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Re: Can anyone recommend an app for spreadsheets for iPad

Open office is a free office suite that works with word, powerpoint, excel (spreadsheet) and some other office apps. it won't work on ipads but here is a solution for that.

Here's the good news, you may use iPad's internet access to run OpenOffice through a virtual environment such as the one provided by RollApp. Rollapp sports a freemium product which allows iPad users to tap into its version of OpenOffice and other productivity products for 14 days without cost. After that time, users must pay a monthly fee. It's a clunky method for accessing OpenOffice but it might be better than nothing.

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Re: Can anyone recommend an app for spreadsheets for iPad


@Lynnj wrote:

Apple changed that a few years ago. Now offer it free on newly purchased devices/computers. Here is the link with explanation from Apple Support. It doesn't come pre-loaded, so if you want it, you go to the App Store to download it. It will say "get" on the thing you click to download. 

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202794

 

So the reason that Numbers is not offered for free to you in the App Store is because your computer was purchased prior to this program rolling out. My 2012 MacBook Air charges me in the App Store for Pages, Numbers, etc. if I bought a new computer today, these apps would be available for me to download for free. 

 

To OP - I suggest using the Numbers app on your iPad. It's just like Excel and you can save them as Excel format, as well. This would be of benefit to you if you created a spreadsheet on iPad, then wanted to continue to work on it on your computer, or vise versa. 

 

as far as whether an app is free or not, if it says "get" on the icon you click to download the app in the AppStore, then it is free. Now some of those apps have in-app purchases. So while it's free to download and use, sometimes there are additional things you had in mind to do with it that requires an additional cost. You can review what additional costs are subject to in-app purchases before downloading a free (or "get") app before downloading it. Usually listed on the right hand side on a computer....or if you scroll down to the middle of the app description area in iOS (phone/iPad). 

 

If that little green icon in the App Store has an dollar amount listed, instead of "get", than that means that is the cost to download the app. In other words the app isn't free. So free = get, dollar amount = paid. Both free and paid apps can have in-app purchases, which obviously cost to use those features. 


When I go to the app store, it doesn't say "get".  When I click on apps by Apple, it shows Pages has been purchased, Numbers and Keynote have a price tag of $19.95.  I bought Pages early on since I wanted to be able to communicate with others.  I bought my iMac in 2012 when they all cost extra.  Since I'm retired, I really don't need it.  If I ever do, I have other devices.