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Microsoft is a great company that influences our everyday life. As we cannot live without computer, we cannot live without Microsoft’s software. In 2007, Microsoft launched OneDrive, whose mission was to make people’s digital life easier and safer. OneDrive’s main feature is to save users’ photos and files, and help them access their photos and files from any devices. 

And now, it has already become an indispensable tool for trillions of people all over the world.

On iOS AppStore, Microsoft OneDrive’s rating is 4.7 out of 5.0, with user reviews of more than 300,000. On Google Play, its rating is 4.5 out of 5.0, with 2,645,494 user reviews and more than 1,000,000,000 installs. On Amazon, its rating is 4.4 out of 5.0, with 12,060 user reviews.

It’s worth mentioning that 4.5 is a fairly high rating on Google Play, as the rating of the best-performing Apps on Google Play is from 4.0 to 4.6. Hardly can you find an App with more than 1,000,000,000 installs achieves to maintain its rating at over 4.6.

Unlike other Apps whose updates are only bug fixes and improvements, OneDrive tries its best to improve user experience by updating new features. Small improvements though, it did provide its users with a more comfortable experience.

Files Back-Up: MS OneDrive offers you a premium experience of managing your files. With the help of OneDrive, your photos and videos will be backed up automatically, and you can easily view your photos on your phone, computer or online. In addition, your files on OneDrive can be shared with your friends and family.

File Management & Scanning: OneDrive also supports MS Office Series such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc., and documents will also be backed up. In addition, businessmen will find its scanning feature very convenient, as they can use OneDrive to scan docs, receipts, whiteboards, and more.

Subscription: OneDrive offers you a free storage of 5 GB. If you need more, you can choose to buy their subscription. The subscription is not only for OneDrive, but for all the MS series such as Word, Excel, and Outlook. And with it, you can get 1 TB of storage (1 TB of storage per person for up to 6 people with the Family subscription) on OneDrive.

Pros:

-As the App is stable, people feel safe to use it to save their photos, videos, and documents.

-It works well as an integrated office App with access to other MS Offices Apps like Word and Outlook.

-It is easy to use, and easy to customize.

Cons:

-All the files will be automatically uploaded to the cloud, and people don’t know how to stop it.

-People concern about their privacy as the App keep asking for different permissions.