Quick verdict
- What it is
- Numbers is a spreadsheet creation and editing app that allows users to create, view, and edit spreadsheets on various devices, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It offers features such as data animation, collaborative editing, and integration with other Apple apps.
- Best for
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- someone who needs to create spreadsheets
- users who want to collaborate on documents
- At a glance
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- From $12.99/mo
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Productivity
- Business
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
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Pricing & paywalls
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Shown for US
- Monthly — $12.99/month
- Monthly — $129.00/year ($10.75/mo)
Ratings & reviews
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5/5This is my “go to” app
I love this app! My primary uses are for a monthly budget and a daily complex TV schedule (2 households, multiple recordings, 4 DVRs+). I would love to see the following three features added: (1) the ability to click/tap on an image (or just several merged cells containing text) and pop-up a larger version of the image/merged cells**. (2) the ability to use multiple merged cells to hand write notes using the Apple Pencil (varying nib sizes, move the merged notes around and/or cut/delete like any other cell or merged cells). (3) the ability to insert a moveable and removable window (either set or expandable size, like 4 cells wide and high to 6 cells, or more, wide and high) that would accept animated GIFs and/or video clips. Features 1 and 2 are features I could use immediately. UPDATE: Feature request 3 was added in the latest update. I have a new feature request... the ability to see the history of shared access, like number of visits and date of at least the most-recent visit. **This would really help my friend (with poor near-vision) read the individual blocks of information on the TV schedule.
RSL08 · 30 Aug 2026
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4/5Minimal Learning Curve!
Apple really did a fantastic job on creating an App that has minimal learning curve, visually appealing, smooth running, with plenty of explanations tucked neatly in the little “I’ icons with the blue circle around them. It’s very drag and drop, zoomable, adjustable, easy to navigate and frankly, even fun to play around with. The formulas often seen in spreadsheet related software such as Excel even has its own reference menu. Absolutely love that you can also share with another user and they can even make changes to the file and it all syncs automatically across all connected devices. You can even add a password to your files too. The ONLY thing keeping this App from achieving 5 STARS from me is it is missing the ability to like link to your banking stuff(although I could understand the level of security involved) and there doesn’t seem to be any indictator anywhere that your saves are syncing (like the little cloud icon with green check mark in Light Room Cloud) - that little extra peace of mind goes a long ways with an app that has no save button yet auto saves any changes. Copies are tedious after a bit, you know. That and truthfully, while their instructions for the formulas were present, very visible, there were a few parts that were a tad bit difficult to “decipher” into plain language lol, like it lacked a little more in depth content, especially for more elaborate formula strings. They should come out with like an advanced user tutorial and add more formulas and features - this app is going to go very very far. Especially with its ability to be so much more than a spreadsheet with all of its super cool “live art”. 😀
PawesomeLilAussies · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Love.. but wish for a few things:
I love working with Numbers.. however, there are a few features I really wish it would do. For instance, I wish that it would allow me to pick non-consecutive lines to highlight in order to apply an edit to it.. whether that edit is formatting, a rule, or a function… I would love the control that highlighting individual, non-consecutive lines to mass edit at once would make my life far easier. I have more than a few times considered buying Excel in order to have this feature for the time it would save me. I do love that I can make outline formatting inside of a cell. This has been vital for more than a few projects. Thank you for this amazing feature. My final complaint would be that the iPad app version will not allow me to adjust margins for printing.. and it would save me much time to adjust margins and or print lines for quick project prints…. But I am fully using Numbers 100% of the time and loving it but for these frustrations.
