Apple Numbers

Software Overview

Apple Numbers is a macOS app used to organize, analyze, and visualize data in spreadsheets. It is one of Apple's three productivity apps, along with Pages and Keynote, and is also available for iOS devices and as an iCloud web app.

Numbers supports over 250 functions and comes with a variety of tools for organizing and visualizing your data, which includes over 700 customizable shapes. You can insert media, tables, and charts, and edit graphics. And while the application uses the proprietary .NUMBERS format for saving spreadsheets, the software also supports the Microsoft Excel .XLSX and .XLS formats.

Numbers allows you to create spreadsheets much like Excel but gives you the freedom to create more visually pleasing layouts. You can choose fonts and style cell borders as well as add, resize, and apply styles to tables. Numbers also comes with over 30 prebuilt templates that enable you to skip the work involved in designing your own spreadsheet themes.

Summary

Numbers is an application designed for macOS users looking for an alternative to Microsoft Excel. It comes with support for more than 250 functions and the freedom to design the layout of your spreadsheets. However, the app fails to supply the same amount of power as its Microsoft competitor, producing satisfactory results when working with spreadsheets. Therefore, if you can afford the cost, stay with Excel.

Primary File Type

.NUMBERSApple Numbers Spreadsheet

Supported File Types