Setapp's answer

Setapp was created in 2016 by MacPaw, the company behind apps such as CleanMyMac, ClearVPN, and more. The key idea behind Setapp was to give users a simple way to discover high-quality apps for Mac. Over the years, the catalog has grown to over 260 apps and now includes tools for Mac, iOS, and web. Setapp is localized in eight languages and has users all over the world. Here are the key dates:

November 2016: Setapp closed beta is launched for the press, opinion leaders, and influencers. December 6, 2016: Setapp Beta release. January 25, 2017: Setapp public release. August 6, 2020: Setapp let users install iOS apps. August 11, 2021: Setapp arrives on iPhone and iPad. March, 2026: Single app purchase via Setapp Marketplace is introduced. Now, Setapp includes 260+ apps, 50+ iOS apps, and about 10 web apps with more to come.

SheetSteps's answer:

SheetSteps began with a simple goal: helping people get unstuck in Google Sheets through practical tutorials, working formulas, and editable templates. Over time, it became clear that users did not only need instructions, they needed a tool that could complete repetitive spreadsheet work for them. SheetSteps therefore evolved into an AI workspace focused on bringing web data into Google Sheets, creating live formulas, analyzing spreadsheets, and automating workflows while keeping results transparent and reviewable.

Setapp's answer

Setapp's key differentiators:

-Curation. Setapp is a curated platform with trusted, hand-picked apps — not a place filled with self-submitted apps.

-Professional focus. Setapp includes apps aimed at improving productivity and workflows for professionals who rely on their Macs. Setapp users range from developers and marketers to educators, healthcare experts, logistics and retail professionals, and more.

-Flexible access. Users have two ways to get apps: a single-fee subscription to 260+ fully unlocked Mac, iOS, and web apps; or individual app purchases via Setapp Marketplace, for those who need just a few apps rather than the full catalog.

-Security. Setapp holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2, and GDPR certifications. Apps are not permitted to display ads or include hidden in-app purchases.

-AI access. AI+ plans give access to all popular LLM models — GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok — through a single gateway.

Setapp gives users apps they can count on. It’s not an endless store but a curated collection of apps worth users’ time and money.

SheetSteps's answer:

SheetSteps combines AI-powered web scraping and live spreadsheet formulas directly inside Google Sheets. Users can turn a webpage, list of URLs, or entire sitemap into clean, structured columns, then use formulas such as SHEETSTEPS_EXTRACT to pull data into individual cells. It also supports JavaScript-rendered websites, saved scraping recipes, monitoring, and safe previews before anything is written to the spreadsheet.

Setapp's answer

-Quality over volume. The catalog includes only hand-picked, trusted apps. When downloading an app from Setapp, users can be sure it is high quality and safe to use.

-Trusted apps, no fillers. Every app is Apple-notarized, ad-free, fully unlocked, and has no features locked behind additional paywalls. Getting apps through Setapp means avoiding malware and unpleasant surprises.

-Save costs. Setapp Membership offers access to over 260 apps for a flat fee — no need to subscribe to multiple individual apps and juggle subscriptions. In Setapp Marketplace, users can purchase hand-picked, trusted apps individually, with no need to double-check quality or security.

SheetSteps's answer:

SheetSteps removes the need to switch between a separate scraping tool, CSV exports, and Google Sheets. Users can describe the information they need in plain English, preview real results, approve the destination columns, and run the workflow directly from their spreadsheet. It is designed to be approachable for nontechnical users while still supporting bulk URLs, sitemaps, custom fields, JavaScript rendering, reusable recipes, and recurring monitoring.

Setapp's answer

Setapp is actively used by professionals who rely heavily on their Macs and want to improve their workflows — including developers, IT specialists, content creators, designers, marketers, writers, educators, students, and specialists in agriculture, logistics, retail, healthcare, and other fields.

SheetSteps's answer:

SheetSteps is primarily designed for people and teams that use Google Sheets to collect and maintain web data. This includes SEO professionals conducting site audits, ecommerce teams monitoring products and prices, sales teams researching prospects, analysts collecting comparable information, marketers organizing online content, and operations teams automating repetitive spreadsheet work.

SheetSteps's answer:

SheetSteps is built around the Google Sheets add-on platform and spreadsheet custom functions. Its product also uses AI model integrations, web-crawling and data-extraction technology, managed browser rendering for JavaScript-based websites, and cloud-based background processing for bulk scraping and scheduled monitoring. Users can also bring their own AI API key.