Comparison

Open CSV vs CSV Reader & Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

CSV Reader & Editor

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Csv Editor - Smart Csv opens the CSV files other apps choke on. Files with hundreds of thousands of rows open in seconds, scroll smoothly, and edit like a real spreadsheet — right on your iPhone or iPad. EDIT LIKE A SPREADSHEET • Tap to select, tap again to edit — Excel-style on touch • Insert, delete, and reorder rows and columns • Undo and redo everything • Freeze rows and columns so headers stay put while you scroll • Select ranges with drag handles, clear whole ranges at once BUILT FOR BIG FILES • Opens 500,000+ row files without slowing down • Background loading with live progress — start reading immediately • Smooth flick-scrolling through the whole sheet SORT & FILTER • Excel-style AutoFilter per column • Sort text, numbers, and dates the way Excel does • Filtered rows are protected: edits and deletes never touch hidden data CHARTS (PRO) • Turn any selection into a chart in two taps • Bar, line, and more, powered by Swift Charts • Save chart images to your photo library or share them FORMULA COLUMNS (PRO) • Add a computed column that fills down every row, like a spreadsheet formula • Reference other columns by name — e.g. [Price] * [Qty] • Built-in functions: IF, ROUND, ABS, MIN, MAX, CONCAT, UPPER, LOWER, TRIM, LEN, CONTAINS • Live preview and inline error checking while you build the formula • Formulas save inside the CSV, so results are readable in any app SMART FORMAT HANDLING • Auto-detects delimiters, headers, and encodings • Opens TSV and other delimited files • Re-open with custom parse settings when a file is unusual FREE VS PRO The free version includes full editing, sorting, and filtering for files up to 100 rows. Csv Editor Pro unlocks: • Unlimited rows — open and edit files of any size • Charts • Formula columns Your files are never truncated: even in the free version, every row of your file is preserved when you save. Pro is available as a one-time lifetime purchase, or as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://mygems.app/term Privacy Policy: https://mygems.app/privacy

Screenshots

Open CSV4 screens
CSV Reader & Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

Open CSV and CSV Reader & Editor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Open CSV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CSV Reader & Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Open CSV versus CSV Reader & Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen CSVCSV Reader & Editor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfamous Endeavors LLCHue Nguyen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Open CSV

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$2.99
3 purchases

CSV Reader & Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

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

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