Microsoft Sudoku (Image credit: Google Play) If you need a free alternative, consider the Google Drive suite: not only can you use Google Drive/Docs/Slides/Sheets for free, the documents you create with these services don't count toward your account's storage limit.īoth G Suite and Office 365 have their respective strengths and weaknesses, but if you can't pony up $70 a year minimum, G Suite might be the better deal for you. While you can technically use Microsoft Word and other 365 apps in limited capacities on phones, Microsoft requires you to have a 365 subscription to use its services on any screen 10 inches or larger, which includes all Chromebooks.

Microsoft instead uses a subscription model the same way that Google and Apple have.

Now that we have collectively transitioned toward working anywhere on any device, buying individual licenses for individual machines is cost-prohibitive. Years ago, you could buy a copy of Microsoft Office with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, then install it on your computer and use it for however long the computer lasted. Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central (Image credit: Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central)

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