Textexpander: The "Beta Version" of this app is amazing.
I received an email over a year ago, as a long-time use of TextExpander, telling me to try out the new "beta version" of the app. It’s not available here on the App Store, and its a different app in-and-of-itself, but it works so much better than this one that’s on the App Store.
In fact, the one on the App Store is rated pretty accurately, I’d give it two stars, but the beta version app, which is been out for over a year works perfectly, and I would read it higher than the other snippet apps on the App Store, because it has snippet search functionality, along with syncing the same snippets that are on my computer.
I have 400+ snippets and to be able to search quickly through all of them and quickly plug in the one I need, is so much more useful than all the other snippet apps that have folders and buttons.
In fact, the one on the App Store is rated pretty accurately, I’d give it two stars, but the beta version app, which is been out for over a year works perfectly, and I would read it higher than the other snippet apps on the App Store, because it has snippet search functionality, along with syncing the same snippets that are on my computer.
I have 400+ snippets and to be able to search quickly through all of them and quickly plug in the one I need, is so much more useful than all the other snippet apps that have folders and buttons.
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Great product that needs revamp!
Great product that needs a revamp. Hasn’t been updated for 2 years! If there was something better I would switch, but I don’t want to! Please update this puppy. It is too glitchy to use on iOS, which is what I need it most. Again, I love this product, just wish it was up to date.
what the .hh??
If the app is called TEXT EXPANDER and it is “sold” as a Mac app, A iPhone app and an iPad app, please then pray tell why will it not expand in ipad or iPhone? It used to. If it doesn’t expand on iOS then what DOES it do? That is, if you still want my money next month. Right now, it’s regally sitting on my iOS devices without doing a thing in the world. There are the keyboards, sure, but why do they keep defaulting back to whatever keyboard that is not the one branded by Text Expander. So many questions, so much frustration. Am I holding it wrong?
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Dead app.
App hasn’t been updated in 2 years (as of March 2023).
Great on Mac, though.
Great on Mac, though.
The removal of features
I’ll be honest, I’m extremely disappointed with removal of text expander functionality with apps such as drafts. The keyboard doesn’t provide the same functionality… for instance, I can’t use fill in fields in my expansions on iOS with the keyboard, it expands the entire snippet without allowing me to edit my fill in fields. The in app Drafts functionality allowed me to do this.
I have been a long time user of this app and want to continue but breaking my workflows feels like a complete reverse to the automation your company and app support. I hope the in app keyboard gains more functionality or you reconsider the current moves because the way things are currently has me as an extremely dissatisfied user.
I have been a long time user of this app and want to continue but breaking my workflows feels like a complete reverse to the automation your company and app support. I hope the in app keyboard gains more functionality or you reconsider the current moves because the way things are currently has me as an extremely dissatisfied user.
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Doesn’t work on iPhone
Works great on my Mac and allows my team to sync across members but it doesn’t work at all on iPhone. Thus one star.
Neglected app
TextExpander is an essential service, but the iOS app looks like it hasn’t been updated since 1972 and it lacks key functions (such as editing snippets containing variables with preselected options).
Horrible on iOS
Given the subscription cost, this REALLY needs attention. Unbelievably awful.
Fix Please
This is all on Smile’s dev team, now. I don’t mind paying for the subscription, but the keyboard has to deliver. Make this keyboard able to search through all the snippets like yoink does for its files. Make the keyboard respond like the ios keyboard, so I don’t have to type somslowly and accurately to get the words out on it compared to the ios stock keyboard. Give me the option to get rid of the Text Expander T button. Add support for iOS autocomplete. Give us snippets search in spotlight. Allow for mousing the cursor by holding down spqcebar. Whatever Apple won’t help with, tell us and we’ll fule bugs. I hate that I can’t turn off Apple’s snippet expansion by toggle. There’s a lot Smile could do tomfix this and make it work for the annual fee. They just aren’t developing it. How about a safari extension? How about Grammarly support? Maybe work with Xsearch. Work closer with Drafts App and fantastical to eliminate app updates for snippets.
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Award for most crashes goes to this app
My god…this app crashes 100% more than any of the apps on my iPad Air 4 because no other app crashes….
Works fine
Purchased this hrough a BundleHunt deal and I have no regrets. Although switching keyboards is a bit of a hassle, it works exactly as advertised.
Syncing can sometimes take a while but it is largely simultaneous.
The main value for me is the cross-platform sync between Mac and iOS and the JavaScript functionality on iOS. Although, I do wish that it supports more languages e.g. Python (which is why I still keep Typinator around on my Mac).
Syncing can sometimes take a while but it is largely simultaneous.
