( CNN ) -- Microsoft Office , the suite of productivity tools used by millions , has finally come to the iPhone . The move is a significant one for Microsoft and its users . Before , the popular set of tools , including Word , Excel , PowerPoint and Outlook , was available only on Windows phones , which have captured a sliver of the smartphone market . The feature is available free in Apple 's App Store for subscribers to Office 365 , the cloud-based version of Office 's business-like tools for home users . Subscribers pay a monthly fee . Office for iPhone is intended for people who need to edit PowerPoints or Excel spreadsheets on the go , not create them from their phones . The company said users can work with documents on their phones , and the updates will be transferred to those documents on PC versions . They 'll also be able to share documents from their phones . `` When we launched Office 365 earlier this year , we committed to delivering regular updates and new capabilities to Office 365 subscribers , '' Julia White , general manager of Microsoft 's Office division , said in a blog post . `` Office Mobile for iPhone is another great example of the value of subscribing to Office 365 . '' The announcement comes just days after Apple announced that its own iWork productivity suite will for the first time work with Windows systems . The Microsoft announcement serves as a counter , allowing the same kind of back-and-forth for the larger number of users who are already familiar with Office , considered by many the gold standard of productivity software . There is no similar version of Office optimized for the iPad , which has its own more fully developed Web browser . Microsoft also did not mention whether it 's developing a version for Google 's Android mobile devices . Office for iPhone is available now for users in the United States and will soon rolled out internationally , the company said .
Word , Excel announced its Word , Excel suite is now available on the iPhone . Office tools include Office , PowerPoint and Outlook . It will be free but available only to Office 365 subscribers . Office is not available for iPad or Microsoft devices .