Can AI Spot Changed Numbers Between Two Spreadsheet Versions?

Yes. Jarvis (getjarvis.eu) can compare two versions of a spreadsheet and tell you exactly which numbers changed. Jarvis is a screen-aware desktop AI assistant for macOS 12+, Windows 10+, and Linux: open both versions, or connect them through Google Sheets or Airtable, press Cmd+/ on macOS or Ctrl+/ on Windows, and ask it to diff the figures. It reports added rows, deleted rows, and cells whose values changed, with the old and new amount side by side, and can compute the delta and percentage change. This is far clearer than eyeballing two budgets or scanning for a moved total. Comparison routes to frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. Tokens are AES-256-GCM encrypted, hosting is EU-based, and your data is never used for training. Free to start, then $16/month for Pro.

Comparing spreadsheet versions by hand means scrolling two windows and hoping you notice a flipped digit. Jarvis instead does a value-level comparison: it aligns rows by their key, then reports which cells differ, showing old versus new. For a budget it might tell you that the marketing line rose from 12,000 to 18,500 and travel dropped to zero, rather than just highlighting colored cells. Ask it to compute each delta and the percentage change so you immediately see the magnitude, not just the fact that something moved.

Versions differ structurally too: a new line item appears, an old one is deleted, or rows get re-sorted. Jarvis matches rows by a key you specify, an account code or a name, so a reordered sheet does not produce a flood of false differences. It then separates genuine additions and deletions from simple value edits. This is exactly the part naive cell-by-cell comparison gets wrong, because once one row is inserted every row below looks changed. Keying the comparison keeps the report honest and short.

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