Essentials. vs Long
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Essentials.
Extract key information from any text by highlighting important points. Save your summaries for personal use or share them globally via a generated web link. This app makes text comprehension and sharing effortless.
- Highlight important text
- Save text summaries
- Generate shareable web links
- Cross-platform sharing
- Text extraction
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Copy a piece of text from somewhere, paste it into the app and highlight the most important things as you read. Save it for yourself or share it with the people you care about or the rest of the world. If you decide to share it with someone, you are not limited to a device or platform, because the app generates a web address where the article will be stored. You can then share the link with friends and family.
Long
Organize your long-term aspirations with this productivity tool. Create, track, and mark goals as achieved. Customize your experience with theme changes and secure your data with a password.
- Create and delete goals
- Mark goals as achieved
- Set a password for security
- Change app theme
- Organize long-term aspirations
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This app helps you organise your long-term goals, including: - creating, deleting goals, - marking goals as achieved, - setting a password, - changing the theme, - and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Essentials. at 100% against Long's 0%. Essentials. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Essentials. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Essentials.'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Long's.
Essentials. ships an update every 3 days, Long every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Essentials. | Long |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 14.0.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Georgi Zlatinov | Bohdan Tiuska |
Customer experience
Essentials.
Long
In-app purchases
Essentials.
No in-app purchases
Long
No in-app purchases
