# Numbers: Make Spreadsheets — user reviews > 4,713 indexed App Store user reviews of Numbers by Apple, rated 4.60/5 from 215,159 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/numbers-make-spreadsheets/id361304891/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/numbers-make-spreadsheets/id361304891.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 175,425 · 4★ 20,288 · 3★ 7,511 · 2★ 3,738 · 1★ 8,197 ## What do users think of Numbers? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 🚀 Intuitive interface - 🚀 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem - 🚀 Great for basic spreadsheet needs - 🚀 Visually appealing charts and formatting - 🚀 Convenient for personal/small business use **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🐛 Compatibility problems with Excel files - 🐛 Limited functionality compared to Excel - 🐛 Frustrating editing experience on mobile - 🐛 Disappearing spreadsheets after updates - 🐛 Buggy date and formula handling **Commonly reported bugs** - Frozen headers issue - Keyboard and text editing problems - Spreadsheet data loss after updates - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - Slow performance and loading times **Most requested features** - Ability to lock individual cells - More advanced formula and function support - Improved collaboration and sharing options - Better mobile interface and keyboard integration - Customizable templates and formatting options - Pivot table and data analysis features ## Newest reviews (13 of 4,713) ### 4/5 — Adequate - Good enough for light use *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* Not as intuitive or simple as MS Excel but now that I’m retired I’ve stopped using MS Software in favor of a fully integrated (and free) Mac system. It’s annoying and a hassle at times to try do basic things like sorting, filtering and pop-up lists but not annoying enough to pay for Office. Google sheets is simpler but I no longer user Google Apps. I prefer an all Apple integration for its iCloud, sign in security and sync across multiple devices. ### 2/5 — RECOMENDACIONES *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* DEBERIA SER MAS INTUITIVO, LAS MODIFICACIONES SE GUARDAN AUTOMATICAMENTE, ESO HACE Q PIERDA INFORMACION ### 3/5 — Switching isn’t easy! *2026-08-25, version 15.3.1* Switching from Excel is not at all easy for an old technophobe like me. So many things I can’t do which I once found easy. When a new version is issued should recent documents automatically transfer to the new version? ### 2/5 — Paywall on templates!? *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* You now can’t create a spreadsheet from a template without signing up for a trail of “Premium” … whatever that it. Basic vs. premium templates are not distinguished visually in any way. You can’t filter to only see free templates. This would be an easy fix. ### 2/5 — Magic fill makes me work twice as long. *2026-08-24, version 15.3* I basically only use a few templets I have created in Numbers. I use them for creating estimates, invoicing, and documenting income, and expenses. I am currently trying to create an estimate for a customer that is time sensitive and instead I find it more useful to write this review. I cannot find a way to turn of magic fills into my spreadsheets. It has no idea what I am trying to do. It is absolutely distracting me from completing the task I currently have. It has been doing it for a while but somehow on this spreadsheet it has gotten really excited. It has never been helpful and usually it goes away but today it is as useful as 4 flat tires. I don’t need your help in my spreadsheets apple. ### 4/5 — Maybe 5 stars… *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* My reason for withholding a star is probably unfair. I have a massive spreadsheet that I use for solving Wordle. I delete lots of rows as I solve the puzzle, requiring the automated editing of boundaries for many thousands of formulas. This exceeds a design limit of Numbers, so I have to Save a Copy of the sheet, delete the original, and rename the copy to the original name, on my iMac. On the iPad or iPhone, it’s worse. When I exceed these limits, these versions revert to a version just before the limits were exceeded. On the iMac, it’s a mere inconvenience, but on the other platforms, it effectively makes the sheet unusable, since I can’t progress forward without it reverting, again. Aside from this, Numbers is the go to app for any math I do or simple list/database work. ### 3/5 — Two number apps *2026-08-23, version 15.3.1* Found no easy way to combine the old numbers with the new numbers.! ### 5/5 — Easy to Use *2026-08-23, version 15.3.1* I love using Mac software, it’s more intuitive that any other ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-08-23, version 15.3* I really ### 5/5 — Excellent tools *2026-08-23, version 15.3.1* Excellent tools ### 2/5 — The last straw *2026-08-23, version 15.3.1* I have been a loyal Apple user since the first iMac. Have owned everything