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What is AppSheet?

Acquired by Google in Spring 2020, AppSheet is an intelligent, no-code app platform for everyone. Users can create apps to transform the workplace.Common use cases include field service, transportation, customer surveys, incident reports, field data capture, compliance reports, delivery tracking,…

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  • Platform Security (57)
    8.1
    81%
  • Reusability (58)
    8.1
    81%
  • Visual Modeling (55)
    7.7
    77%
  • Platform User Management (56)
    7.7
    77%

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Premium

$5.00

Cloud
per user/per month

Pro

$10.00

Cloud
per user/per month

Business

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://appsheet.com/pricing?utm_source…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Low-Code Development

Low-code development tools allow non developers to build simple process applications with little oversight. These tools simplify the application building process, and are frequently used for simple process applications.

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Product Details

What is AppSheet?

Acquired by Google in Spring 2020, AppSheet is an intelligent, no-code app platform for everyone. Users can create apps to transform the workplace.

Common use cases include field service, transportation, customer surveys, incident reports, field data capture, compliance reports, delivery tracking, and property surveys.

Used by the Fortune 500 & Industry Leaders
Customers include Clearlink, Enterprise Holdings, ESPN, Pepsi, the University of Michigan, and the State of Colorado.

AppSheet allows users to build a No Code App in 4 Ways
1) Connect your data sources (e.g. Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, etc.).
2) Copy a sample app.
3) Use an Add-On for Google Sheets, Forms, or Excel.
4) Start from SPEC, our natural language declarative programming tool.

The vendor says AppSheet is useful if you:
1) Require a custom mobile app to brand and distribute to employees, colleagues, or customers
2) Are not a software developer
3) Work on a phone or tablet to capture information
4) Are part of a team that needs to work seamlessly offline and online
5) Want the app to have rich functionality
6) Like the power of building and deploying a custom mobile app in minutes
7) Want to be able to work offline and sync to cloud when connected

AppSheet Features

Low-Code Development Features

  • Supported: Visual Modeling
  • Supported: Platform Security
  • Supported: Platform User Management
  • Supported: Reusability
  • Supported: Platform Scalability

Additional Features

  • Supported: Multi-Platform Support (iOS, Android, Web App)
  • Supported: Forms, Quick Edits & UX Displays
  • Supported: Calendar, Maps, Galleries & Table Views
  • Supported: Interactive Dashboards & Charts
  • Supported: Email, SMS & Push Notification Workflows
  • Supported: Custom Branding & Format Rules
  • Supported: Localization & Custom User Settings
  • Supported: Background Data Syncing & Offline Mode
  • Supported: Basic Data Sources: Google Sheets, Forms, Calendar, Excel Spreadsheet on Dropbox, Office365, Box, Socrata, AirTable, Smartsheet
  • Supported: Advanced Data Sources: SQL, Salesforce, Jira
  • Supported: High-precision Geocoding
  • Supported: Barcode / NFC scanning
  • Supported: Smart Assistant
  • Supported: Data & Webhook Workflows
  • Supported: Server & Image Data Chaching
  • Supported: Audit History
  • Supported: Usage Analytics
  • Supported: Data Partitioning
  • Supported: Integrations: Domain Authorization, Custom Authentication Provider, REST API
  • Supported: Hybrid Cloud Enabled (On-Premise Servers, Offline Accessibility, Two Way Syncing)

AppSheet Screenshots

Screenshot of Capture rich data through customizable mobile appsScreenshot of Deploy apps on any device.Screenshot of Track inventory from supplier to warehouse to customer.Screenshot of Enable sales and marketing on-the-go.

AppSheet Integrations

AppSheet Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web

Frequently Asked Questions

Betty Blocks, Kissflow, and Zoho Creator are common alternatives for AppSheet.

Reviewers rate Platform Security and Reusability highest, with a score of 8.1.

