Templates for Numbers vs Collections Database
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Templates for Numbers
This app provides over 400 diverse and useful spreadsheet templates for Apple's Numbers. Customize them for business or personal use, making daily tasks easier. Create tables, perform calculations, draw diagrams, and insert images effortlessly.
- 400+ diverse templates
- Business and personal use
- Customizable designs
- Table creation
- Diagram drawing
- Image insertion
- Regular content updates
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* Requires Apple Numbers for iOS and iOS 15 or later, which have to be downloaded separately. Templates for Numbers - DesiGN is a collection of professional templates and illustrations for Apple Numbers. Create spreadsheets, invoices, planners, charts, and business reports — from finance and education to personal projects. • Browse templates for invoices, planners, charts, and business reports • Open templates directly in Apple Numbers with one tap • Search by keyword and mark favorites • Save templates in the Numbers template chooser • New designs added regularly • First item in every category is free to try Nearly all elements can be recolored, moved, or removed. Type or paste your text, swap images, and customize tables and charts in Numbers. Templates are available in ISO and US paper sizes. Subscription: The first 3 days are on the house and then you can get it in affordable monthly, semi-annual, annual, or lifetime plans! Subscribe to take advantage of all the Premium features described above. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Instructions to manage your auto-renewing subscriptions can be found here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Privacy Policy: http://graphicnode.com/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use: http://graphicnode.com/termsandconditions/ Help us develop the best app available in the store! If you have found a bug, got a suggestion, or want a new feature, email us at: support@graphicnode.com
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
Templates for Numbers and Collections Database both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Collections Database's written reviews are positive against 38% of Templates for Numbers's. Collections Database also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (192 vs 37). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Templates for Numbers sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Collections Database sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Templates for Numbers against 4.6 for Collections Database. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collections Database has 192 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Templates for Numbers's written reviews are positive against 87% of Collections Database's.
Templates for Numbers ships an update every 2 months, Collections Database every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Templates for Numbers | Collections Database |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (37 ratings) | 4.6 (192 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 192 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Graphic Node | Matteo D'Ignazio |
Customer experience
Templates for Numbers
Collections Database
Bugs and requests
Templates for Numbers
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
Templates for Numbers
- 1-Month Access3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- 6-Months Access3 Days trial$12.996 Months
- Get one year access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime access.$29.99
Collections Database
- Collections Ultra (Upgrade)$1.99
- Collections Pro$7.99
- Collections Ultra$9.99
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