Microsoft launched Office apps – Word, Excel and Powerpoint for iPad in March. The software and tech giant has announced that the apps have done extremely well and surpassed 27 million downloads in mere 46 days since its launch.
Microsoft’s General Manager of Office Division, Julia White made the announcement during the TechEd conference.This milestone follows an earlier report that the Office for iPad apps were downloaded 12 million times in the week following their launch. The Office apps let you edit office documents on the iPad and maintain formatting across Office for PC, Mac, tablet and phone
Microsoft Word is the most popular free Office app on the iPad and is now ahead of Google Docs. It is also the fourth most downloaded free app for the iPad, while Excel and Powerpoint are ranked at 22 and 26, respectively.
Microsoft Office is one of the most popular tools in Office apps category. Hence, it is not a surprise that the apps have received a good response. However, these apps requires a user to have Office 365 subscription, which can be stated as a downside of the otherwise great service.
Via: TechCrunch