The unfortunate situation for Office for iPad is that because Office 365 is required, users automatically get versions on their desktops or laptops and so the incentive to download Word or Excel on an iPad is removed. Those who make lots of presentations – teachers, lecturers, business people, and so forth – should definitely consider PowerPoint for iPad. The iPad – especially the mini – lends itself to this function since it is easy to hold and glance at, has a long battery life and doesn't require a button press to change slides.
Especially when paired with an Apple TV, PowerPoint thrives as an option for displaying presentations – effects and all – to an audience. If Office 365 is out of your budget, PowerPoint is the only app that makes sense as a free one, without the ability to edit, since displaying a PowerPoint presentation is a much more manageable task than creating or editing on an iPad.
Microsoft should've drilled down on the basic features of each and worked on putting those in the iPad app, leaving the more complex features for the desktop versions. Both suffer from over-complication, especially Excel, which leads to a pretty poor experience, especially when you consider that you are paying for it. While this isn't Microsoft's fault, the implementation of both is sub-par and steps could have been taken to remedy this. PowerPoint and Excel are slightly different stories, however, as they require far more screen space than is provided by the iPad. All-in-all, though, Word for iPad is solid and is definitely comparable to Pages, especially when editing more complex Word documents. Both are pared down for the iPad and both have similar drawbacks, including speed (although this varies from device to device) and higher-end features, such as checking versions of a document for changes. When compared to Pages, from Apple's own iWork suite, Word held its own.
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