The most common users of AppSheet are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Fernanda Felippe | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google's AppSheet is a great tool for organizing the entire Compliance area, in addition to being an incredible support for establishing metrics. The tool is comprehensive, capable of not only controlling valuable analysis information in the area but also creating automated dashboards and email flows from it. All of this can be done with minimal programming. My goal is to continuously improve my knowledge to understand all of its functionalities better.
  • Information Control
  • Metrics
  • Dashboard
  • Flow
  • Understand and have access of the Functions and Codes (like if, sum, etc) - difficult to find information
  • ID - Difficult to put an ID +1 the information before. When I did it, it wasn't possible to create a column with information from another
  • Chart - difficult to create charts of %, not possible to change the columns of different color, when you change the order from the dashboard, it doesnt save, cannot create a pizza graph
AppSheet is perfect for supporting an area of a company that doesn't have many resources available in IT/Programming. Its goal is amazing, as it aims to create a product without the need to know programming - although it's necessary when creating some specific functions. You can create everything from information/analysis control, with all the questions/information you want, to automated charts, dashboards, email alerts, and even payments.
As an improvement point, I would say it would be important to have an easier communication channel to learn how to use the platform masterfully.
Kevin Iwanicki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We have used AppSheet extensively in our business. We built apps to manage insurance claims (processing over $77M in claim payments), audit claims, audit underwriting processes, handle new claim intake, manage compliance tasks, track product changes, respond to fixes and enhancements, etc. Using AppSheet we can make enhancements to our processes quickly and do so at an affordable cost.
  • Price
  • Ease of use
  • Scope of functionality
  • Fosters a vibrant community
  • App documentation
  • Provide more options for customizing the user interface.
  • Move enhancements more quickly to production ready status. Some enhancements are stuck in "preview" for too long.
  • Continue to work on making the experience intuitive for no-coders.
Great for internal app use. Not as great for public use, but this is an area we would also like to use AppSheet more. An excellent tool to use at smaller companies that benefit from being nimble, cost efficient, and able to customize their solutions for their customers.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
AppSheet is primarily used for status tracking and project management type of use cases. It primarily involves working with simple data which is otherwise stored in excel sheets or google sheets, etc. To overcome the problems associated with storing the data in sheets, AppSheet is being increasingly used in our organization. It can cater to multiple use cases from what I understand.
  • It's fairly easy to build the app
  • Efficient to use for relatively less complex use cases
  • Does not require lot of maintenance
  • Ability to add more types of dashboards/charts
  • creating custom fields to build dashboards/charts
AppSheet is less suited for scenarios where complex calculations / number crunching etc. is involved. Already answered where it is better suited.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
With only 1 year experience of using AppSheet in my daily ERP need of managing the business I'm totally in love this platform: easy to create and use, a bit more complex in terms of more advance UX or data display's need - but with our current modest SME operating module, AppSheet delivers great results (especially with their latest move offering it free for Google Workspace Users).
  • Useful Community with instant help / advices
  • Lots of samples for beginners to play with
  • Proactive Help Desk
  • Video Display
  • Calendar Display can be more clear / detail
Suitable:
- SME, moderate team.
- Lots of field works.
- High turn over rate.
- Many different departments / small groups require lots of team work
Note suitable:
- Big companies with huge users.
- Complex UX / information display needed
- Too much confidential protocol required for internal data protection
July 20, 2023

My AppSheet Review

Juan Pablo Fernández Vallejos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I develope apps in the free version environment for test purposes. And I love it.
  • Easy for app creation
  • Super easy UI design for apps
  • Super easy google cloud data integration
  • Easy to understand for medium users
  • Best choice for rapid app development and implementation
Managing educational courses online.
Tracking people for control in the facilities.
Show in an easy way data from google sheets.
Peterson Reis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We used to have lots of spreadsheets until I found out about AppSheet. I accidentally saw "create an app" on my google sheets and decided to click on it. Then I started to explore and I saw an excellent opportunity to integrate the many departments and I solved the inventory problem we had. Since then I've been creating solutions to track and organize our tasks and work daily routine.
  • Display data in a more friendly way
  • Simple and intuitive, easy to learn
  • Create fast automations
  • Improve user interface
  • Working with files still needs some workaround for specific routines
  • Views such as kanban, gant and more button options missing
  • AppSheet could charge only owner and admin users
It is hightly indicated for internal business management. It is less appropriate when you have many users
Mohammad-Hassan Jahanbakhshi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Inventory management and providing a user/mobile-friendly interface for colleagues in the field.
  • User-friendly (Developing and End-user side)
  • Ultra-fast creation of an app out of a g-sheet
  • Zero bugs
  • Super useful small details (e.g. Bar/QR-code scanner)
  • Simple text/image/video pages which could be easily stored in a g-sheet/g-slide (e.g. training material)
  • User specific access (e.g. define access to certain parts of the DB based)
  • The automation part is too complicated for me (it might be actually counter-intuitive or it might need better documentation/training)
  • Embedding G-forms directly in the app
Inventory management is perfect. Defining users' access levels is almost impossible (for me).
October 21, 2022