Bumpitybump · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5Numbers Program is the Best
I have used this Numbers Program for free for almost 5 yrs.! It’s the best and easiest business and personal act program fir making lists or spreadsheets. I can hold and duplicate my lists then change the name and date. Items are so easy to put in folders for each of my tax years. I run our Ranch/Cattle as well as my sons mowing business and our personal checking act payees or categories. Thank you for offering it for free when I downloaded it. I’d be so lost without this Numbers program. I have a folder I keep an invoice in that I duplicate each time he mows a Cemetery or lawn. It helps me keep everything in order at which at the end of the yr, I make a new totals sheet and copy and paste the dates and check no’s. And amts paid. Then pulling down and hitting the sum tab this program will give me a final total on his yearly tax income. This is so easy to man over around! Just be sure to delete any open files you don’t use. Also, I can look at our Insurance use and download to Numbers where I name and adjust columns I want and delete columns I don’t. Hold and scroll down & sum. Then I can reach up and hit the paint brush scroll down the lust and add colors to itemize categories. Makes for a sharp spreed sheet. My CPA lady has been very impressed at my last few tax lists making her job so much easier!!! I go down the tax printout and do my ranch spreadsheet or single category lists with a number or title name which I file in my tax notebook!!! Awesome!!!!
Robbielcw · 30 Aug 2026
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5/5It’s Excel with Apple’s Easy to Use flair!
For most excel users it’s both familiar but also takes a bit to get used to. So far everything I could do in excel I can do in numbers. For the new users with little to basic excel knowledge, it’s a bit more user friendly. I’ve only just now opened numbers for the first time because I saw that the “premium” version is included with my Creator package (or whatever it’s called) so I don’t know whether my experience is only because I have premium or not. If you can get the student price, the creator package is well worth it. Whether or not you need Numbers premium, that I don’t know. I can say that the premium templates appear, to me at least, more confusing than helpful. But if the “green” button that says “cell” and has a lightning bolt on it, is not available in the standard version, then premium is necessary to make this app usable. It’s an awesome button for quick actions.
Trackracersi · 30 Aug 2026
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Accessibility
- Dark Interface — SUPPORTED Store published
- Differentiate Without Color Alone — SUPPORTED Store published
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- Voice Control — SUPPORTED Store published
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Versions
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10.0
• Use Numbers on an iPad with Magic Keyboard, a mouse, or a trackpad for a new way to work with your spreadsheets. Requires iPadOS 13.4. • Create spreadsheets with more rows and columns than ever before. • Apply a color to the background of a sheet. • Add a Numbers spreadsheet to a shared iCloud Drive folder to automatically start collaborating. Requires iPadOS 13.4 or iOS 13.4. • Edit shared spreadsheets while offline and your changes will upload when you’re back online. Requires iPadOS or iOS 13 or later. • Touch and hold, then drag across multiple objects to select them. • Easily access your recently used templates in a redesigned template chooser. • Print or export a PDF of your spreadsheet with comments included. • Add a drop cap to text in a shape. • Enhance your spreadsheets with a variety of new, editable shapes.
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10.1
• Use the new reading view to scroll and zoom your spreadsheets without unintentional edits. • Play YouTube and Vimeo videos right in your spreadsheets.* • Easily add captions and titles to images, videos, shapes, and other objects. • New functions, including XLOOKUP, XMATCH, and REGEX, let you match patterns, manipulate text, and create flexible formulas. * May not be available in all regions.
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10.2
• Use Scribble to write by hand with Apple Pencil, and your words will automatically convert to text. Requires iPadOS 14. • Forms are now easier to create and customize. Add a form to any table or use the new Basic Form template. • Improved performance when working with large tables. • Easily find pictures and videos using new zoom and search capabilities in the redesigned image picker. Requires iOS 14 or iPadOS 14. • Enhance your spreadsheets with a variety of new, editable shapes.
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10.3.5
• Stability and performance improvements
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10.3.9
This update contains stability and performance improvements.
