ShortSheets vs Patchword
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
Patchword
Compare files and directories to identify additions, removals, or modifications. It allows for matching files with slightly different names and applying or exporting patches and edit scripts non-destructively.
- Compare files and text
- Compare directories
- Identify added, removed, modified files
- Match files by alphabetical order or custom map
- Export and apply patches
- Create non-destructive edit scripts
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Select two files or paste two texts and compare them. Select two directories and compare them to see which files have been added, removed or modified, and selectively reset modified files to match the original ones. If files have slightly different names, you can match them by alphabetical order or a custom name map, and selectively rename them afterwards so that the names are equal. Export patches from two compared text files, or apply saved patches to an existing file. Create edit scripts that are applied non-destructively to a text file and export the resulting text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShortSheets at 100% against Patchword's 50%. ShortSheets also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Patchword's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $99.99). On ads, 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
ShortSheets costs $99.99 and Patchword $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShortSheets holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ShortSheets's written reviews are positive against 50% of Patchword's.
ShortSheets ships an update every 6 weeks, Patchword every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShortSheets | Patchword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunter Hillegas | Nicolas Kick |
Customer experience
ShortSheets
Patchword
In-app purchases
ShortSheets
No in-app purchases
Patchword
No in-app purchases
