ToposText vs Grapheus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToposText
Explore Europe's ancient literary culture through its landscapes. This app connects readers and travelers to historical sites and the classical authors who wrote about them, featuring a vast library of texts and site information stored offline.
- 5000+ historical places in Greece and beyond
- Links sites to ancient Greek and Latin authors
- Extensive free library of classical texts
- Offline access to texts and site information
- Location-aware display of site details
- Includes recent archaeological updates
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A project of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation A new way of experiencing Europe’s most ancient literary culture, implanted in its unforgettable landscape. ToposText is a new interface that links readers and travelers to Europe’s most ancient literary culture and to the Greek landscape that inspired it. TT presents 5000 places relevant to the ancient Greek world -- ancient cities and shrines, medieval castles and towers, modern museums and excavation sites -- primarily in Greece but including major places from Spain to the Caucasus. It links those places to the ancient authors who wrote about them in Greek or Latin. A large classical library married to an up-to-date gazetteer, freely available as a mobile application or this web site. Education / Reference Tool: - Accurate coordinates for thousands of Greek historical sites - Each site indexed to the ancient literary sources that mention it. - A huge, free, portable library of classical texts in English - Texts and places stored on-device – no internet access necessary. - Location-aware display of site information. - Recent archaeological information on many sites.
Grapheus
Access a comprehensive Greek-English lexicon with over 116,000 entries. Search using Greek characters or Beta code, and perform full-text searches within definitions. Includes classical texts and a document reader for analyzing inflected forms.
- 116,000+ Greek-English entries
- Search by Greek characters or Beta code
- Full-text search in definitions
- Includes classical Greek texts
- Document reader for inflected forms
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The complete Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott (more than 116 000 entries). Search using Greek characters or Beta code. Search for English words in the text of the definitions is also possible (full text search). A few classical texts, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and the 4 Gospels, in bilingual version. Document reader which allows to analyze inflected forms in the body of the text, and to search the corresponding entry in the database.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ToposText at 92% against Grapheus's 40%. ToposText also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Grapheus's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Grapheus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ToposText asks for nothing beyond the download.
ToposText holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of ToposText's written reviews are positive against 40% of Grapheus's.
ToposText ships an update every 8 months, Grapheus every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ToposText | Grapheus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 438 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavla S.A. | Dominique CADIET |
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ToposText
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In-app purchases
ToposText
No in-app purchases
Grapheus
- full version$1.99
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