I recomend AppSheet

Fernando del Pino | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have a problem with data recollecting in the field, and i learn to use AppSheet to solve this problem creating AppSheets for a diverse kind of tasks, like sugarcane planting , sugarcane harvesting, sprays and sugarcane fertilization. I like a lot AppSheet and it's flexibility to create apps for diverses tasks without knows in programing. I use the data recollecting by the app to make some graphics.
  • flexibility
  • accesibility
  • speed
  • Icons and details in UX could be better
AppSheet, based in my short experience, could be appropriate in cases where you need to recollect data from users or employees. AppSheet allows you to work with diverse kind of data and diverse kind of industry. I use it for digitalize field data in a spreadsheet and automatize graphics in data studio or power BI.
Robin Roland Tumambing | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used the AppSheet as a means to simplify process operation I am assigned with. Currently, one process that I am involved is having to use emails and printed documents for filling up and signatories. Through AppSheet, not only I have translated this process into an app, but also developed it in such a way that it saves time and resources and simplified the monitoring of the particular task.
  • Better Monitoring
  • Easy to create and start an app
  • Translates manual tasks into automated bots
  • Maybe we can use the automated email on bots for free :P
It is very helpful in automating and digitizing processes that are physical document heavy because it takes a lot of time for physical documents to circulate around. I have not yet seen the full potential of AppSheet, so I still can't comment on what scenarios or projects in which it is less appropriate.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appsheet really helps simplify complex tasks. Appsheet helped me in prototyping a near-perfect application. Thank you Appsheet
  • create apps without/minimal coding
  • easily use
  • easily to update apps prototype
  • improve lookup search
  • advance report manager
  • different font format
  • extracted code
  • more ux feature
I use Appsheet as a tool for making sample applications which will later be developed further. But sometimes, with Appsheet is also enough for my partner. I like to use Appsheet because it's easy, simple and can be connected to a cloud database. This makes the application that I build closer to perfection.
Kushal Malvania | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We have primarily used AppSheet for collecting data from the field using forms. Two of our student interns created an equipment survey form with over 20 fields (columns) and collected data from over 4000 pieces of equipment. AppSheet solved our business problem of creating dependent dropdown options in forms and made collecting, processing, and managing data easier. We have already identified 3 more use cases for AppSheets in different on-site and data processing applications, and hope to use them extensively going forward, perhaps with an organizational-wide audience!
  • Dependent dropdowns!
  • Image file storing and managing
  • Automated processing of data formats
  • Storing records within the app
  • Allow creation of image link automatically in Drive
AppSheet is well suited for creating survey and field inspection forms. Haven't used it much beyond it.
August 15, 2022

A real discovery

Javier Garcia Monedero | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I am helping to develop an administration system for the entire organization. Currently members, teachers, directors, payments are handled manually with the help of a variety of Excel spreadsheets different by user. I am also expanding functionality
  • Create a multiplatform app within minutes
  • Integrate a variety of field types
  • Automatically defining relationships between data
  • User Roles
  • Security filters
  • Importing fields from a related table to be displayed in a separate view
Any corporate department handling databases in departmental spreadsheets
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
AppSheet is one of the biggest enablers for a small business like ours. We have gone paperless on the key aspects of Education Management for an Art School for children that we manage. e.g. We went beyond taking Attendance as Present/Absent/Tardy etc and included Work done in the class as a key parameter. This enables the teachers to monitor progress as she/he enter attendance. Stock Management, Slot Management, Uploading Completed Work into a Gallery, etc are some of the best uses that we have had so far. I can't stop thanking the team for having created this Intuitive gem of a platform. BTW, I have tried PowerApps, Caspio, etc, and could not go beyond one day of use because am hooked to the simplicity, intuitiveness, and overall "awesomeness" of AppSheet. Moreover, community support is the other positive. You get all the answers. You get to see new feature requests being addressed, clean workarounds, etc. Overall, really really pleased with it.
  • Quick to setup.
  • Simple to use.
  • Works on multiple platforms on the go.
  • Great documentation and support.
  • Allows one to be really creative.
  • Once the tables / UX Views get way too many in number, it can become a little daunting to manage. This part of the UX may need something really smarter.
  • Ability to Undo.
  • Could provide more UI Look and Feel options. BTW, the new Graphs look great, but have some bugs, while the new INPUT() feature is a great addition too.
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.
Miguel Ángel Engracia Zambrano | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I started using Appsheet 02 years ago. Basically, I developed a customized application within this platform that allows me to record the activities and information corresponding to the company in which I am currently working.

