Comparison
Storeyz vs Google Sheets for Shot Lists
The real competitor to every shot list app is a spreadsheet. Here is the honest comparison.
Short answer
A spreadsheet is free, universal, and completely adequate for a simple shoot filmed in order. It fails in one specific way: it sorts one column at a time. Re-sort by location for the shoot day and you destroy the story order you planned in. Keep the story order and you spend the day scrolling. That single limitation is the reason shots go missing, and it is the reason to move.
Side by side
| Google Sheets | Storeyz | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Paid |
| Available everywhere | Yes | Web app |
| Story order and shoot order at once | No — one sort at a time | Yes |
| Mobile usability while filming | Poor | Built for it |
| Check-off on location | Awkward | One tap |
| Reusable templates | Yes, by duplicating | Yes |
| Reference images per shot | Awkward | Yes |
| Equipment per shot | Manual | Yes |
| Export and hand-off | Yes | Yes |
When to choose something else
- Your shoot is simple and you will film in roughly the order you planned.
- Budget is the deciding factor.
- You need to share with someone who will only open a spreadsheet.
- You have a spreadsheet workflow that already works and no missing-shot problem.
When Storeyz is the better fit
- You film out of sequence, which is almost everyone.
- You have pinch-zoomed a spreadsheet on a phone while holding a camera.
- You want reference images attached to shots.
- You run the same job repeatedly and want more than a duplicated tab.
- You have lost footage to a list that was sorted the wrong way.
Try it on your next shoot
Storeyz keeps your shots in story order for planning and regroups them by location for the day — then you tick them off on your phone as you get them.
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