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11.0
• Precise editing controls in the Arrange Inspector for adjusting the look and placement of objects • Onscreen keypads for entering exact values for text size, spacing, table size, and more • Ability to add or remove objects or table cells from a selection by tapping or dragging across them • Setting to always open spreadsheets in edit mode • Ability to add phone number links to table cells, text objects, and shapes • Option to exclude the summary worksheet when exporting your spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel
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11.1
• Link to web pages, email addresses, and phone numbers from objects such as shapes, lines, images, drawings, or text boxes • Teachers using the Schoolwork app to assign activities in Numbers can now view student progress, such as time spent • Support for collaborating on forms in shared spreadsheets
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11.2
• Pivot tables provide a powerful and flexible way to view and analyze data • Create beautifully formatted pivot tables in just a few taps • Quickly summarize, group, and rearrange data to explore patterns and trends • Instantly show data by sum, average, or count with additional options to display percentage and running total values • Add pivot charts to see your data in different ways • Import and export Excel spreadsheets with pivot tables • Radar charts help you visually compare multiple variables at once to easily show similarities and differences in your data • Redesigned Quick Filters let you easily show or hide rows that match a specific value • New filter options let you find duplicate entries and unique values in your data • Drag and drop to copy text, images, and other items between apps on iPhone* • Flexible collaboration allows participants to add others to a shared spreadsheet** • Instant translation lets you translate selected text in up to 11 languages and add the translation to your spreadsheet with a tap** • Audio graph makes charts accessible to people with vision impairments by playing an audio tone that changes pitch to represent different values** * Requires iOS 15 ** Requires iOS 15 or iPadOS 15
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12.0
• Copy a snapshot of table cells without formulas, categories, or hidden values • Edit font size more precisely with up to two decimal places • Create formulas and quickly fill cells with autofill using VoiceOver
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12.1
- Improved performance when inserting rows and columns in large tables
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12.2
• An all-new activity view shows recent changes in collaborative spreadsheets, including when people join, comment, and make edits • Get notifications when others join or make changes in your shared spreadsheets • Share a spreadsheet in Messages to instantly start collaborating with your team and see updates right in the Messages conversation (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16) • Send a message or start a FaceTime call right from a collaborative spreadsheet (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16) • Compare values and combine text with new functions, including BITAND, BITOR, BITXOR, BITLSHIFT, BITRSHIFT, ISOWEEKNUM, CONCAT, TEXTJOIN, and SWITCH • See autocomplete suggestions based on the contents of other cells in the same column • Style charts with additional controls for colors, lines, and number formats • Be even more productive on iPad with iPadOS 16 - Quickly insert objects and get to your favorite tools with the customizable toolbar - Find common actions like print, rename, and more in the new document menu - Work across multiple spreadsheets more easily with Stage Manager on supported iPad models • A new option lets you automatically remove an image’s background to isolate its subject (Requires iOS 16 or iPadOS 16)
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12.2.1
This update contains bug fixes and improvements.
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13.0
• Apple Pencil hover makes it easy to navigate, write, sketch, and illustrate with greater precision on supported iPad models • Export and send a copy of your spreadsheet in a different format right from the Share menu • Includes improvements and bug fixes for collaboration activity
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13.1
• Show subtotal summary labels in stacked bar, column, and area charts • Add scalable vector graphics (SVGs) to your spreadsheets and preserve visual quality at any size • Break apart imported SVG images and save them to your shapes library for future use • Insert and play ProRes videos in your spreadsheet, now on iPhone and iPad • Insert date and time fields into your spreadsheet
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13.2
• Bring new dimension to your spreadsheets with 3D objects in USDZ format • Make your spreadsheets more expressive by adding Stickers* • See inline predictions for text as you type* • Easily begin collaborating on a spreadsheet with others while on a FaceTime call* • Find and open suggested spreadsheets when searching for Numbers with Spotlight* • Drag documents to the Numbers icon on your Home Screen to open or import them* • Remove external borders on charts imported from Microsoft Office files * Requires iOS 17 or iPadOS 17 and later
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14.0
• Streamlined in-app notifications inform you when a person joins a collaborative spreadsheet for the first time • Preserve file format and full quality when adding HEIC photos taken on iPhone or iPad • On iPad, press and hold the Command key on a connected keyboard to select noncontiguous words, sentences, or paragraphs using a trackpad or mouse • Additional stability and performance improvements
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14.1
This update contains bug fixes and performance improvements.
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14.2
• Squeeze Apple Pencil Pro to quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors. • Use the new document browser to easily create a new spreadsheet or find a recent one. (Requires iOS 18 or iPadOS 18) • Additional bug fixes and performance improvements.