In short, the application is responsible for:
Registering users and their personal and professional characteristics.
Defining physical zones of the workplace (in this case, a floating dry dock).
Defining the departments that the company has to carry out the different tasks related to keeping the workplace operational (in this case, a floating dry dock).
Defining the systems that make up the workplace and allow its different activities (electrical, mechanical, lifting, anchoring, etc., etc.).
Logbook that allows each employee to update their personal information from their cell phone, record their daily tasks and send a report to their supervisors.
Report creation.
Inventory registration in warehouses.
Presentation of documents to the staff that works within the facilities.
Record of the work carried out for the different clients (In this case, maintenance work on ships).
And many more activities.
  • Trustworthy
  • Easy to use.
  • Adaptable
  • More display options in the presentation to the end user of the apps.
  • It should be possible, to generate a standard app that can be sold massively in white.
Suitable for database work. Access controller for personnel, products, sales, distribution, etc. Not suitable for applications that require visual and graphic demands. There are graphically interactive applications that have buttons or action gestures that are not common. It should be possible, to create the App. Remove information relevant to the specific company or business for which the App was generated. And then be able to share it with other similar businesses independently.
Balaji Venugopal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Best about Appshet whose those who don't have technical background can also be able to create a workflow from Excel data or Salesforce Data or any API request from the server just click away. It is used across CMT, Insurance portfolios. The mundane and repetitive tasks with pre-defined rules achieves the process.
  • Salesforce Intergration
  • Google Sheets Plugin
  • Outlook 365
  • Web application
  • Database- SQL,MySQL
  • WebApplication integration- Scrapping, OCR
  • Machine Language and NLP
  • Orchestrator missing to monitor robots logs
Simple Excel data can be imported to the App sheet and then customize column make as it workflow with the predefined rule. With Mobile and Tablet Preview, which makes Appsheet Standalone
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are developing various rapid prototypes and variants for a planned mobile app.
  • I can keep my test data in Google Spreadsheets.
  • AppSheet does a good job creating a first "raw" skeleton of a prototype app.
  • If you name your data fields in a good way, AppSheet will correctly guess many of your intentions and create some basic infrastructure and artifacts that will save you time.
  • AppSheet has enough configuration capabilities to turn a prototype into an "alpha version" of an app that you can use for demos to colleagues etc.
  • AppSheet primarily assumes data are in RDBMS/SQL systems, but it should be technically possible and certainly desirable to keep data in a hybrid data store, e.g. GOOGLE Firebase collections, if/when these are modeled similar to RDBMS tables. (Maybe this is already possible, but it was not obvious to me.)
  • The views, esp. "deck" and "card" views, should offer more layout configurations.
  • It would help a lot if the "Data" and "UX" menu items would allow a tree-like grouping of the objects.
Suited: Rapid prototyping of hybrid mobile apps that are primarily data apps. Less suited: Apps that must be sophisticated in layouts and visuals from day 1.
Khangwelo Muronga | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I currently develop Covid19 related applications to assist with the response to the spread of the virus. My team uses the apps to report on Covid19 activities, especially in public schools and public transport.
  • Allowing me to have a working app in minutes
  • Assistance with difficult items on the forums
  • ability to download my data easily through google drive
  • The back office reporting, things like creation of dashboards for specific users
If you are using any other license that is not enterprise, it's not suitable for sensitive data, as you can use your secure organization's infrastructure to store the data
Shmayah Legomsky | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Day to day business use cases like shipping requests
  • Deployment to Computer as well as Mobile
  • Quick development of small applications
  • Build specific views for selected data
  • Clarity on why and how some functions work at a specific view but not at others
  • Usable links to specific views and screens to be clickable from emails received
Great app to build quick apps that are not too sophisticated, and deploy easily in your organization.
Sheral Ulm (Fancher) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
AppSheet has allowed me to simply create a work order app for the Syrian Shrine Cincinnati non-profit organization which helps them to manage a small group of guys that work to keep the facility maintained. It was simple to implement and deploy to the 5-8 users that will use it regularly.
  • Keep the process simple for non-tech users.
  • Provides great documentation and user support.
  • Offers plans that don't cost a lot for very small groups needing a solution.
  • Help with how the end-user gets the app to use.
Citizen developers would be well suited using AppSheet
Eduardo Sampaio | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have a big problem with "beer keg" management. Certainly, there have already been losses of this company's assets. The idea with the Appsheet is to track these barrels on customers through data such as status, location, and date. I just finished the application and already tested it, but I still want to test some more possible features. Anyway, many thanks to Appsheet for giving me this feat!
  • Reference between tables
  • Map View
  • Dashboard (Chart View)
  • Action button
  • Behavior
  • Sync
  • Better detail the formulas for making great references.
  • Have more flexible design tools.
  • Improve or integrate the production of the logo of the app produced with google drawings.
  • Low-Code Development apps with great usability impact.
I recommend the Appsheet as I see it as a very powerful tool that can integrate information that is very relevant for increasing productivity. With the organization management of any type of activity, whether technical or organizational.
January 06, 2022

