# Clean Text vs Text Helper

The clearest difference is price: Clean Text at Free against Text Helper's $1.99. Clean Text also leads on ads (none vs shown). Text Helper's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Clean Text is free to download; Text Helper costs $1.99 up front. Clean Text sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Text Helper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

## The numbers

| Metric | Clean Text | Text Helper |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $1.99 |
| Rating | **[4.6 (205 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clean-text/id1039632918/reviews)** | — |
| Number of ratings | **205** | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | **No** | Yes |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Size | 13 MB | 57 MB |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | **11.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | [Ivan Gobbo](https://appshunter.io/developer/320560024) | [Phuong Thao Cao](https://appshunter.io/developer/1692784613) |

## What reviewers say

### Clean Text

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clean-text/id1039632918)

This app helps you edit, correct, and organize text quickly. It offers tools to fix formatting issues, standardize content, and improve readability for various writing tasks. Leverage AI-powered features and powerful search and replace for efficient text management.

**Highlights:** Fix formatting issues from various sources, Remove empty lines, extra spaces, and unwanted characters, Standardize content with a single tap, Integrates Apple Writing Tools for correction and summarization, Powerful find and replace with real-time highlighting, Access recent texts and reuse transformations, Seamless cross-device integration via iCloud

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Subscription | $0.99 | per month |
| Annual Subscription | $9.99 | per year |
| Lifetime License | $39.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Indispensable utility
- 🚀 Efficient text cleaning
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation
- 👍 Saves significant time

**What reviewers complain about**

- 😞 Retroactive paywall for existing features
- 😞 Forced subscription model
- 😞 Expensive subscription/lifetime price
- 😞 Removed functionality for past purchasers
- 😞 Restore purchase not working (initially)

**Reported bugs**

- Restore purchase not working for past purchasers
- App crashes when using functions
- Input text turns white in Dark Mode
- Caret (^) for beginning of line in regex search fails
- App closes when trying a simple search

**Requested features**

- Bring back text sync between iPhones
- Customizable toolbar
- Optional iOS spell checker
- Support for parameters in shortcuts
- Create cleaning presets


### Text Helper

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-helper-convert-case-pro/id6471408596)

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donate 1$ | $0.99 | one-time |
| Donate 2$ | $1.99 | one-time |
| Donate 5$ | $4.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Clean Text free?

Clean Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Text Helper free?

Text Helper costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.

### Do Clean Text or Text Helper have ads?

Text Helper shows ads; Clean Text does not.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*