The main value for me is the cross-platform sync between Mac and iOS and the JavaScript functionality on iOS. Although, I do wish that it supports more languages e.g. Python (which is why I still keep Typinator around on my Mac).
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Hello ! ,
Ah I have not used this yet cause of one problem , the sign in thing , I do not have an account already for it , so I wanted to do sign up . But when I click on it it just disappears immediately when I click on it , it would be great help of how I can fix it !
Can’t even set up!
This app requires an account, for which I had to go to their site to register for the advertised “free trial.” After entering my info, it wanted me to click a link in an email they sent me to complete the sign up. Three hours later, and after hitting the “resend” button, I still have no email from them. (Yes, I’ve checked the spam box.)
I work in marketing and this is a ridiculously bad waste of a lead. I was planning on subscribing after the trial period was up, but now I’ve just deleted the app altogether and will find another that doesn’t leave me hanging. When I want to make an account, I want to make it right then and there, not hours (or days) from then!
I work in marketing and this is a ridiculously bad waste of a lead. I was planning on subscribing after the trial period was up, but now I’ve just deleted the app altogether and will find another that doesn’t leave me hanging. When I want to make an account, I want to make it right then and there, not hours (or days) from then!
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Response from developer
Hello - first off, oh no! Very sorry you had trouble. That's definitely not what is supposed to happen - the email verification is supposed to be an instant step that happens immediately. We're trying to get to the bottom of this, but it would help us if we can find your account to determine what went wrong with the email verification. Would you mind emailing us at support@textexpander.com? Without having an account email address to search for, we can't isolate the specific issue and fix the problem. Again, our apologies - while we don't want any of our customers to have problems with our app, we very much appreciate you letting us know so we can try and address it.
Just didn’t work
I tried this for three weeks on cross platforms and it didn’t work especially on the iPhone.
Also when typing it would always change a word which was misspelled or had an apostrophe in it and in both occasions it would capitalizes the words; obviously it would have to be changed causing me to turn off Text Expander.
Also when typing it would always change a word which was misspelled or had an apostrophe in it and in both occasions it would capitalizes the words; obviously it would have to be changed causing me to turn off Text Expander.
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:-(
TextExpander used to be a great tool, but it's quickly become buggy and unusable since requiring an account and a subscription.
Wish it was better
My love for Text expander goes back a long time. There is so much you can do with the native Mac app. Unfortunately the iOS version is not great. Some of it has to do with the developer and some of it has to do with the restrictions in iOS. The other issue I have is the moving to the subscription model. I am moved away from TE and shortly after that switch and went with ATEXT on the Mac which works exactly the same and it is only a one time low cost fee. Update… the app has gotten even worse. With the switch to the new app it doesn’t recognize my snippets. I’ve paid the developer 2 twice for a stand alone purchase and for 1 year subscription (through stack social, which i was never able to get it active) Unfortunately there are too many blocks to use this program. I undertand you need to make money but the restrictions put on paying clients is too much. I love TextExpander but moving to Atext on the Mac :(
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Keeps Crashing, not as good on iPad
Been a long time user. Works great on a Mac and even a PC. Edits sync well. There’s my two stars. The app is not nearly as user friendly on the iPad. A TE shortcut doesn’t work where you are typing like on a computer, you have to activate within the app then copy and paste or share to wherever you are trying to use the expanded text. It works but not as smoothly.
My complaint is that every time I try to edit an existing snippet, the iPad app crashes, making it basically worthless and unusable.
My complaint is that every time I try to edit an existing snippet, the iPad app crashes, making it basically worthless and unusable.
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Long time user on the Mac, but iPhone and iPad app needs work
Been using TextExpander for years. I have no problem with their business model as the subscription is not really expensive for the value it provides.
That said, while the macOS app works great (not so the Windows version but that is another topic), I experience that the iPad and iPhone app crashes quite a lot especially when editing a snippet. Also, the app feels a but “dusty” and just a clone of the desktop app on the iPad.
Not sure why the app gets bad ratings on here as the tool itself is great and I couldn’t imagine working without.
That said, while the macOS app works great (not so the Windows version but that is another topic), I experience that the iPad and iPhone app crashes quite a lot especially when editing a snippet. Also, the app feels a but “dusty” and just a clone of the desktop app on the iPad.
Not sure why the app gets bad ratings on here as the tool itself is great and I couldn’t imagine working without.
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Great Idea ... Sucky Execution.
App crashes constantly on my iPad (latest iOS, Dec 2020). Too often fails to expand snippets (using the correct keyboard, which itself is prone to error). Seems like the company has given up on making this app genuinely useful on anything except desktop (where it saves me TONS of time ... also works ok on my iPhone, but still kinda sucky there).
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Interested but
See many places to sign in but no place to start an account?
