SheetWatch
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Know the moment a cell changes.

SheetWatch is a web app that monitors Google Sheets for changes. Pick a spreadsheet, a tab, and a cell range. It checks that range on your schedule, finds the exact cell that moved, and tells you — wherever you actually look.

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Illustration of the change view — not a screenshot.

What it does

Sheets tell you a file changed. Not which cell.

Google's own notifications stop at "someone edited this". SheetWatch goes down to the cell, keeps the value that was there before, and routes the news to the people who care.

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Cell-level detection

Watch a fixed range, or match rows by a key column so inserts don't cause false alarms. You get the exact cell, its old value, and its new one.

B2

Alerts that route

Build rules from conditions like equals, greater than, or changes-to. Send each rule only to the channels that should hear it.

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Six ways to hear it

Web push, email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, or your own webhook. Quiet hours hold push and email until you're awake.

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History you can scrub

Every detected change is stored with a before-and-after snapshot, so you can go back and see what the grid looked like at the time.

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KPI tiles and charts

Pin any watched cell as a live metric with thresholds, and chart ranges as line, bar, area, or donut without leaving the app.

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Cross-sheet comparison

Diff a master sheet against target sheets, review what it finds, and apply only the differences you accept.

How it works

Three steps, about a minute.

No install, no script in your spreadsheet, no formulas to maintain.

  1. Sign in with Google

    SheetWatch never sees your password. Google's own consent screen shows exactly what you're granting, and you can revoke it whenever you like.

  2. Pick a sheet and a range

    Choose a spreadsheet from your Drive or paste its link, then set the tab, the cell range, and how often it should be checked.

  3. Get told when it changes

    SheetWatch keeps checking in the background — browser closed, laptop shut — and notifies you through whichever channels you turned on.

Questions

Before you sign in.

The things worth knowing up front, including the limits.

What is SheetWatch?

SheetWatch is a web application that monitors Google Sheets for changes. You connect your Google account, pick a spreadsheet, tab, and cell range, and SheetWatch checks that range on your chosen interval and notifies you the moment a cell changes.

How fast will I hear about a change?

As fast as the poll interval you set for that sheet, which can be as tight as a minute. SheetWatch checks on a schedule rather than receiving live events from Google, so a value that changes and changes back between two checks will not be spotted. Don't use it as the only safeguard for something critical.

Does it change my spreadsheets?

Not during monitoring — that's read-only. It writes in two cases you trigger yourself: accepting a cross-sheet suggestion writes that one value into the target cell, and removing a spreadsheet moves the file to your Google Drive trash, where you can restore it.

Where can notifications go?

Web push to your browser or phone, email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, or any generic webhook you control. Alert rules can route different conditions to different channels, and quiet hours hold push and email until the window ends.

How much does it cost?

SheetWatch is free to use.

How do I delete my account?

Settings → Account → Danger zone → Delete account. Deletion is immediate and permanent, and SheetWatch's access to your Google account is revoked at the same time. Your spreadsheets are never touched — they stay in your Drive. Full detail is in the Privacy Policy.

Get started

Put a sheet under watch.

Connect Google once. Free, and you can erase everything from inside the app whenever you want.