# AppSheet: similar but different

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**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/appsheet-similar-but-different/29293 "2021-07-19T14:19:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/appsheet-similar-but-different/29293/2 "2021-07-19T15:57:36Z")

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Hi @Shiv, about a year ago I was looking for a tool to turn a Google spreadsheet into something a little bit more visual and friendly.

I feel comfortable sharing the list of tools I researched at the time (yeah Google Keep, told you my life would be rough without Google products 😉 ):

(@JackVaughan@david @Mark @Jason If you feel like sharing such a list is inappropriate in the community forum, please let me know of course and I can amend my post or remove it entirely.)

This is a copy-paste, please do your own research as this list is probably outdated now:

> – Nocode development platforms –  
> AppSheet (pricing per user)  
> Awesome Table: visualize/view the Google Sheets in the browser (diff. formats)  
> Glide (pricing per app)  
> Bubble (web apps, website)  
> Carrd  
> Webflow  
> Adalo  
> BettyBlocks - Pricing per app complexity  
> Caspio  
> Claris (ex-FileMaker)  
> Quick Base  
> Spreadsheet Converter (licence-based, limited options)  
> DraftBit
> 
> – Gated app –  
> Memberstack  
> Memberspace

You can also check out [Makerpad](https://www.makerpad.co/tool-directory) or [Nucode](https://www.nucode.co/) to discover other tools.

Every builder/developer has their own set of criteria when choosing a tool. Mine were: minimalist app design that doesn’t allow me to mess up (I cannot design for my life), simple to build, based on Google Sheets, affordable to get started to see if I might stick to this, fun (!), seems like the company will go somewhere (team, speed of development).

Glide fit all of this. And more. Glide Learn is special: @JackVaughan’s way of presenting information could not fit my learning style better, I love his explanations, the information is easy (for me) to digest. What an incredible talent Jack is, I swear. Also, I had not at all anticipated the importance of the Glide community. I didn’t know it at the time, but the strong community has made a huge difference in my app building journey.

I tried a few other solutions before choosing Glide.  
Bubble: the learning curve was too steep for me.  
AppSheet: it felt too pricey to get started and I was disappointed by how the apps looked.  
BettyBlocks: I tried quickly but for some reason didn’t get into it.

I tried Glide and was instantly hooked. Now Glide feels like a family anyway, so they are stuck with me 😅

So I haven’t told you anything about AppSheet because I never got that far. I could just share my journey about choosing the tool that fit my needs and why I chose Glide.

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