Alfred vs Apple iWork

Alfred is a productivity application for macOS developed by Running with Crayons Ltd. that serves as an application launcher, file searcher, and workflow automation tool. The free version provides search and launch functionality, while the paid Powerpack adds features like workflows, clipboard history, snippets, and custom web searches. Alfred 5 is the current major version.

Apple iWork is a suite of productivity applications comprising Pages (word processing), Numbers (spreadsheets), and Keynote (presentations). The suite is available free on all Apple platforms and includes real-time collaboration via iCloud. iWork supports import and export of Microsoft Office formats.