Numbers vs Chart Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Chart Maker
Easily generate line, pie, and bar graphs from your data. This tool also functions as a simple spreadsheet creator, making it a versatile option for organizing information and visualizing trends.
- Line graph creation
- Pie chart generation
- Bar graph visualization
- Spreadsheet functionality
- Data organization
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This application allows you to easily create line, pie, and bar graphs. It can also be used for spreadsheets, so we recommend it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Numbers at none against Chart Maker's shown. Numbers also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (223K vs 37). Chart Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Numbers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Numbers has 223K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Numbers ships an update every 3 months, Chart Maker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Numbers | Chart Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (223K ratings) — better | 4.2 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 223K — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 631 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apple | Taro Horiguchi |
Customer experience
Numbers
Chart Maker
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
Chart Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Numbers
No in-app purchases
Chart Maker
No in-app purchases
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