ShortSheets vs Set Spotter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShortSheets
This app enhances your device's automation capabilities by integrating with Google Drive and Google Sheets. It allows for reading, writing, appending, and finding data within spreadsheets, as well as managing files in your cloud storage. Widgets are also available for quick access to sheet values and goals.
- Read, write, and append Google Sheets
- Find specific data ranges in Sheets
- List files in Google Drive
- Duplicate Google Drive files
- Sheet Value widget
- Sheet Goal widget
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Bringing a whole set of new capabilities to Shortcuts. Easily read, write or append a Google Sheet. Duplicate a Google Drive file. Action list: - Google Sheets: Read, write or append - Google Sheets: Find range for value - Google Drive: List your files Widgets: - Sheet Value - Sheet Goal
Set Spotter
This augmented reality app uses your iPhone's camera to find sets in the card game Set®. It can highlight all visible sets or simply display the set count to help you decide when to deal more cards.
- Augmented reality set detection
- Highlights all visible sets
- Displays set count
- Adjustable highlight feature
- Camera-based card scanning
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Set Spotter turns your iPhone into an augmented-reality set finder for the card game Set®. Point the camera at a grid of cards and Set Spotter will highlight all the sets it sees. If you want to use it during a real game to determine if more cards should be dealt then you can turn off the highlight feature in the settings page and only the set count will be shown in the bottom left.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Set Spotter at Free against ShortSheets's $99.99. Set Spotter also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Set Spotter is free to download; ShortSheets costs $99.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Set Spotter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ShortSheets ships an update every 6 weeks, Set Spotter fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ShortSheets | Set Spotter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunter Hillegas | Jorge del Alamo |
Customer experience
ShortSheets
Set Spotter
In-app purchases
ShortSheets
No in-app purchases
Set Spotter
No in-app purchases
