Microsoft Copilot is an AI productivity app launched by Microsoft Corporation, listed on the App Store, with the tagline "AI-powered productivity," and its official description calls it "AI for work."
Purpose
Copilot is designed to help users keep work moving, from early ideas to finished documents, presentations, and more. Whether creating content, managing projects, scheduling, or finding information, Copilot helps users get more done in one place. It connects to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more, bringing the files and information users work with into one place.
Key capabilities
According to the official description, Copilot can: create polished documents, presentations, and spreadsheets; summarize articles and files; draft emails; brainstorm; analyze information; and get grounded answers based on the work users are doing. For larger tasks, through Cowork, Copilot can take on multi-step work, helping deliver finished files and to-dos, so users spend less time stitching work together and more time making progress. Users can choose among leading AI models, picking the one best suited to the task at hand. Copilot can also remember important content, connecting the files and information users use most, helping them continue from where they left off. Users can upload Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, or PDF files directly from their phone to ask questions, generate summaries, and find the information they need.
For organizations with a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, Work IQ enables Copilot to deeply understand the organization's work, people, and relationships, providing smarter, more relevant, personalized, and trustworthy assistance. Copilot is built on the same enterprise-grade security foundation as Microsoft 365—permissions, encryption, and compliance commitments are already in place. Data handling and protection commitments vary by subscription; see the full security documentation for details. Availability of Microsoft Copilot features may vary; some capabilities require specific licenses or may be disabled by an organization's administrator. For feature availability by license, see the page:https://support.microsoft.com/topic/understanding-the-different-microsoft-copilot-experiences-cfff4791-694a-4d90-9c9c-1eb3fb28e842 , and refer to Microsoft's EULA for the Microsoft 365 terms of service. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions:https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/microsoft-365/microsoft-365-copilot-mobile-license-terms
How to Use
The app can be downloaded from the App Store, is free, and includes in-app purchases. Users can upload Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image, or PDF files from their phone to ask questions, generate summaries, and find information. Users can choose among leading AI models to suit tasks such as writing, research, planning, or analysis. Copilot remembers important content and connects commonly used files and information to help continue previous work.
Use Cases
Suitable for content creation, project management, schedule organization, information lookup, document and presentation creation, spreadsheet creation, article and file summarization, email drafting, brainstorming, information analysis, and work tasks that require multiple steps. For organizational users, Work IQ can provide assistance that better fits organizational work, people, and relationships.
Platforms and Languages
Supports iPhone (requires iOS 18.0 or later) and iPad (requires iPadOS 18.0 or later). Languages include English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. Age rating 13+, with content restrictions; some content may have a higher rating, restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls, including in-app controls such as Age Assurance.
Fees and Subscriptions
The app is free to download and includes in-app purchases. The in-app purchase items listed on the page include: Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99, Microsoft 365 Family $12.99, Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly $19.99, Microsoft 365 Basic $1.99, Microsoft 365 Personal $99.99. A free trial of Microsoft 365 Personal is also offered (Premium Office apps, 1TB cloud storage). Specific fees, prices, and subscription terms are subject to the official page.
Ratings and Reviews
The app received a 4.7 out of 5 rating on the App Store,Based on 1.4 million ratings. Category ranking is No. 8 in Productivity. Received Editors' Choice. User reviews contain both positive and negative feedback: some users say "Office 365 is the Leader on PCs," recognizing its performance on PC; others criticize the chatbot-dominated interface, difficulty accessing actual Office features, and dissatisfaction with free-use limitations and the $20 per month charge. These reviews represent individual users' opinions only.
Privacy and Data
The developer, Microsoft Corporation, states that the app's privacy practices may include handling the following data. This information has not been verified by Apple. Privacy practices may vary depending on the features used or age.
Data used to track you: Identifiers (may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies).
Data linked to you: Location (Coarse Location), Contact Info (Email Address, Name, Phone Number), Contacts (Contacts), User Content (Other User Content), Identifiers (User ID, Device ID), Usage Data (Product Interaction), Diagnostics (Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data).
Data not linked to you: Identifiers (Device ID).
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports.
Version Updates
The version history shows multiple updates, mainly "General quality and performance enhancements," with recent versions including 2.115 (15 hours ago), 2.114.3 (October 5), 2.114.2 (September 30), and others.
Limitations
Availability of Microsoft Copilot features may vary. Some capabilities require a specific license or may be disabled by an organization administrator. Feature availability by license must be checked on the official support page. Data processing and protection commitments vary by subscription. The app has an age rating of 13+, and some content may have a higher rating and be subject to in-app controls. The developer has not yet indicated supported accessibility features.