AppSheet vs. Google Sheets

AppSheet in my opinion is a great enabler, especially for small businesses. Am not too sure about Scaling up though. As such, I did not find it limiting as far as my needs were concerned so far. Licensing could be made more affordable for countries like India. There could be more slabs e.g. Let's say 10-15 people company could be asked to pay lesser than the fee for 15-20.

Google Sheets is a great tool mostly for people in the finance department such as accountants who have to analyze hundreds of transactions. The software makes it easy to organize data and handle some analysis. Also, when it comes to data presentation, Google Sheets offers some of the best features. However, this is not to sat people outside the finance docket cannot benefit from this software. It is a great tool to have when handling data.

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• Calculations - I have several apps that do some pretty complicated calculations, and decision making to build things like Shopping Lists for a Kanban assembly team, where the app will help a stocker determine whats low in a kanban assembly line stock box.
• Document generation and record keeping - I have an app that users digitally sign and receive PDF contracts, and the system automatically records all records from the transaction. Everything is held in files on YOUR OWN DRIVE (Google Drive) so when you're done with the project or AppSheet you DONT loose your data.
• Client/Customer Management - I follow the old school "Swimming with Sharks" model for client retention and customer engagement, and have built several small customer tracking tools for local businesses. This tool is limited ONLY by your imagine and desire to learn.

Incentivized

• It is a cloud-based platform.
• You can work in the same file simultaneously with your colleagues.
• It allows you to share files much faster.
• It allows you to access your Google Sheet files whenever you like and wherever you like if you have stable internet connection.
• It has great integration with other Google software.
• Google Sheets is very user-friendly and very intuitive to use.

Incentivized

• Although there is a lot of study material, it takes time to understand the full potential of the Appsheet.
• Although all the material [are] in English, it is possible to access translations or learn in the forums and in an intuitive way.
• The simplest apps can be created with the free version, for more complex functions or to achieve certain distributions, a license must be paid per user.

• Pivot tables are different but could be improved upon; sort, totals, filters
• When entering negative numbers as the first in a formula you need to remember to "+-100+25" instead of "-100+25"
• The power of the internet of course makes it easy to find solution, but the help function is not easily available
• Color coding changes on the cell, but there is not an easy way to click on a cell and use the selected color; like excel

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We are still less than 10 users and probably may continue to be so. But, this being a franchisor set up, could be of use to other users like us.

It is easy to use, free of charge for basic functionality, and easy to share with people within or outside your team or company

Incentivized

I miss "Data" and "UX" items grouping/trees. Other than that is good.

AppSsheet has a support group and they show videos to help app builders. Though I have truck drivers' hours and can't join the webinars. Support groups with better assists me on a Saturday evening or a Sunday that I have time off. It's hard to watch videos driving down the highway.

I never went through a full implementation as I am still using the free app

The ease that AppSheet provides to the developer is limitless. Before starting with AppSheet I used other software, but they didn't give me the tools at my fingertips.
When I learned about AppSheet and everything it could do, I understood that it was what I was looking for, the ease with which everything is related within the app with a few clicks is impressive.

The major reason I use Google Sheets over Microsoft Excel and Apple Numbers is for its ability to allow multiple users to access and work on the same spreadsheet at once. This is incredibly more efficient and effective than updating and sending copies upon copies of the same Excel or Numbers spreadsheet back and forth as email attachments.

Incentivized

• It is hard to quantify, but being able to produce effective and easy-to-use apps for field surveys, I have greatly improved my data collection capabilities.
• Digital data collection also significantly reduces data preparation time for statistical analysis in software such as Rstudio or JUMP.
• Data integrity is greatly improved by reducing data collection errors and removing the analog-to-digital conversion step, which is a source of data errors.

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• We've used it to prepare quick budgets, presentations for funds that have helped raise money
• It has helped us quickly analyze raw data, collaboratively.
• it has helped us work more efficiently by making it easier to work from one sheet and not lose track of versions by passing around attached documents

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