Comparison

Spreadsheet vs Northstar

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

Head to head
About

Spreadsheet

Edit and manage spreadsheet files like XLSX, XLS, and CSV offline on your iPhone and iPad. Features include over 300 formulas, formatting options, chart creation, and templates. Save your work automatically.

Highlights
  • Offline editing for XLSX, XLS, CSV
  • 300+ built-in formulas
  • Comprehensive formatting tools
  • Chart creation (bar, line, pie)
  • Pre-built templates
  • Import and export options (PDF, XLSX, CSV)
  • Automatic saving
Features
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Open, edit, and save spreadsheets right on your iPhone and iPad — no internet connection required. Spreadsheet lets you work with XLSX, XLS, and CSV files effortlessly. Whether you need to update a budget, review an invoice, or organize data on the go, everything works offline with automatic saving so you never lose your work. FEATURES - Open & Edit: Full support for XLSX, XLS, and CSV file formats - Formulas: 300+ built-in formulas including SUM, AVERAGE, VLOOKUP, IF, and more - Formatting: Bold, italic, colors, borders, cell merging, number formats - Charts: Create bar, line, pie, and area charts from your data - Templates: Budget planners, invoice generators, expense trackers, and more - Import & Export: Share as PDF, XLSX, or CSV via email, AirDrop, or Files - Offline First: Works completely offline — edit anywhere, anytime - Autosave: Never lose your progress with automatic background saving PERFECT FOR - Personal budgets and expense tracking - Business invoices and inventory management - Student projects and data analysis - Quick edits to spreadsheets received via email - Viewing and annotating reports on the go Try the app for free. A subscription or in-app purchase may be required to unlock unlimited access. Privacy Policy: https://enginesstudio.tech/privacy Terms & Conditions: https://enginesstudio.tech/terms

About

Northstar

Features
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Northstar turns the goal you keep postponing into something you can act on today. Write down one goal that genuinely matters. Break it into phases, then into concrete steps. Log what you actually did each day. Northstar shows you, honestly, how much of your day went toward that goal — and how much drifted. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most goal apps stop at a checklist. Northstar connects three things that usually live apart: the goal you set, the plan you made, and what you really did today. When those three line up, progress stops being a feeling and becomes a number. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Set goals with a deadline and your own success metric • Break each goal into phases, and each phase into steps • Mark steps as one-off, daily or weekly • Log daily entries in seconds and link them to a goal • See your real alignment score, computed only from what you logged • Watch a 7-day and 30-day completion trend build itself • Keep a streak going — one entry a day is enough • Share a clean progress card as an image or text BUILT HONESTLY Every number in Northstar comes from data you entered. There are no invented statistics, no filler charts, no fake social feed. If you have not logged anything, Northstar says so instead of showing you a made-up score. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account. No sign-up. No servers. No tracking SDKs. No ads. You can erase every goal, step and entry from inside the app at any time, in one step. FREE Version 1.0 is completely free. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. CHOOSE YOUR LOOK Five themes — Midnight, Paper, Forest, Ocean and Amber — and six app icons. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Available in 38 languages. Northstar does not promise to change your life. It just makes it obvious whether today moved you toward what you said mattered.

Screenshots

Spreadsheet4 screens
Northstar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Northstar at none against Spreadsheet's 5. Northstar also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spreadsheet sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Northstar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Spreadsheet versus Northstar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpreadsheetNorthstar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperENGINES STUDIO LABWeiyanda (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Spreadsheet

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Spreadsheet PRO$4.997 Days
  • Spreadsheet Pro$8.991 Month
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  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
None

Northstar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spreadsheet free?
Spreadsheet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Northstar free?
Northstar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spreadsheet or Northstar have ads?
Neither Spreadsheet nor Northstar shows ads.

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