that Apple has made. This cash grab is one step too far. I have used Numbers and Pages for years for free, and now you want me to pay for something I will never use. Just takes twice as long to load anything related. This sucks. ### 3/5 — Good Replacement still getting better *2026-08-23, version 15.3.1* Some fictions like condition color formatting of cells and tracking across sheets within a workbook need help. However, I dripped hundreds of excel sheets onto the app on a Mac M4, went off to.make coffee and ALL were converted working in a few minutes. Some of these are very big power user kinds of financial simulations. There is no need t pay monthly for O-365. Bravo Apple ### 2/5 — It’s not Excel *2026-08-23, version 15.3.1* After have been an Excel user for a long time, I find Numbers difficult to use. So many of the features available with Excel either don’t exist with Numbers or are extremely difficult to make work. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Blows… *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* Miss Microsoft so much ### 1/5 — Poor Man’s Excel *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* This is OK for very basic spreadsheets. What is very apparent when trying to do anything that requires much manipulation of the data is that it’s very difficult to use. Anyone thinking that it’s Apple’s answer to Excel will be very disappointed. It’s not. If you want a serious spreadsheet - use Excel instead. ### 1/5 — Truncated features *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* I have loved Numbers for years. As a CS minor, I loved the versatility and extra features of Numbers. It has turned into Google Sheets and I may now need to get Excel on my MAC to do the things I am used to doing. ### 1/5 — Unsolicited rating request in the middle of the flow *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* I give all apps one star when they interrupt what I’m doing to ask for a rating. If an app deliberately disrupts my flow to solicit a review, that’s the rating it gets. ### 1/5 — lost Spreadsheet *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* I continually lose my speadsheet using Mac M4 ### 1/5 — Bundle of doom *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* This doesn’t belong in the creators bundle. Spare me the ads for bundleware I’ll never want, release standalone Numbers again. ### 1/5 — Very confusing *2026-08-23, version 15.3* The new format is very confusing, there’s also lack of former components as the previous version. ### 1/5 — Complete foul up! *2026-08-22, version 15.3.1* Apple really SCREWED up the ability to work in Apple Numbers with iPad. I used to be able ti bring up two different data entry forms with two different projects and enter data side-by-side without ANY problem, but no more. The app on iPad (updated app and operating system) completely crashes after just a few entries and an attempt to switch from one form to another. ### 1/5 — Glitches in the email *2026-08-21, version 15.3.1* Having problems emailing it back to the original sender of the email. ### 1/5 — Divide by Zero Error - Broken SW *2026-08-21, version 15.3.1* Tried to use both the SU and AVERAGE functions the same way I used them in the previous version. This version returns divide by zero error. Seems like this SW was broken on release. Good thing I didn’t permanently delete the old version … ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Business *2026-08-27, version 15.3.1* Love it easy to manage for my business ### 5/5 — Everything one could wish for in a spreadsheet *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* I am a long term power excel user but I am so much happier using Numbers. The advantages are obvious once you dive in but the way multiple spreadsheets can be on the same page is a game changer. Yes, there are tabs, but this is SOOoooooo much easier and prettier. ### 5/5 — May *2026-08-26, version 15.3* Easy to us enjoy working with numbers! ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2026-08-26, version 15.3* Simple, easy, straight forward, I like it. ### 5/5 — I feel like a Pro *2026-08-26, version 15.3.1* I feel like an absolute Pro as I use Numbers, and I feel like I am soaring the heights of numerical and spreadsheet excellence. ### 5/5 — It’s good for making sheets *2026-08-26, version 15.3* Clean ### 5/5 — Competes with Excel *2026-08-24, version 15.3* Is amazingly similar to Excel with the Apple ecosystem powering the way. Awesome when you share documents with other people. ### 5/5 — Numbers *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* Have used Apple since 1986 in Apple Works. It is what I grew up with and don’t see what people see in P/Cs. ### 5/5 — I love my Numbers *2026-08-24, version 15.3.1* Number is so easy to use and I love how I can edit and change colors so easily and divinely. Thank you @apple ### 5/5 — Buena *2026-08-24, version 15.3* Es muy efectiva y facilita el trabajo gracias al programa. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*