iPhone Data Visualization Application?
I recently came across a few iPhone applications (Apps) that allow a user to view or edit spreadsheets in Excel. Some have pretty good reviews and others, well, not so good. I think there is some benefit to being able to view data visualizations, charts, graphs, spreadsheets and reports on your phone. I think the capability is probably limited as it would be near impossible to do large scale spreadsheets on a phone. Also, the screen size would limit the size and amount of data that could be displayed.
Here are a few spreadsheet type apps for the iPhone:
- Quick Office
- ispreadsheet
- Mariner Calc
In my opinion, the best option is still to view web-published visualizations from a company like Spotfire or Tableau to see near real-time data, trends and visualizations. Let’s forget about trying to build spreadsheets on your phone, because that isn’t going to happen.
