Toble vs Collections Database
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toble
This app offers a minimalist spreadsheet and tracker for managing various aspects of your life. It automatically tallies values and performs calculations without requiring complex formulas. Easily track time, finances, habits, and more, with options to share and export your data.
- Automatic calculations without formulas
- Customizable templates
- Time, income, and expense tracking
- Habit tracking
- Data export to CSV
- Dark/light mode support
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Toble is a simple spreadsheet and tracker, designed to give you total control over your life. With a beautiful, minimalist design, it is versatile enough to keep track of time, income and expenses, habits and more. Get started with a template, add data, and watch Toble instantly tally values and perform calculations - no cell formulas or functions required. Switch your device to dark / light mode to see your Tobles in a new light, share a Toble with others, or export to a csv document to view a Toble in other spreadsheet and database apps. With less columns than traditional spreadsheets, Toble is a remarkably personal and simple spreadsheet. Track lists of spending and savings with the useful plus / minus button and keep your accounts in check with data analysis, financial analysis and budgeting. Enrich the productivity of your business by tracking inventory, salaries and manage data all in one place. Whether you need a time calculator, a savings tracker or a time sheet, Toble is the perfect tool to enable you to track, total and share, your way. Create, Template, Duplicate • Get started with a blank Toble and customize your way • Transform a new Toble into a spending tracker, wealth tracker, timesheet, calorie counter and more with useful templates • Easily duplicate an existing Toble, or duplicate without values, to reuse and repeat recurring events Calc, Tally & Sum Up • Total, count, min, max: Toble calculations are automatic, no formulas or functions needed • Enter values and watch Toble calculate instantly • Keep track of everything and add as many Toble items as you need Share: Import & Export • Share .toble files with other Toble users via Mail, Messages, Twitter, Facebook and more • Import .toble files shared with you directly into your own list of Tobles • Share a Toble in csv format to open in Apple Numbers, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable and other spreadsheet / database apps Rate. Review. Feedback. • Got a feature request? Submit a suggestion from within the app, or contact via email at support@toble.app • Loving Toble? Send a review and rate on the App Store directly within Toble • Found a bug? Submit a bug report from within the app itself
Collections Database
Organize anything with a personal database app. It offers over 20 field types, customizable layouts, and pre-built templates for common uses like books or expenses. Advanced features and iCloud sync are available.
- 20+ field types (text, number, picture, barcode, etc.)
- Customizable fields and display styles
- Pre-built templates (books, contacts, expenses, etc.)
- Organize with collections and subcollections
- Password, Face ID, and Touch ID protection
- iCloud synchronization across devices
- Advanced fields and calculations (Pro version)
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Collections is a personal database app to organize anything. 1. A field for every use Collections supports over 20+ field types: • Text, Number • Boolean • Picture • Select • Email, URL, Phone • Password • Date, Time • Color • Barcode And with the Pro version you can use even more advanced fields. • Document reference - Link documents together • Group - Add multiple values for a field • Formula - Create a formula for calculated values. Powerful formula editor with full support to math functions like SUM, AVG • Sources - Import documents from external APIs with Javascript 2. Customizable • Add and reorder fields • Add a separator between fields to better visualize them • Fields have different display styles like primary, secondary, thumbnail • Filter and sort data 3. Templates Collections includes basic templates to get started: • Books • Contacts • Expenses • Subscriptions • Credentials • Inventory • School 5. Advanced management Collections has different tools to help you creating the data model. SUBCOLLECTIONS Organize data into collections and subcollections. Simply said, they are like folders. LISTS A list contains items used in documents and it's very flexible. It could represent a Genre for a book or a Status like 'Available', 'Out of stock' for an object in the inventory. 6. Security • Protect collections using a password, Face ID or Touch ID • Sensitive data such as passwords are encrypted by default 7. iCloud Sync Data is synced automatically between devices through iCloud. 8. Apple's Shortcuts support Expand the app capabilities with Apple's Shortcuts support. 9. Pro version features • Add unlimited documents (free version is limited to 100 documents) • Add files to documents • Add advanced fields • Views • Grid • Use Summary to perform calculations across documents
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Toble at none against Collections Database's 3. Toble also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Collections Database's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (187 vs 10). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Collections Database sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Toble asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Toble against 4.6 for Collections Database. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collections Database has 187 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Toble's written reviews are positive against 87% of Collections Database's.
Toble ships an update every 3 months, Collections Database fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toble | Collections Database |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 4.6 (187 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 87.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 187 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ashley Thomas | Matteo D'Ignazio |
Customer experience
Toble
Collections Database
Bugs and requests
Toble
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Collections Database
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard issues when using search
- Inconsistent behavior between iOS and macOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Collaborative features for sharing databases
- More advanced reporting and visualization options
- Improved import/export functionality
- Ability to customize the appearance and layout
In-app purchases
Toble
No in-app purchases
Collections Database
- Collections Ultra (Upgrade)$1.99
- Collections Pro$7.99
- Collections Ultra$9.99
Questions
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