Comparison

Open CSV vs AppendX

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

Head to head
About

Open CSV

Features
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Open CSV opens any CSV file on your iPhone and shows it as a clean, scrollable table. No subscription, no ads, no account, and nothing ever leaves your device. Built for the moment someone sends you a CSV and your phone has nowhere good to open it. Features - Open CSV files from Files, Mail, or any app's share sheet - Frozen header row and first column stay put as you scroll wide tables - Tap any row to see every field laid out clearly - Sort by any column, ascending or descending - Filter rows with a quick search - Share the original file - Handles messy real-world files: quoted fields, embedded commas and line breaks, mixed encodings, and odd delimiters, without crashing Free and paid View the first 50 rows of any file for free. A single $2.99 purchase unlocks unlimited rows, forever. No subscription. What it does not do No editing, no cloud, no accounts, no analytics, no ads. It is a viewer, on purpose. Privacy Open CSV works fully offline. Your files are never uploaded, tracked, or shared. Data Not Collected. Built by Infamous Endeavors.

About

AppendX

Features
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You find a link worth saving. You read a quote worth keeping. You discover a band worth remembering. By the time you switch apps, find the right file, and paste it in โ€” you've lost your train of thought. AppendX gives you two ways to get it down. Share from any app on your iPhone, or open AppendX and capture a thought that isn't on screen anywhere. Either way it lands in exactly the right markdown file, formatted exactly how you want it. SMART TARGETS Set up your destinations once โ€” a file for books, one for links, one for ideas. Each with its own emoji, format, and file. AppendX reads your files' headings to name targets automatically, and suggests icons as you type. LISTS, BLOCKS, OR YOUR OWN FORMAT Capture as a clean list item that adapts to whatever you share, a block that keeps every piece of data, or build a custom template with tokens. A live preview shows exactly what will land in your file โ€” before you commit. PASTE AS MARKDOWN Copy a paragraph from the web and paste it into AppendX. Bold stays bold. Links stay links. iOS hands most apps plain text and drops the formatting โ€” AppendX reads the clipboard's HTML instead, so what you copied is what you keep. TYPE, TALK, OR PASTE Capture mode opens straight to a text field. Type it, dictate it with the keyboard's microphone, or paste formatted text from anywhere. SMART CAPTURE Different apps share data differently โ€” AppendX sorts it out. Clean URLs with tracking junk stripped. Real titles instead of bare hostnames. Selected text recovered even when apps bury it in odd places. What you meant to save is what gets saved. NEVER LOSE DATA Every capture is queued locally before it's written. If iCloud hiccups, your capture waits safely and syncs when your files are reachable. A full history shows everything you've captured and its status. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP Any app that stores markdown files: Obsidian, iA Writer, 1Writer, or a plain folder. iCloud Drive or on-device storage. No account, no analytics, no server โ€” your notes never leave your control. Free, with an optional tip jar if it earns a place in your routine.

Screenshots

Open CSV4 screens
AppendX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Open CSV at 18.0 against AppendX's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Open CSV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AppendX sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Open CSV versus AppendX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen CSVAppendX
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfamous Endeavors LLCMichael Susz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Open CSV

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$2.99
3 purchases

AppendX

One-time3
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me a burrito$4.99
  • Buy me lunch$9.99

Questions

Is Open CSV free?
Open CSV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AppendX free?
AppendX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Open CSV or AppendX have ads?
Neither Open CSV nor AppendX shows ads.

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