Google Docs may have popularity, but when it comes to features, there are still good reasons to prefer Microsoft's free Office web apps.

Users can get lifetime licence to the suite of apps – so long as they can do without want updates or collaboration

It’s been three years since Microsoft released the 2021 version of its inescapable Office apps suite, but the company hasn’t been resting on its laurels. The subscription-based, always-online Microsoft 365 has been getting constant tweaks and updates in that time.