog posts, SEO articles and more. All of this is done using Pages. We never had a problem. I highly recommend just using Pages without having to worry about buying additional text editing software. 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