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14.3
• Proofread, rewrite, summarize, and compose text for your spreadsheet with Writing Tools* • Create fun, original images for your spreadsheet with Image Playground* • Siri can use ChatGPT to answer questions about content in your spreadsheet* * Requires Apple Intelligence
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14.4
• Use over 30 new advanced functions including LET, LAMBDA, FILTER, SORT, and UNIQUE • See results from a single formula across multiple cells using spilling arrays • Make text edits using Writing Tools directly in your spreadsheet (requires Apple Intelligence and iOS or iPadOS 18.4) • Export spreadsheets into other formats using Shortcuts (requires iOS or iPadOS 18.4) • Improved copy and paste with Freeform (requires iOS or iPadOS 18.4) • Improved compatibility when importing or exporting Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
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15.1
Numbers is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus premium content and intelligence features* in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform**, all in one simple plan. Creating, viewing, and editing spreadsheets in Numbers, as well as collaborating in real-time, does not require a subscription. For Apple Creator Studio Subscribers: • Make your work stand out with an exclusive new collection of professionally-designed templates • Explore high-quality photos, graphics, and illustrations for your document in the all-new Content Hub • Find inspiration faster with collections of new Apple-curated content in the Content Hub • Create stunning images and graphics right in your document, apply quick edits, or adjust the style using AI • Increase the clarity and detail of existing images and graphics using Super Resolution • Use Auto Crop to generate suggestions for how to frame your image • Use Magic Fill to suggest data or generate formulas based on pattern recognition • Collaborate on larger files shared via iCloud–now up to 4GB Other New Features: • Experience a new, more fluid way to work on your spreadsheets with Liquid Glass • Access the full set of advanced options and controls right from the new menu bar in iPadOS 26 • Add personality to your work with new editable shapes * Some features of Apple Creator Studio require an Apple Intelligence–capable device. For full system requirements and usage limits for Apple Creator Studio intelligence features, see Apple Support article 125029. ** Premium content and features in Freeform are not currently available and are expected to be included in the Apple Creator Studio subscription later this year.
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15.2
• This update includes stability improvements and bug fixes Also Recently Added: For Apple Creator Studio Subscribers: • Make your work stand out with an exclusive new collection of professionally-designed templates • Explore high-quality photos, graphics, and illustrations for your document in the all-new Content Hub • Find inspiration faster with collections of new Apple-curated content in the Content Hub • Create stunning images and graphics right in your spreadsheet, apply quick edits, or adjust the style using AI • Increase the clarity and detail of existing images and graphics using Super Resolution • Use Auto Crop to generate suggestions for how to frame your image • Use Magic Fill to suggest data or generate formulas based on pattern recognition • Collaborate on larger files shared via iCloud–now up to 4 GB Other New Features: • Experience a new, more fluid way to work on your spreadsheets with Liquid Glass • Access the full set of advanced options and controls right from the new menu bar in iPadOS 26 • Add personality to your work with new editable shapes
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15.3
· 30 Jun 2026
For Apple Creator Studio Subscribers: • Open an image from Numbers directly in Pixelmator Pro on iPad and see the edited version in your spreadsheet • Generate custom, editable shapes from a text description to illustrate your spreadsheet For Everyone: • Hide or show individual sheets for quick navigation • Add colors to sheet tabs • More easily replace images in your spreadsheet from the Content Hub
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5.2
• Enable Dark Mode to emphasize your content.* • On iPadOS, use Numbers in multiple spaces or edit two spreadsheets side by side in Split View. • Support for new iOS 13 and iPadOS text editing and navigation gestures.* • Use custom fonts installed from the App Store.* • Capture a screenshot of an entire spreadsheet, mark it up, then easily share it as a PDF.* • Access files from a USB drive, external hard drive, or file server.* • Listen to an audio representation of your chart using VoiceOver.* • Add accessibility descriptions to audio, video, and drawings. • Improved accessibility of exported PDFs. • Support for HEVC-formatted movies, enabling reduced file size while preserving visual quality. • Select multiple objects by pressing Shift or Command on a hardware keyboard. *Requires iOS 13 or iPadOS
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5.2.1
This update contains stability and performance improvements.
Availability by market
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Data quality & evidence
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- Independent summary published
- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
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