CSVReader vs CSV File Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CSVReader
Easily view and edit CSV and TSV files on your mobile device. Import files with various character codes, sort columns, and filter data by specific conditions.
- Edit CSV and TSV files
- Import files with various character codes
- Sort columns
- Filter data by conditions
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Open, view, and edit CSV & TSV files right on your iPhone. No computer or spreadsheet app needed. CSV Reader is a fast, simple tool for working with tabular data on the go. Check an export from work, fix a typo in a data file, or find one row in thousands in just a few taps. KEY FEATURES • Edit CSV and TSV files Change cell values directly and keep your data up to date wherever you are. • No more garbled text Encodings are detected automatically, so files open correctly. That includes UTF-8, UTF-16, Windows-1252 (Excel on Windows), ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1), Mac Roman, and many more. Accented letters, curly quotes, and symbols show up exactly as they should. • Sort any column instantly Tap a column to sort in ascending or descending order. • Powerful per-column filters Set conditions on each column to narrow thousands of rows down to exactly what you need. • Easy-to-read layout Columns resize automatically to fit their content, so your data stays clear and readable. Whether you're a developer, analyst, or anyone who gets CSV files by email, CSV Reader makes handling data on mobile easy.
CSV File Viewer
This app acts as a comprehensive CSV file explorer, allowing users to view, edit, and query CSV data. It offers features like AI-powered queries, SQL querying, chart creation, and PDF conversion with customizable styling. Manage and share exported files easily.
- AI Assistant for CSV queries
- SQL query support
- Create charts from data
- Convert CSV to PDF with custom styles
- Visual filtering and searching
- Manage and share exported files
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More than a basic csv reader, it's your comprehensive CSV file explorer. Uncover all this with Smart CSV Viewer: - Easy to view your CSV files. (Support both csv - comma/tab - tsv files format) - Use AI Assistant to query CSV content. - Show column image URL as an image. - Query your CSV by using SQL query. - Create chart from csv data. - Convert to pdf file. A CSV file can be custom data and style to convert to a pdf file as you want. - Manage all the exported files and share them with your friends. - Easy to filter with Visual filter. - Easy to search your content. - Copy the selected rows. - and more. # FAQ - Q: Which chart types are supported? - A: Currently, Smart CSV Viewer support column chart, bar chart, line chart, area chart, spline chart, scatter chart, step line chart, and step area chart. --- - Q: What do you mean by “customizable”? - A: In Smart CSV Viewer you can custom as much as you can. For example, when you only want to copy a part of data in a row, you can use the “filter” feature to exclude it. You can extract data by column. When you export to a pdf file, you can custom the style (color scheme) to match your expectation. More than a CSV converter tool, now you can change the look of your pdf file by styling it. --- - Q: How to resize/change the column width? - A: You can resize the column width by using one of the following methods: - Long-press on the header, and then drag the resize indicator to change the column width. - Click on the resize icon. The resize dialog will appear, allowing you to set a specific column width value so that all columns will have the same width. Alternatively, you can enable automatic resizing, and the app will adjust the column size automatically. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us: Email: imuosdev@gmail.com We hope you are more productive with Smart CSV! --- Terms of Use: https://mygems.app/term Privacy Policy: https://mygems.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CSVReader at 4.6 against CSV File Viewer's 3.8. CSVReader also leads on ratings volume (118 vs 20). CSV File Viewer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (90% vs 60%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CSVReader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CSV File Viewer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CSVReader holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CSVReader has 118 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of CSVReader's written reviews are positive against 90% of CSV File Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CSVReader ships an update every 2 months, CSV File Viewer every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | CSVReader | CSV File Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (118 ratings) — better | 3.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motoki Takahashi | Hue Nguyen |
Customer experience
CSVReader
CSV File Viewer
In-app purchases
CSVReader
- Remove ads$7.99
CSV File Viewer
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual$14.991 Year
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- Pro Annual$24.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$39.99
- Pro Lifetime$49.99
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