While iWork was billed by Apple as 'a successor to AppleWorks', it does not replicate AppleWorks's database and drawing tools. Originally IGG Software held the rights to the name iWork. A 30-day trial was also made available for download on Apple's website. iWork '05 comprised two applications: Keynote 2, a presentation creation program, and Pages, a word processor. The first version of iWork, iWork '05, was announced on Januat the Macworld Conference & Expo and made available on January 22 in the United States and worldwide on January 29. In September 2016, Apple announced that the real-time collaboration feature would be available for all iWork apps. iWork was released as freeware for macOS and iOS in April 2017.

iWork for iCloud, which also incorporates a document hosting service, is free to all holders of an iCloud account. Apple announced in October 2013 that all iOS and OS X devices purchased onwards, whether new or refurbished, were eligible for a free download of all three iWork apps. IWork was initially sold as a suite for $79, then later at $19.99 per app on OS X and $9.99 per app on iOS. In 2013, Apple launched iWork web apps in iCloud even years later, however, their functionality is somewhat limited compared to equivalents on the desktop. A version of iWork for iOS was released in 2010 with the first iPad, and the apps have been regularly updated since, including the addition of iPhone support. The next release, iWork '09, also included access to, a beta service that allowed users to upload and share documents, now integrated into Apple's iCloud service. Pages was released with the first iWork bundle in 2005 Numbers was added in 2007 with the release of iWork '08. Steve Jobs announced Keynote saying 'It's for when your presentation really matters'. The oldest application in iWork is Keynote, first released as a standalone application in 2003 for use by Steve Jobs in his presentations. Although Microsoft Office applications cannot open iWork documents, iWork applications can export documents from their native formats (.pages. The equivalent Microsoft Office applications to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, respectively. Apple's design goals in creating iWork have been to allow Mac users to easily create attractive documents and spreadsheets, making use of macOS's extensive font library, integrated spelling checker, sophisticated graphics APIs and its AppleScript automation framework. It includes the presentation application Keynote, the word processing and desktop publishing application Pages, and the spreadsheet application Numbers. for its macOS, iPadOS and iOS operating systems, and also available cross-platform through the iCloud website. IWork is an office suite of applications created by Apple Inc.

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