Apps & Software · Oct 10, 2026
4 annoying Windows apps you can replace with an Excel spreadsheet
Stop paying for productivity apps: These 4 tools are just spreadsheets with a markup
Most productivity software sells you a clean interface and a recurring charge for features you could build yourself in an afternoon. I've paid for tools that promised to do a lot, and they ended up being spreadsheets. People write Excel off as old or basic, but it can do math, it saves everything, and it works offline.