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Height vs Numbers

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Height

Technology

A project management tool from a small independent vendor that uses AI agents to handle routine ticket maintenance.

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Numbers logo

Numbers

Spreadsheets

Apple spreadsheet, free on Apple hardware, now with an optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Height it is one product from one small venture-funded company with no second line of business underwriting it, so adopting it as your system of record is a bet on that company's funding, and the tool holds work history you would have to reconstruct elsewhere if the bet fails.; Numbers numbers is not available on Windows or Android as a full application, so any collaborator outside the Apple ecosystem is limited to the basic iCloud.com web version.
  • They diverge on capability: Height covers Autonomous triage, Numbers covers Canvas-style layout.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Height and Numbers actually diverge.

Attributes where Height and Numbers differ
AttributeHeightNumbers
Pricing modelUnknownFree with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features
PlatformsWebmacOS, iOS, Web
CategoryTechnologySpreadsheets
Founded2018Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Height

  • Autonomous triage
  • Duplicate detection
  • Attribute maintenance
  • Per-task chat
  • Multiple views
  • Developer integrations
  • Custom fields and filters
  • Public API

Only in Numbers

  • Canvas-style layout
  • Formulas and categories
  • iCloud collaboration
  • Excel import and export
  • Apple Pencil and touch support
  • Apple Creator Studio AI features

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Height

  • A product or engineering team with no dedicated project manager, where backlog upkeep currently falls on whoever has timenot Numbers
  • Teams leaving Jira because its configuration and administration cost more attention than the tracking is worthnot Numbers
  • A support or intake queue where incoming requests need categorising and deduplicating before anyone can plan themnot Numbers
  • Startups that want tasks, chat and progress tracking in one tool rather than stitching a tracker to a chat appnot Numbers

Numbers

  • A Mac or iPad user who wants a spreadsheet with no additional software cost beyond the devicenot Height
  • Someone building a visually laid-out document, an invoice or a planner, rather than a dense data tablenot Height
  • A small team already on Apple hardware collaborating through iCloud without adopting Google Workspace or Microsoft 365not Height
  • A user who wants light AI-assisted content generation and is willing to pay for Apple Creator Studio to get itnot Height

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Height

  • It is one product from one small venture-funded company with no second line of business underwriting it, so adopting it as your system of record is a bet on that company's funding, and the tool holds work history you would have to reconstruct elsewhere if the bet fails.
  • The 2024 relaunch as Height 2.0 reoriented the product around AI agents and changed workflows customers had already built on, which is the clearest available evidence of how much the product may be re-shaped again under you.
  • The ecosystem is small next to Jira, Linear and Asana: fewer third-party integrations, no consultancy market, and far less written material to search when something behaves unexpectedly, so support questions go to the vendor and wait.
  • The automation only pays off if tasks contain enough substance for a model to work with; on a team whose tickets are two-word titles, the agents have nothing to triage or deduplicate and the product reduces to an ordinary tracker at a premium.
  • Task content is processed by hosted large language models, so a security review becomes a question about subprocessors and data handling, and there is no self-hosted or on-premises deployment to fall back on if the answer is unacceptable.
  • There is no widely used two-way synchronisation with Jira, so an organisation where one team adopts Height and the rest stay on Jira ends up with two systems of record and manual reconciliation between them.

Numbers

  • Numbers is not available on Windows or Android as a full application, so any collaborator outside the Apple ecosystem is limited to the basic iCloud.com web version.
  • Complex Excel formulas, pivot tables and VBA macros do not convert reliably, so heavy Excel users moving files into Numbers risk losing functionality.
  • Its canvas-style layout that is a strength for visual documents becomes a weakness for large, dense datasets, where a fixed grid like Excel or Sheets is easier to navigate.
  • The newest AI features are now gated behind the separate Apple Creator Studio subscription, meaning the previously all-free app now has a paid tier for its most talked-about new capability.
  • Performance and formula depth trail both Excel and Google Sheets for serious financial modelling or statistical analysis.

Pricing, plan by plan

Height

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Height review.

Numbers

Free
  • NumbersFree
    • Free with a Mac, iPad or iPhone
    • Core spreadsheet and canvas features
    • iCloud collaboration included
  • Apple Creator Studio$12.99/month
    • AI-assisted features across Numbers, Pages and Keynote
    • Premium templates
    • 129 USD annual option

Which should you pick?

Choose Height if

  • You need autonomous triage.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want duplicate detection.
Height review

Choose Numbers if

  • You need canvas-style layout.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on macOS, iOS, Web.
  • You also want formulas and categories.
Numbers review

Questions people ask

Is Height or Numbers better?
Neither clearly leads. Height starts at Free and Numbers at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Height or Numbers?
Height starts at Free and Numbers at Free.
Does Height or Numbers run on more platforms?
Height runs on Web. Numbers runs on macOS, iOS, Web.
Can I use Height for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Height best used for?
Height is most often used for a product or engineering team with no dedicated project manager, where backlog upkeep currently falls on whoever has time, teams leaving jira because its configuration and administration cost more attention than the tracking is worth, a support or intake queue where incoming requests need categorising and deduplicating before anyone can plan them, startups that want tasks, chat and progress tracking in one tool rather than stitching a tracker to a chat app. Of those, a product or engineering team with no dedicated project manager, where backlog upkeep currently falls on whoever has time and teams leaving jira because its configuration and administration cost more attention than the tracking is worth are not what Numbers is typically brought in for.
What can Height do that Numbers cannot?
Height covers Autonomous triage, Duplicate detection, Attribute maintenance, Per-task chat. Numbers covers Canvas-style layout, Formulas and categories, iCloud collaboration, Excel import and export.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Height: How is this different from Jira automation?

Jira automation is rule-based: you define a trigger and an action. Height's agents read the content of tasks and act on judgement, such as recognising that two tickets describe the same bug, which no rule can express.

Numbers: Do I have to pay for Numbers?

No, it is free for anyone with a Mac, iPad or iPhone; it does not require a separate purchase.

Height: Can we self-host it?

No. It is software as a service only, with no on-premises or private-cloud deployment. If your requirements rule out a hosted tracker, this is not a candidate.

Numbers: What does Apple Creator Studio add?

AI-assisted content generation and premium templates across Numbers, Pages and Keynote, for around 12.99 USD a month.

Height: What happens to our data if the company fails?

You would need an export and a migration to another tool. This is the standard risk with a single-product startup, and it is worth confirming the export path covers task history, comments and custom fields before committing to it.

Numbers: Can I use Numbers on Windows?

Only through a limited web version at iCloud.com; there is no native Windows application.

Height: Does it work for non-engineering teams?

Yes, the views and custom fields are generic enough for marketing, operations or support queues. Its integrations, though, are aimed at software teams, so a non-engineering team gets less of the surrounding value.

Height: Do the AI features need our tickets to be well written?

In practice, yes. Triage, deduplication and attribute maintenance work from what is written in the task, so the return is much higher on a team that already writes descriptive tickets than on one that does not.

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