Comparison

TextEdit vs Gutly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TextEdit

A fast and versatile text editor for mobile devices, offering compatibility with various file formats and editors. It provides a distraction-free writing experience with advanced formatting, organization, and sharing features.

Highlights
  • Supports TXT, RTF, Markdown, TeX, and PDF formats
  • Cross-device and computer syncing via iCloud/Files
  • Distraction-free writing interface
  • Customizable keyboard extension for faster typing
  • Visual rich text formatting and one-tap options
  • Syntax highlighting for Markdown and TeX
  • Instant statistics and counters
Features
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TextEdit+ is the text editor your iPhone and iPad were missing. Like TextEdit on the Mac, it opens to a clean page and stays out of your way. Unlike it, it also speaks Markdown and LaTeX, marks up PDFs and puts an AI assistant right inside your document. Jot down a quick TXT, format a rich-text letter, write a README in Markdown or compile a LaTeX paper. One lightweight app, no clutter. ONE EDITOR, EVERY TEXT FORMAT • Create and edit TXT, RTF, RTFD, Markdown and LaTeX files • Open RTF files from macOS TextEdit, WordPad, Word and Scrivener, and keep working on them on your Mac or PC • Open PDFs and mark them up with highlights, notes and text • Work on files right where they live: Files, iCloud Drive or your cloud storage • Organize your documents in folders and subfolders A CLEAN PLACE TO WRITE • Distraction-free editor with Full Screen and Typewriter modes • Keep several documents open in tabs and switch with a tap • Extended keyboard row for cursor moves, selection and the characters you use most • Keyboard shortcuts for hardware keyboards • Read Aloud with your choice of voice and speed • Light and dark appearance, plus custom document colors RICH TEXT WITHOUT THE BLOAT • Fonts, sizes, colors, highlights, bold, italic, underline and strikethrough • Alignment, indents, lists, line and paragraph spacing, superscript and subscript • Insert images, tables and inline equations • Install your own fonts and use them in any document MARKDOWN AND LATEX, DONE PROPERLY • Syntax highlighting for Markdown and TeX • Live Markdown preview: edit, preview or split view side by side • Compile LaTeX right on your device and preview the PDF next to your source • Article, report, book and letter templates, command completion, error diagnostics and a document outline • Multi-file projects with included files and bibliographies AI THAT WORKS IN YOUR DOCUMENT • Turn a prompt into a first draft • Rewrite, shorten, expand, summarize or translate the selected text • Fix grammar, spelling and punctuation, or switch the tone between casual, concise, friendly and professional • Ask the assistant about your own documents and get answers with sources • Prefer to write without AI? Hide every AI feature with one switch TOOLS FOR EDITING • Find and replace across the whole document • Word, character, sentence, paragraph, line and page counts with reading time • Readability scores: Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch–Kincaid Grade, SMOG and Automated Readability Index • Automatic backups, so an edit is never lost • Scan paper documents with the camera EXPORT AND SHARE • Export to PDF, Word (DOCX), RTF, RTFD, Markdown, TXT, TeX and PNG • Print, email or send your work to any app • Send text, links and files to TextEdit+ from other apps with the share sheet • Shortcuts actions to create, open, search and rename documents Built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, and localized in more than 70 languages. Privacy Policy https://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Gutly

This AI-powered clarity engine helps you untangle overthinking and gain a clear perspective on decisions. It offers various analysis modes to guide your thinking, challenge assumptions, and reveal patterns without making choices for you.

Highlights
  • AI-powered overthinking reduction
  • Multiple analysis modes (Quick, Guided, Gut Check, etc.)
  • Helps surface what matters
  • Challenges assumptions and thinking patterns
  • Reveals hidden patterns and contradictions
  • Guided conversation for confusion
  • Supports clarity without making decisions
Features
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Gutly is a clarity engine designed with AI to help you untangle overthinking and move forward with confidence. Built to reduce overthinking and confusion, not replace your judgment. How it works: - Step 1: You write any prompt. - Step 2: You select a lens (mode) to analyse it. - Step 3: Gutly helps surface what matters and you get a clear perspective, and sometimes a suggestion. Gutly offers the following modes: Quick - Fast perspective for simple situations and quick decisions. Guided - Structured guidance to help you make a clearer decision. Gut Check - Helps you hear your instinct before overthinking takes over. Challenger - Challenges your thinking and the story you may be telling yourself. Pros & Cons - Breaks down both sides of a decision clearly and simply. Reflection - Helps you explore emotions and deeper meaning behind the situation. Reality Check - Grounds your thoughts and tests your assumptions against reality. Standstill - Reveals what staying stuck or avoiding action may be costing you. Mirror - Reveals hidden patterns, contradictions, and behaviors in your thinking. Clarity Chat - A guided conversation that helps untangle confusion step by step. AI can be very erratic if you don't strictly specify how to use it. Gutly uses a very strict AI directives in a systematic model in order to bring benefit and clarity over any subject. Gutly doesn't choose for you — it helps you see any topic more clearly, and sometimes reveals better options. Gutly does not make decisions for you or provide professional advice. It supports clarity—the final choice is always yours. Terms at https://gutly.tech/terms

Screenshots

TextEdit4 screens
Gutly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gutly at 5.0 against TextEdit's 3.7. Gutly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). TextEdit's advantage is ratings volume (380 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TextEdit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Gutly sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gutly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TextEdit has 380 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TextEdit ships an update weekly, Gutly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TextEdit versus Gutly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextEditGutly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (380 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings380 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size461 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKairoos Solutions SLHercules Juver

Customer experience

TextEdit

All ratings380 ratings
Positive65.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive17.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative75.7%

Gutly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

TextEdit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when opening certain file types
  • Formatting issues when copying/pasting text
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow users to choose iCloud directory
  • Offer one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Restore previous paid versions without AI

Gutly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TextEdit

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • TextEdit+ Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • TextEdit+ Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • TextEdit+ Full Unlock$14.99
7 purchases

Gutly

Subscriptions5
  • Gutly Light$2.991 Month
  • Gutly Pro$6.991 Month
  • Gutly Plus$9.991 Month
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  • Gutly Beyond$14.991 Month
  • Gutly Elevate$49.996 Months
One-time2
  • Daily limit reset$1.99
  • Gutly Lifelong$179.00

Questions

Is TextEdit free?
TextEdit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gutly free?
Gutly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TextEdit or Gutly?
Gutly is rated higher. TextEdit averages 3.7 out of 5 from 380 ratings, while Gutly averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TextEdit or Gutly have ads?
Neither TextEdit nor Gutly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TextEdit or Gutly?
TextEdit ships an update weekly, and Gutly every 3 days. Most recently, TextEdit was updated on November 6, 2026 and Gutly on November 5, 2026.

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