Comparison

CSVReader vs Notepods

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Edit CSV and TSV files
  • Import files with various character codes
  • Sort columns
  • Filter data by conditions
Features
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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.

About

Notepods

This app offers a centralized hub for organizing your life with specialized 'pods' for various needs like journaling, counting, budgeting, and checklists. It allows for collaboration and seamless syncing across Apple devices via iCloud, keeping your data private and accessible.

Highlights
  • Purpose-built 'pods' for diverse needs
  • Photo journaling and memory capture
  • Simple counting and tally tracking
  • Spending tracking with budgeting
  • Collaborative checklists
  • Visual trend charts for data
  • Time elapser and reminders
Features
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Notepods gives you a centralized hub to actively and passively write down and keep track of your life in a wide variety of ways. With easy-to-use, purpose-built pods, you will not only have the information you need but see it in the ways it was meant to be seen. Share the fun with all of your family and friends by sending any pod as a copy on iMessage or invite them to write on the pods along with you. The best part is, all of your pods are stored directly on your device only. With iCloud, your pods can stay available across your Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) without requiring another account or login. Choose from a wide variety of pod categories that seamlessly fit any need: CAPTURE MOMENTS Never forget a moment in your life, big or small, with a header, caption, date, and photo. Moments pods are simple photo journaling to give memories a simple home without turning them into a long journal of entries. Open one later and relive the whole moment. Share them as copies to share the fun COUNT THINGS Keep a simple running count of anything you care about. Add or subtract with a tap. Timestamp your entries to track when each instance happened. Great for keeping tallies, tracking occurrences, counting activities, or anything else where a number tells the story. With timestamping, unlock a new dimension such as habit tracking. TRACK SPENDING Stay on top of your spending by quickly recording purchases with an amount and category so you can keep an eye on where your money is going. Add your own budget number when you want to stay within limits. Group your spending into different buckets for a more organized overview of your spending. MAKE CHECKLISTS Create clean, simple checklists for shopping, goals, packing, errands, or whatever you need to get through. Progress is shown automatically as you check each item off. Each item can be numbered, great for sequencing, ranking, and prioritizing. Collaborate with other users by sending invitations to join and watch the lists update in realtime on everyone's devices. TRACK TRENDS Numbers become much more useful when you can see how they’re changing over time. Let Notepods turn your entries into a visual trend chart. Use it for anything measurable that you’d rather understand on a graph than in a wall of text. LOOK FORWARD OR BACK IN TIME Create a Time Elapser for something meaningful and see exactly how much time has passed. This can span across hours, days, months, and years. Whether you’re counting from an important event or simply curious how long it’s been since something took place, the passage of time becomes something you can see at a glance. Add reminders when a certain amount of time has elapsed from now or reset the clock to start from zero again. SAVE LABELED INFORMATION Some information doesn’t need a paragraph...It just needs a name and a value, like that 10-digit ID number that you don't want to remember or a website URL. Keep useful details organized as labeled text so they’re easy to view and copy when you need them. FAVORITES Some pods deserve more attention. Easily favorite any pod and quickly find it in the Favorites tab SEARCH Quickly find the pod you need by header or content with the search function WIDGETS Notepods also supports widgets for simple counters, labeled text, time elapsers, and countdowns so they can be seen and used without opening the app. Same notes. Better structure. More functional. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oYLcUGgTXvMw-aBG1DlKN__ztLJahYJTSoGvccW440A/edit?usp=sharing

Screenshots

CSVReader4 screens
Notepods4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Notepods at none against CSVReader's shown. Notepods also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). CSVReader's advantage is ratings volume (119 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CSVReader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notepods sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepods holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CSVReader has 119 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CSVReader ships an update monthly, Notepods every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CSVReader versus Notepods: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCSVReaderNotepods
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (119 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings119 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMotoki TakahashiBHARGAVA TEJA RAMISETTY

Customer experience

CSVReader

All ratings118 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Notepods

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CSVReader

One-time1
  • Remove ads$7.99
3 purchases

Notepods

Subscriptions2
  • Notepods+ Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Notepods+ Annual Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Notepods+ Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is CSVReader free?
CSVReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepods free?
Notepods is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CSVReader or Notepods?
Notepods is rated higher. CSVReader averages 4.6 out of 5 from 119 ratings, while Notepods averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do CSVReader or Notepods have ads?
CSVReader shows ads; Notepods does not.
Which is updated more often, CSVReader or Notepods?
CSVReader ships an update monthly, and Notepods every 3 days. Most recently, CSVReader was updated on November 2, 2026 and Notepods on October 31, 2026.

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