This user's frustration with scrolling in a cell on mobile is not a minor inconvenience, it is a symptom of a broken design philosophy. When you cannot scroll through a formula box on an iPhone, or place your cursor between numbers in a cell, the tool has stopped serving its core purpose. The user reports this functionality worked in previous versions and now does not. That is a regression, not an update. And it tells us something important: mobile spreadsheet apps are still being built as afterthoughts.
Think about the workflow this user describes. They are on a mobile device, likely in motion, trying to edit a formula. They drag their thumb to scroll down. Nothing happens. They tap the cell to place the cursor between numbers. It snaps to the start or end. The interface is fighting them. This is not a learning curve; it is a barrier. The user ends their post with "I can't figure it out," yet still thanks the team for their work. That patience is generous, but it should not be required. A tool that demands forgiveness for basic editing tasks has not been designed for the way people actually work.
The practical implication is straightforward: if a spreadsheet app cannot handle long formulas on mobile, then mobile is not a viable workspace for complex data. Users are forced back to a desktop or a laptop, which defeats the promise of anywhere-access. The user's experience is a clear signal that mobile data workflows need a fundamental rethink, not a patch. Scrolling inside a cell and precise cursor placement are not advanced features. They are table stakes. Without them, the mobile version is a viewer, not a builder.
Our opinion is plain: this is a design failure that prioritizes visual simplicity over functional utility. The team behind this app should treat this feedback as urgent. Restore the scrolling capability. Fix the cursor placement. Then ask why those features ever disappeared in the first place. The user's closing note, "Doing great work here", is a compliment that should fuel the next iteration, not settle the current one.