Numbers
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Mar 24, 2026first mention
Aug 13, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I recommend Numbers to the vast majority of users in our company, who mainly want to organize tabular data”
company IT/tech decision makeron “My Rules for Using Spreadsheets”
“I set up some trivial code in Numbers (Free Excel) and that worked very well.”
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“dropped the desktop Office suite in favour of Pages and Numbers, which are both free and absolutely working fine”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
- My Rules for Using Spreadsheets 1 mention
- Ask HN: Best way to track medications for elderly family member? 1 mention
- Apple Business 1 mention
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All comments 3
“I recommend Numbers to the vast majority of users in our company, who mainly want to organize tabular data”
“I set up some trivial code in Numbers (Free Excel) and that worked very well.”
“dropped the desktop Office suite in favour of Pages and Numbers, which are both free and absolutely working fine”