

On the latter, there are no toolbars, menus or anything you expect from a normal document editor, instead, everything is tucked away intelligently in the editor itself and can be accessed quickly while typing. While Docs presents a feature-rich toolbar and formatting options, Paper opts for a far appealing design with no dull looking buttons whatsoever. The Editorįire up a new document and you’ll closely realize how divergent both platforms are.

Also, it is obvious that Paper syncs with Dropbox and Docs with Drive.

Docs also provides a navigation drawer on the side through which you can quickly jump to Sheets, Slides and others. Although we can’t ignore the “beta” tag it still carries. However, Paper also misses out list sorting completely which can get frustrating. Initially, Dropbox treats you with a minimalistic design comprising of tabs for different categories including “Created by me”, “Shared with me” and more, instead of the traditional outlook Google has implemented for Docs that showcases templates and a more conventional grid. However, changes pour in when you actually begin using them. The core remains congruent among both – You sign in, get a list of your previous documents with an option for creating new, editor with the usual array of formatting and the abilities to share and collaborate.
