Just List vs. a Google Sheets sign-up

A shared Google Sheet is free, flexible and familiar, and for a job that really is a spreadsheet it's hard to beat. For who brings what it has one weak spot: with an edit link, anyone can type over anyone. In Just List each guest taps their own item, quantities add up on their own, and it's comfortable on a phone.

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What a Google Sheet does well

  • Free, and almost everyone has opened one before.
  • Anything goes: your own columns, formulas, as many tabs as you like.
  • Edit history shows who changed a cell, and you can lock parts of the sheet.
Just ListGoogle Sheets
Joining without an account
✓ Open the link and tap, no app or account✓ With "Anyone with the link", people can use the file without signing in; they show up as anonymous animals
Can a guest change someone else's line?
No. Each guest manages only their own picks; only the host can remove someone else'sEditors can change any unprotected cell. Locking a range limits it to people you choose, and Google says protection "shouldn't be used as a security measure"
Seeing who did what
Each claim shows the guest's name; in the app the host gets a push for every claim✓ "Show edit history" on a cell, for people who can edit

Last checked: 21 Oct 2026 · Google Docs Editors Help: Share files from Google Drive · Google Docs Editors Help: Protect, hide & edit sheets · Google Docs Editors Help: Find what's changed in a file

  • Already running a sheet? Import the Google Sheets link and it becomes an event, with the names already on it
  • Quantities that add up: "6 bottles of drinks", each guest picks how many, and the rest stays open
  • Who's Coming RSVPs on the same link
  • Justy writes the list from one sentence (3 a day free)

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