Google Sheets

ahhhh help! please fix this i use sheets 50x a day on my mobile phone.

I downloaded Google Sheets on my phone thinking that it would work just as well as my laptop does, and be more convenient. I was very wrong. When I tried to edit a shared document, my edits were completely removed from the version history the next day.

I love the app, have used google suite apps for many years, but it does frustrate me that I cannot access the many of the capabilities on the app as I would if I opened google sheets in a web browser. Seems pointless to get the app then.

As powerful as an IPhone 14 is I would expect easier functionality and optimization for Sheets on Mobile.

The black triangle shows up, but nothing else works.

Good to view sheets on the go and do simple stuff, but it does have bugs. One major bug is the toolbar doesn’t register/respond. Meaning you can’t share or find/replace on the go. Not being able to search is a big bug IMO.

Now, I’m a long time user and fan of most spreadsheet software, even if I don’t use it. But, I’ve recently stopped using a computer for unavoidable reasons I won’t go into. (What is the point of a larger bulkier computer when I’m basically told I have to carry one with me, that supersedes the base purpose me having a phone in the first place?) Now, I use(d) Excel primarily, and was told nigh endlessly about how good Sheets was. So, I have been working prior to switching to a mobile as my work station (on a paying job, no less) in Sheets. Only to find out, that none of the actual infrastructure that allows for any legitimate complexity (aside from formulas), is accessible. I can’t access any context menus, development, design, tables, data validation (which is paramount when dealing with simultaneously non-numerical and complex hierarchical Data). My work and experiences, suffer to the point, that I may as well know nothing more than ‘box make math’. Any real work is limited to manually parsing everything from the ground up. While you can make ‘Filters’, which is the analog to Tables (because all table have to be ‘Pivot’ style now), listing functions via the function icon to the data entry field while editing a cell, and the tool(?) bar host only some basic formatting functionality, is not viable for anyone who actually knows enough to use spreadsheet software. I can’t make named ranges for ease of reference, limit acceptable information within a cell or range, use scripts to facilitate operations not covered in functions, create menus, and other fun and useful things. What is the point of a mobile Sheets App as anything more than a viewer for files created on other mediums like Desktops and Laptops? Currently, I’m really put off by Google products, leaning into ease of use over functionality. I don’t mind ease of use. I don’t even mind the convenience. But, this App is ‘NOT’ Google Sheets. It is at -best- ‘Google Sheets Lite’ which is basically no different in functional accessibility than a PDF reader. At -Worst- It’s a misleading representation of software, that rides on its name to lure people into using it, instead of the complex system it portends to be. I did try accessing the sheets on my phone’s browser, even requesting desktop websites in hopes of proper functionality. No luck there, either. All relevant solutions with regard to my situation call for a laptop or desktop exclusively. I am profoundly disappointed in my experience here, and currently wouldn’t recommend this to anyone considering it for convenience, unless their experience and needs were novice. Even then, I would warn them. Hopefully, these are things that can and will be addressed and corrected for. As it is, Sheets on mobile devices appears by all accounts to be a waste of time. Please tell me there’s hope in the future. I’m losing money because your app lacks functionality.

Just nice

WE NEED DROP DOWN LIST FEATURE ASAP

Every time I try and the comment feature on iPhone the whole app crashes. I can’t insert a comment or let alone read comments left by other editors of the sheet.