Text editor vs TextEditor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text editor
This app is a powerful text editor designed for source code, HTML, and general text input on iOS devices. It offers advanced editing features like syntax highlighting, symbol pads, and undo/redo, with cloud storage integration and an optional online compiler.
- Syntax highlighting
- Symbol input and cursor pads
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Line number display
- Search and replace
- Cloud storage integration
- HTML/Markdown preview
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A text editor optimized for source code editing on iPhone and iPad. In addition to source code, it supports editing of HTML, Markdown, notes, and various other text formats. ■ Online Compilation Compile your code by integrating with an online compiler. Powered by Sphere Engine A Sphere Engine account is required Supported languages vary — please refer to the official website https://sphere-engine.com/ ■ Editor Features Syntax highlighting Symbol input and cursor control pad (toggleable) Undo / Redo (iPhone supported) Line numbers Search and replace Character / line count display (toggleable) Multiple file editing Invisible character display (line breaks, tabs, spaces) ■ File Management File / directory listing Create / delete / copy / move View file details (path, size, creation date, etc.) Local grep search ■ Cloud Integration Requires an account for each service iCloud Dropbox Google Drive OneDrive Box Google Drive is currently available only to a limited number of users ■ Other Features HTML / Markdown preview Font customization (type and size) FTP support Image / PDF viewer Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. Follow development updates on X (Twitter): @devpweditor Contact: devpweditor@gmail.com
TextEditor
This offline text editor offers robust formatting, case conversion, and text cleaning tools. Effortlessly import and export documents in various formats, and manage your work with document history and quick actions.
- Offline text editing
- Rich text formatting
- Multiple case conversion styles
- Text cleaner and remover
- Smart find and replace
- Import/export to PDF, TXT, DOCX
- Document history
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Text Editor - QuickEdit brings text editing, code editing, note-taking, and document formatting together in one convenient app. Write documents, organize notes, edit source code, and clean up text with useful tools for everyday work. Whether you're a student, writer, professional, or developer, manage your writing, documents, and programming files in one easy-to-use editor. KEY FEATURES CODE EDITOR Write, view, and edit code with line numbers for easier navigation. Supports popular programming languages including Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, SQL, Swift, Go, Rust, Ruby, Kotlin, Dart, and more. Edit JSON, XML, Markdown, CSV, LaTeX, Shell/Bash, Dockerfile, and other source files. Quickly find languages using the searchable language picker. TEXT EDITING & NOTES Create notes, write documents, edit plain text, and manage your content in one place. Search saved notes and easily continue previous work. RICH TEXT FORMATTING Format documents with bold, italic, underline, and font options. Add links, create lists, and adjust text alignment for better readability. OFFLINE TEXT EDITING Write and edit locally stored text without an internet connection. Work on notes, drafts, and documents anytime. CASE CONVERTER Change text between multiple styles: • Sentence case • Title Case • UPPER CASE • lower case • Alternating Case • Inverse Case • snake_case • dot.case • hyphen-case • Capitalized Case TEXT CLEANER Clean and format text by removing: • Line breaks and blank lines • Extra spaces • HTML code • Punctuation • Diacritics • Special characters FIND & REPLACE Quickly search and replace words, phrases, or characters without manually editing each occurrence. IMPORT & EXPORT Import documents for editing and export notes or text in TXT, PDF, RTF, or HTML format. Name, save, and share your files. NOTES & FILE MANAGEMENT Find recent documents, search files, and access Recents, Shared, and Browse views. Reopen saved files whenever needed. QUICK EDITING ACTIONS Copy text, clear content, undo changes, and share your work with simple editing controls. From everyday notes and rich text documents to Python, HTML, and JavaScript code editing, QuickEdit keeps your essential writing and coding tools together. Privacy Policy: https://talharehman.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://talharehman.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TextEditor at 100% against Text editor's 48%. TextEditor also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9). Text editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Text editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TextEditor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TextEditor holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text editor has 113 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Text editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of TextEditor's.
Text editor ships an update weekly, TextEditor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text editor | TextEditor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (113 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masatsugu Futamata | talha rehman |
Customer experience
Text editor
TextEditor
Bugs and requests
Text editor
Reported bugs
22 issues- Font size always 1 pixel
- Cannot export files
- Files stuck on iPad
- Google Drive not working
- Files not showing in Files app
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- Cannot access local files
- Crashes on opening
- Doesn't save changes
- Randomly resets
- App doesn't open
- Mismatched file names with cloud storage
- Export error: 'No subdirectory in directory info list'
- Incorrect UTF-8 encoding and line endings
- Messed up HTML by replacing characters (dashes to underscores)
- Replaces straight double quotes with curly ones
- Cursor does not always position correctly
- App doesn't read editor correctly (e.g., 'type' attribute)
- Transparently substitutes multi-character Unicode for straight text
- Forgot password, no reset option
- App closes immediately after starting
- Irritating reset problem still exists
- Resets when hitting Save
Requested features
10 requests- Option to turn off ads (paid version)
- Dark mode option
- Share sheet integration
- Local version of Dropbox files
- Ability to search within a file while editing
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- Improve dark mode with dark keyboard
- Ability to write file contents before naming/saving
- Fix Google Drive integration
- Improve UI to be more modern
- Show up in share sheet menu to open files directly
TextEditor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text editor
- Hide ads$0.99
TextEditor
- Premium User - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium User - Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium User - Lifetime$34.99








