Comparison

Numbers vs Spreadsheet

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

Head to head
About

Numbers

Design impressive spreadsheets with a flexible canvas, interactive charts, and powerful functions. Collaborate with others and access your work across devices. Includes tools for data analysis and text composition.

Highlights
  • Apple-designed templates
  • Flexible canvas for layout
  • Interactive charts and pivot tables
  • Hundreds of powerful functions
  • Cross-device compatibility via iCloud
  • Collaboration and real-time editing
  • Import/export Excel and CSV files
Features
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Numbers is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus premium content and intelligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform, all in one simple plan. Creating, viewing, and editing spreadsheets in Numbers, as well as collaborating in real time, does not require a subscription. Create gorgeous spreadsheets with Numbers on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Get started with Apple-designed templates for everything from a home budget to an invoice. Add tables, charts, text, and images anywhere on the flexible canvas. Animate your data with interactive charts, find patterns with pivot tables, and use hundreds of powerful functions. Get Started Quickly • Work from iPhone, iPad, Mac, or even a PC with iCloud.com • Select from a wide variety of Apple-designed templates • Add from a library of shapes, tables, and charts with pre-defined styles • Import and edit Microsoft Excel and CSV files Create Beautiful Spreadsheets • Place tables, charts, text, and images anywhere on the flexible canvas • Create a form on iPhone or iPad to quickly enter data on the go • Draw or write with Apple Pencil on iPad Formulas for Everyone • Choose from hundreds of powerful functions, including XLOOKUP and RegEx • Search the integrated function browser for built-in help and sample formulas • Easily add stock information to spreadsheets • See results from a single formula across multiple cells using spilling arrays Everything Adds Up Beautifully • Use pivot tables and categories to see your data in a whole new way • Quickly organize and summarize tables to gain new insights • Insert gorgeous 2D and 3D charts, including bar, column, line, area, pie, donut, and radar charts • Animate data with interactive column, bar, scatter, and bubble charts • Easily filter through large tables for specific values, text, or duplicate entries • Change values in cells using sliders, steppers, checkboxes, pop-ups, and star ratings Share with Anyone • Share your spreadsheet publicly or collaborate with specific people using iCloud or Box • Make changes from any device and see a list of changes from others in real-time • Export your spreadsheet in CSV, TSV, PDF, and Microsoft Excel Apple Intelligence • Use Writing Tools to proofread, rewrite, summarize, and compose text • Create your own fun images with Image Playground based on a description Some features of Apple Creator Studio require an Apple Intelligence–capable device. For full system requirements and usage limits for Apple Creator Studio intelligence features, see Apple Support article 125029.

About

Spreadsheet

This app simplifies data management on mobile devices. Scan receipts, convert images to text, and perform calculations with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Create charts, reports, and budgets efficiently without complex formulas.

Highlights
  • Data scanning (text, numbers, receipts)
  • Drag-and-drop calculations
  • Interactive data visualization (charts)
  • Export to Excel, PDF, JPG
  • Budgeting and expense tracking
  • Analytical reports
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Sheetlet has all you need for a Spreadsheet. Its data capturing and calculation technology saves you a lot of time and difficulties. It has the ease of touch with no setup time for data scanning, calculation, visualizing data in charts, and exporting reports into different formats. On an iPhone, you can scan data, text and numbers, and perform calculations directly on the data. There is no need to type symbols and formulas into small cells. You can simply drag and drop what is needed to calculate values. USERS USE SHEETLET TO: • Scan receipts to spreadsheets • Convert images to texts • Scan numbers to calculate • Make budgets • Track expenses • Add charts for data • Make analytical reports incl. sales analysis, scientific modelling • Make weekly to-do lists • Make work calendars • Add memos and notes • Perform math calculation • Do almost everything UNIQUE FEATURES: • Scan all kind of data to the spreadsheet • Easy drag and drop features for calculations, charts and text • Interactive Visual Analyses through many graph types • Intuitive & smooth User Interface • Fast recalculations • Duplicate tables • Undo/Redo • Exports to Excel • Exports to PDF • Exports to JPG • Share on social media • No registration is required! WHY SHOULD YOU USE SHEETLET? Sheetlet is easy to use. There is no need to write formulas and to select tiny cells on the mobile device anymore. Your workflow, no matter it is sales, logic, memos, products, supplies, BI, or anything else that you want to work on an iPhone can never be so efficient. In Sheetlet you can make budgets, split costs, manage your travel expenses, do "what if" scenarios by simple drag and drop. It has never been more easy and secure to enter data into a spreadsheet app and more easy to make calculations. It is your perfect expense tracker & calculator. Sheetlet is a feature-rich app specially designed for iPhone and iPad users. By downloading this app, you agree to the Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Numbers4 screens
Spreadsheet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Numbers at none against Spreadsheet's 5. Numbers also leads on ratings volume (215K vs 165). Spreadsheet's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (61% vs 50%). On price, rating, ads 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. Spreadsheet sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Numbers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Numbers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Numbers has 215K ratings behind it against 165, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Numbers's written reviews are positive against 61% of Spreadsheet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Numbers ships an update every 3 months, Spreadsheet every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Numbers versus Spreadsheet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumbersSpreadsheet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (215K ratings) — better4.4 (165 ratings)
Positive reviews50.1% of reviews60.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings215K — better165
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size620 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleemplicore ApS

Customer experience

Numbers

All ratings215,159 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews4,879 reviews
Positive50.1%
Neutral9.6%
Negative40.3%

Spreadsheet

All ratings157 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative26.1%

Bugs and requests

Numbers

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frozen headers issue
  • Keyboard and text editing problems
  • Spreadsheet data loss after updates
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Slow performance and loading times

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to lock individual cells
  • More advanced formula and function support
  • Improved collaboration and sharing options
  • Better mobile interface and keyboard integration
  • Customizable templates and formatting options
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  • Pivot table and data analysis features

Spreadsheet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Numbers

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Spreadsheet

Subscriptions1
  • Sheetlet Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
One-time4
  • Small$0.99
  • Medium$2.99
  • Full Version Unlock$2.99
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  • Large$5.99

Questions

Is Numbers free?
Numbers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spreadsheet free?
Spreadsheet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Numbers or Spreadsheet?
Numbers is rated higher. Numbers averages 4.6 out of 5 from 215K ratings, while Spreadsheet averages 4.4 from 165 ratings.
Do Numbers or Spreadsheet have ads?
Neither Numbers nor Spreadsheet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Numbers or Spreadsheet?
Numbers ships an update every 3 months, and Spreadsheet every 9 days. Most recently, Numbers was updated on September 24, 2026 and Spreadsheet on July 21, 2026.

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