Numbers vs The Spreadsheet App
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.
The Spreadsheet App
Create, manage, and visualize data with a user-friendly spreadsheet application. Build custom functions, generate charts, and export reports to PDF. Ideal for budgeting, expense tracking, and data analysis on the go.
- User-defined functions
- Data visualization with charts
- PDF export
- Drag and drop functionality
- Undo/Redo
- No registration required
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The Spreadsheet App has all you need for a Spreadsheet. It is easy to use and has all the basic funtionality you will need for working with data and presenting your results. Its user interface and calculation technology saves you a lot of time and difficulties. It has the ease of touch with no setup time for data, calculation, visualizing data in charts, and exporting reports into PDF. Create Your Own Spreadsheet Functions Take your spreadsheets to the next level with our new User-Defined Functions. Build custom formulas just once, then reuse them anywhere — no coding required. Example: Make a “Pythagoras” function to instantly calculate the hypotenuse from two values, using a simple formula like: =sqrt(A1^2 + B1^2) Your custom functions work just like the built-in ones — but they’re yours. USERS USE THE SPREADSHEET APP TO: • 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: • Easy drag and drop features for calculations and charts • Interactive Visual Analyses through many graph types • Intuitive & smooth User Interface • Fast recalculations • Undo/Redo • Exports to PDF • Share on social media • No registration is required! WHY SHOULD YOU USE The Spreadsheet App? It 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. With The Spreadsheet App you can make budgets, split costs, manage your travel expenses, do "what if" scenarios. 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. The Spreadsheet App is a feature-rich app specially designed for iPhone 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Numbers at none against The Spreadsheet App's 3. Numbers also leads on ratings volume (215K vs 372). The Spreadsheet App's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). 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. The Spreadsheet App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Numbers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Numbers against 4.5 for The Spreadsheet App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Numbers has 215K ratings behind it against 372, 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, The Spreadsheet App every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Numbers | The Spreadsheet App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (215K ratings) — better | 4.5 (372 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 215K — better | 372 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 620 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apple | Henrik Kjær |
Customer experience
Numbers
The Spreadsheet App
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
The Spreadsheet App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Numbers
No in-app purchases
The Spreadsheet App
- Monthly Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Yearly Pro7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- One-time payment$4.99
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