Way to go App Sheet

Stephen Lobo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Appsheet has given us the opportunity to carry our data where ever we go. Its a wonderful Application which streamlines my work. I can access my data on any OS platform. An Awesome Experience being with Appsheet for all these years.
  • Graphs
  • Data Management
  • GUI
  • App Syncing take a pretty long time
  • First Page load is very time consuming
I have used it for Sales Presentation, Data Collation, Forms and Query generations, Charts, Maps etc
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
we follow up on client leads in France very closely + we blend data acquired on the go by sales rep & compound sales analysis from production facilities
  • google maps api
  • collaboration
  • stability
  • speed of developpement
  • hard to use actions
  • explanation on how to migrate calculations from sheets to client
applicable to nearly any follow up, very easy to use, intégration of maps, calendar, potentially contact, form, mails. Great tool for team management !
November 04, 2021

Something about AppSheet

Tien Dao | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used AppSheet to build an App that can keep and look up color code formulas used in auto refinish service in Vietnam. This app help my company can update color code formulas regularly and help our customers always have the latest color code formulas when they open app on their mobile phone
  • Build sale management app
  • Built human resource management app
  • Build field sale management app
  • AppSheet can help small and medium company improve work process however it need to improve more on user interface, sync speed
AppSheet is suitable for small and medium scale work process about 200 user. If more than that it may be slow. Or if you have more than 100.000 row of data, it could be make the app slow down. So you could use some work around to solve these problem
Subha Ganeshan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
My Plan to Collaborate Workline QA Documentation with AppSheet inorder to provide a handy Wiki Dictionary Portal for the whole organisation to learn and develop about the product.
  • Integration with Google Sheets
  • BoT Presentation
  • Easy and Handy to Present without any code knowledge
  • Support
  • When I started the license was upto 10 users, where we find difficult to implement the L&D with limited license. Have not yet deployed the app, need to do now to check how it works
1. Create a Dictinary Portal 2. Planning to implement L&D Process via AppSheet in my Organisation
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our company uses Appsheet to for project management, client management, affiliate management, and sales management purposes. When 1 task within the company is completed, on any level, its information gets outputted to all appropriate parties, reducing the need for monotonous communication. By providing real-time updates across all projects after the first input, it allows all parties to stay on task with their highest prioritized work rather than communications and followups.
  • Operations: allows on-site workers to be fully informed without needing to understand backend processes, through controlled views.
  • Sales: This allows reps to be informed on the progress of their customers, through controlled views.
  • Partnerships: allows other companies to be informed on the progress of their customers real-time without confusion or constant follow-up, through controlled views.
  • More formatting options to control the overall theme of the app.
  • Lockable side bars.
  • Faster processing apps.
Appsheet can create apps with real value for any industry to a certain extend. The more heavily weighed down by data and views the slower it processes, so use this for situations that don't require an entire database of data to be constantly filtered through its applications.
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