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Memlow Sheets and Google Sheets

A Google Sheets alternative for your own sheets

Google Sheets is a powerful online spreadsheet for big, shared work. Memlow Sheets is a smaller Google Sheets alternative for your own budgets, timetables and stock lists: free, offline, private, and with no AI.

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  • Facts checked October 2026
A monthly budget in Memlow Sheets: categories, planned and spent amounts with formulas, and a column chart beside them
In short
  • Choose Memlow Sheets for personal and small-shop sheets that should work offline, stay on your device and sit beside your notes.
  • Stay with Google Sheets for big data, many editors at once, Excel files, scripts and macros, or an iPhone app.
  • Bring a sheet across by copying its cells and pasting them into Memlow, or import a CSV file.

Memlow and Google Sheets side by side

What we say about Google Sheets comes from its own help pages, pricing and policies, checked in October 2026. The small numbers link to the sources under the table.

MemlowGoogle Sheets
PriceFree. A few ads in the Android app, none on the webFree with a Google account. Some Gemini features need a Workspace plan1
AINoneGemini in Sheets, with an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan2
Works offlineYes: on Android, and in your browser after the first visitOn a computer, in Chrome or Edge with the Google Docs Offline extension; on Android, files made available offline3
Where sheets are keptOn your device; backups in your own Drive, encrypted with your passwordIn Google Drive, encrypted by default. Client-side encryption on some Workspace plans1 4
Size100 rows and 26 columns a tabUp to 20 million cells or 100 MB5
Functions108, each with a hint in your languageHundreds, in Google's function list6
Working togetherShared notebooks of up to 19 people, teams of up to 50, protected rangesUp to 100 open tabs or devices editing at once; share with up to 600 addresses7
Scripts and macrosNoneApps Script and recorded macros8
Excel filesNo. CSV and TSV in and outImports .xlsx, .xls, .ods, .csv and more9

Sources, checked October 2026

  1. Google Workspace: Google Sheets
  2. Google Docs Editors Help: Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets
  3. Google Docs Editors Help: Work on Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides offline
  4. Google Workspace Admin Help: About client-side encryption
  5. Google Drive Help: Files you can store in Google Drive
  6. Google Docs Editors Help: Google Sheets function list
  7. Google Docs Editors Help: Share files from Google Drive
  8. Google Apps Script: Google Sheets macros
  9. Google Docs Editors Help: Import data sets & spreadsheets
  10. Google Docs Editors Help: Find what's changed in a file

Where Google Sheets is better

  • It handles big sheets: millions of cells, where a Memlow tab is 100 rows by 26 columns.
  • Many people can edit at once, and version history keeps named versions and each cell's edit history (source 10 above).
  • It opens and saves Excel files, and Apps Script and macros automate the rest.
  • It has hundreds of functions and works on iPhone and iPad as well as Android and the web.

For a company's reports, a class of 200 or anything built on Excel files, Google Sheets is the right tool.

Where Memlow Sheets is different

  • It works offline in the browser too, with no extension, and on Android with no connection at all.
  • Sheets stay on your device. Backups go to your own Google Drive, encrypted with a password only you know, and shared sheets are end to end encrypted.
  • There's no AI. Smart fill spots simple patterns with fixed rules, and that's all.
  • Sheets live beside your notes. A small sheet can sit inside a note, and a table can become a sheet.
  • Smart cells come ready: tick boxes, coloured dropdowns, dates, star ratings and progress bars, plus 15 chart types and 12 templates.

The Memlow Sheets page covers the rest, and the sheet templates are ready to open.

Who should stay with Google Sheets

Stay with Google Sheets if your sheets are large, shared with many people, built on Excel files or scripts, or need an iPhone app. Memlow Sheets suits a household budget, a timetable, a shop's stock list or a grade tracker that you'd rather keep on your own phone.

Bring your sheets across with CSV

  1. Open the sheet in Google Sheets and select the cells you need, headings included.
  2. Copy them, open a new sheet in Memlow, click the first cell and paste. The values arrive in their cells.
  3. Or, if you have the sheet as a CSV or TSV file, import it into Memlow as a new tab or over one, up to 20 MB.

Formulas don't come across as formulas; add Memlow's versions where you need them. Import a CSV or TSV file into a sheet has the steps.

Questions

Questions people ask

Something else? Look in the Help Center or write to [email protected].

Is Memlow Sheets a free Google Sheets alternative?

Yes. It's free with no paid plan. The Android app shows a few ads; the web app has none.

Can Memlow open Excel files?

No. Memlow imports and exports CSV and TSV. Save an Excel file as CSV first.

Does Memlow Sheets work offline?

Yes. On Android with no connection at all, and in your browser after your first visit, with no extension.

Does Memlow Sheets have AI?

No. There's no AI in Memlow. Smart fill uses fixed rules to spot simple patterns.

How big can a Memlow sheet be?

Each tab has 100 rows and 26 columns, and a sheet can have several tabs. It's made for personal and small-business sheets.

Help with moving and starting out

Help Center
Get started with Memlow Sheets Import a CSV or TSV file into a sheet Formulas and functions in Sheets Make a chart from your sheet
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