Comparison

Microsoft Excel vs Spreadsheet

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

Head to head
About

Microsoft Excel

This powerful productivity app allows you to create, view, and edit spreadsheets on the go. Manage data, perform calculations, and analyze information with robust formatting and charting tools. Share your work easily with others.

Highlights
  • Create, view, and edit spreadsheets
  • Data analysis with charts and graphs
  • Budgeting and accounting tools
  • Customizable tables and formatting
  • Share files with collaborators
  • Draw and annotate with ink
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Review files and run data analysis on the go. Customise tables the way you want with robust formatting tools and great features. Excel lets you build your spreadsheet to meet your specific needs. Get the power of AI with Copilot in your favourite apps when you sign in with your Microsoft 365 subscription. Create templates, edit spreadsheets, organise charts and share with ease when you download Microsoft Excel. Tables and Spreadsheets: Create, Calculate and Analyse • Jump-start your budget, task list, accounting or financial analysis with Excel’s modern templates. • Rich productivity features and formatting options make your workbook easier to read and use. Productivity App: Review, Edit and Work Anywhere • Refresh sheet data or update your task list from anywhere. • Spreadsheet features like sort and filter columns help focus your reviews. • Create, duplicate, hide and unhide sheets easily. Data Analysis: Discover Key Insights on the Go • Analyse data using charts and graphs. • Highlight key insights using chart labelling features. • Visualise data at a glance. Finance Budgeting and Accounting: Simplify Personal Finance • Use spreadsheets and charts to help manage budgets. • Familiar tools to help you drill down to your exact finance needs. • Calculate tax estimates, personal finances and more. Draw and Annotate with Ink: Capture Ideas on the Page • Make notes, highlight your worksheet, create shapes or write equations using the draw tab feature on devices with touch capabilities. Sharing Made Easy: Collaborate Anywhere • Share your files with a few taps to quickly invite others to edit, view or leave comments directly in your workbooks. • Copy the content of your worksheet in the body of an email message with its format intact or attach or copy a link to your workbook for other sharing options. • Send worksheet content in an email while preserving formatting or send a link to your workbook. AI Assistance with Copilot* • Summarise data and highlight trends quickly. • Generate charts and tables from raw data with simple prompts. • Get intelligent recommendations for budgeting and forecasting. REQUIREMENTS: 1 GB RAM or above To create or edit documents, sign in with a free Microsoft account on devices with a screen size smaller than 10.1 inches. *Unlock the full Microsoft 365 experience with a qualifying Microsoft 365 subscription for your phone, tablet, PC and Mac. This app is provided by either Microsoft or a third-party app publisher and is subject to a separate privacy statement and terms and conditions. Data provided through the use of this store and this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the third-party app publisher, where applicable, and transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or any other country where Microsoft or the app publisher and their affiliates or service providers maintain facilities. Please refer to Microsoft's EULA for Terms of Service for Microsoft 365 on iOS. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: http://aka.ms/eula

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

Microsoft Excel4 screens
Spreadsheet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spreadsheet at 61% against Microsoft Excel's 24%. Microsoft Excel's advantage is ratings volume (1.5M vs 165) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Microsoft Excel sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Spreadsheet sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Microsoft Excel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Excel has 1.5M ratings behind it against 165, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Microsoft Excel'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

Microsoft Excel ships an update weekly, Spreadsheet every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Microsoft Excel versus Spreadsheet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicrosoft ExcelSpreadsheet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5M ratings) — better4.4 (165 ratings)
Positive reviews24.4% of reviews60.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5M — better165
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#20 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size436 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMicrosoft Corporationemplicore ApS

Customer experience

Microsoft Excel

All ratings1,460,557 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews3,588 reviews
Positive24.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative69.2%

Spreadsheet

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

Bugs and requests

Microsoft Excel

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to open or edit files
  • Unexpected app closures
  • Syncing problems with OneDrive
  • Formatting issues when copying and pasting
  • Slow performance on high-end devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Conditional formatting options
  • Ability to open password-protected files
  • Improved Apple Pencil and keyboard support
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Better compatibility with Dropbox and other cloud storage

Spreadsheet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Microsoft Excel

Subscriptions12
  • Office 365 Personal1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Office 365 Personal1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Personal Student1 Month trial$9.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Family1 Month trial2 variants$12.991 Month
  • Office 365 Home1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
  • Office 365 Personal$69.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Office 365 Home$129.991 Year
  • Microsoft 365 Family1 Month trial$129.991 Year
5 purchases

Spreadsheet

Subscriptions1
  • Sheetlet Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
One-time4
  • Small$0.99
  • Medium$2.99
  • Full Version Unlock$2.99
Show 1 more
  • Large$5.99

Questions

Is Microsoft Excel free?
Microsoft Excel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spreadsheet free?
Spreadsheet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Microsoft Excel or Spreadsheet?
Microsoft Excel is rated higher. Microsoft Excel averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.5M ratings, while Spreadsheet averages 4.4 from 165 ratings.
Do Microsoft Excel or Spreadsheet have ads?
Neither Microsoft Excel nor Spreadsheet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Microsoft Excel or Spreadsheet?
Microsoft Excel ships an update weekly, and Spreadsheet every 9 days. Most recently, Microsoft Excel was updated on September 24, 2026 and Spreadsheet on July 21, 2026.

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