Message Templates vs Simple Spreadsheet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Message Templates
Save and quickly send frequently used text snippets via messaging and email. This app helps you reuse common phrases, saving time and effort in communication.
- Save text snippets
- Send via Messages
- Send via Mail
- Reuse common phrases
- Intuitive interface
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Message Templates is a simple and intuitive application that let's you save small snippets of text, that you can send (and resend) via Messages and Mail.
Simple Spreadsheet
Create and edit spreadsheets with ease. Import Excel files, add charts, and generate PDFs. Offers templates and advanced cell editing features for various organizational tasks.
- Import and edit Excel (xlsx) files
- Create tables and charts
- Generate PDF and print sheets
- Insert images and checkboxes into cells
- Support for common Excel functions
- Export to Excel (xlsx) files
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This is a spreadsheet app can let you create sheets and edit sheets. Import excel(xlsx) files, create sheets, tables, charts, generate PDF, print sheets through AirPrint. Create sheets by templates. -Import excel(xlsx) files, view and edit worksheets in workbook. -Search in sheets. -When edit sheets, you can select multiple cells, select a whole row or column, even the whole sheet. -Support merge cells, adjust height of row and width of column. -You can insert image, checkbox and progress/column bar into cell. -Select range, then generate charts, share charts to friend. -Quick sum, insert formula, popular excel functions support. -Generate sheet to image, generate pdf. -Print preview, print through AirPrint. -Export to excel(xlsx) files, share to friends. Whenever you create class calendar, record expense and saving, todo list, grocery list, make travel plan, etc. Simple SpreadSheet may meet your needs. Please refer to our terms and privacy when you download and use this app. To use all the features this app provided, please unlock SpreadSheet PRO. by purchase it in the app. We provide one time purchease and auto-renew subscription year by year. *Subscription will automatically renew each year, within 24 hours of it's expiration. Your credit card will charged through your iTunes account.To stop auto-renewal, turn off the feature in your iTunes account settings at last 24 hours prior to your subscription's expiration. Current, active subscriptions cannot be cancelled. Any suggestions, please email to 354822@qq.com Terms of Use: http://sheetsliteus.qqzhuti.net/terms Privacy Policy: http://sheetsliteus.qqzhuti.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Message Templates at 89% against Simple Spreadsheet's 44%. Message Templates also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Simple Spreadsheet's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (6.9K vs 15). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Simple Spreadsheet sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Message Templates asks for nothing beyond the download.
Message Templates holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Spreadsheet has 6.9K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Message Templates's written reviews are positive against 44% of Simple Spreadsheet's.
Message Templates ships an update every 5 months, Simple Spreadsheet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Message Templates | Simple Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better | 4.6 (6.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 43.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 6.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Square Bracket Software Ltd | WEN WU LI |
Customer experience
Message Templates
Simple Spreadsheet
User reviews
Message Templates
From 15 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Saves time and effort
- ✅ Works as expected
- 🌟 Highly recommended
- 💡 Fills a needed gap on iPhone
Room to improve
- 🐛 App deleted template
- ⚠️ Not integrated with native messaging
- ❌ Cannot reply to emails/conversations directly
- 📉 Can be slow sometimes
Simple Spreadsheet
From 6.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Simple and intuitive
- 👍 Good for basic needs
- 👍 Spreadsheet functionality
- 👍 Helpful for small businesses
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Limited functionality without paying
- 🔒 Inability to print or export data
- 🐛 Data loss and sync issues
- 🐛 Keyboard and navigation problems
Bugs and requests
Message Templates
Reported bugs
3 issues- App deleted template
- Does not work on iOS 7
- Recipient not saved as part of template
Requested features
11 requests- Ability to name templates
- Picture support
- Message header/Subject Line for sorting
- Ability to write templates in CSV or Outlook and load
- Ability to group messages
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- Specify email subjects and recipients as part of a template
- Easier to use phone pad
- SMS a caller at the time of call
- Insert templates into reply texts
- Add titles for each template
- Group messages
Simple Spreadsheet
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Data disappearing or changing unexpectedly
- Inability to login or access purchased features
- Sync and backup issues across devices
- Overlapping UI elements and poor layout
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to zoom out and see full spreadsheet
- Option to insert and delete columns/rows
- Improved sharing and collaboration features
- More advanced formula and formatting options
- Better tutorials and user guides
In-app purchases
Message Templates
No in-app purchases
Simple Spreadsheet
- Unlock SpreadSheet Pro 1 year3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Unlock SpreadSheet Pro 1 Month$0.99
- Unlock SpreadSheet Pro 3 month$1.99
- Unlock SpreadSheet Pro 1 year$3.99
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- Unlock SpreadSheet PRO Forever$4.99
- Unlock SpreadSheet PRO Forever$9.99
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