Comparison

Simple Viewer vs Tablet CSV

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

Head to head
About

Simple Viewer

Features
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Simple Viewer opens files. Quietly, quickly, and without asking for anything in return. Share any file from any app — Mail, Messages, Files, a browser, a cloud drive — and Simple Viewer renders it the way it was meant to be read. No account. No upload. Files stay on your device. It is designed for the moment when you just need to see what's inside a file. RENDERED WITH CARE • PDF with smooth scrolling and pinch-to-zoom • Markdown with typography that reads • Source code with precise syntax highlighting • JSON, XML, and YAML, pretty-printed • CSV and TSV, as readable tables • Excel spreadsheets (XLSX) • Word documents (DOCX) • ZIP archives, browsed inside • Plain text, logs, and scripts • x509 certificates BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Open from any app via the iOS share sheet • Recent files, one tap away • Orientation-aware on iPad • Works offline. Always. NOTHING YOU DON'T NEED No sign-up. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. No cloud sync. No bloat. Just a clean surface for reading what you already have. Because simple is elegant.

About

Tablet CSV

Features
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Rowlens is a fast, fully offline CSV file viewer built for one job: open a spreadsheet export and read it immediately. No importing into Excel, no sign-in, nothing uploaded anywhere — your CSV and TSV files never leave your iPhone. Drop in a file and Rowlens instantly renders a clean, sortable table with a sticky header row and a pinned first column, so wide exports stay readable while you scroll. Search filters every row live as you type, and tapping any column header sorts it instantly — numbers and dates align and sort correctly, not as plain text. Rowlens auto-detects comma, semicolon, tab, and pipe delimiters along with common text encodings, so exports from any tool just open — no manual configuration. Included with Rowlens Pro: • Unlimited recent file history (the standard tier keeps your last 3) • Export the current sorted or filtered view as CSV, TSV, or Markdown • Pin multiple reference columns side by side • Instant column statistics — min, max, and average for any numeric column One-time purchase, no subscription. No account, no ads, no data collection — just a fast table viewer.

Screenshots

Simple Viewer3 screens
Tablet CSV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Viewer at none against Tablet CSV's 1. Simple Viewer also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tablet CSV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Viewer ships an update monthly, Tablet CSV every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Simple Viewer versus Tablet CSV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple ViewerTablet CSV
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
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In-app purchases

None

Simple Viewer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tablet CSV

One-time1
  • Rowlens Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Simple Viewer free?
Simple Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tablet CSV free?
Tablet CSV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Viewer or Tablet CSV have ads?
Neither Simple Viewer nor Tablet CSV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Viewer or Tablet CSV?
Simple Viewer ships an update monthly, and Tablet CSV every 3 weeks. Most recently, Simple Viewer was updated on October 3, 2026 and Tablet CSV on October 1, 2026.

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