[jrsnyder]

Wow, both of these look really cool! I'm glad to see the database + friendly UI category is getting some reinvigorated attention.

Last time I researched this category, the best options I could find were MS Access and FileMaker Pro. I'm often annoyed with overly use-case-specific apps, as they do not have good flexibility in interacting with the data they use. It seems like many use-case-specific apps would be better suited as templates in a generic database UI tool.

Chris Granger's Eve is also tackling the database UI problem, and they are investigating wider-scoped UI patterns, beyond spreadsheets.

[jasoncrawford]

Yes, it's time for the FileMaker/Access category to be reborn for the age of webapps, mobile, and APIs.

[thenipper]

Sadly it seems like whenever this happens they get acquired by someone(probably Salesforce) and you never hear about the product again...