Free spreadsheet apps are a cool idea, as long as you’re comfortable with their limitations. Many are ad-supported, for instance, so expect part of your screen to be trying to sell you something.

Thanks to a suggestion from Macworld reader David Erato, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks immersed in spreadsheet applications…no, not on my Mac, but on my iPhone. David was curious how well the ...

Grid, which launched in beta last week, takes basic Excel functionality and updates it with an intuitive, touch-based interface for mobile OS X devices. With Grid, you can input numbers, of course, ...

Users’ of Google’s Spreadsheet application can now designate blocks of cells that only they can modify when they allow their worksheets to be edited by others. By locking certain cell ranges, users ...

Using an Excel-like spreadsheet app with your iPad, you can work with spreadsheets and figures while on the move, improving your productivity. Although there is no iPad version of Excel itself, ...

As the spreadsheet program in Microsoft's Office suite of applications, Excel is one of the most popular programs used by business, educational institutions and individuals. Heavy-duty users of the ...