SimpleEdit vs TextEditor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleEdit
This is a straightforward plain text editor that allows you to open and edit various text files. It offers a view-only mode for data detection and a rewind feature to restore original file states. The app supports customization of fonts and keyboard types for a personalized editing experience.
- Open text files from Files app
- View-only mode with data detection
- Rewind button to revert changes
- Supports dark mode and multiwindow
- Customizable font family and size
- System font picker integration
- Switchable native iOS keyboard types
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A simple plain text editor built using SwiftUI. Features: • Open any text file or compatible data files as UTF8 encoded text from the Files app. • Enter view-only mode for data detection (links, phone numbers, addresses, …). • Rewind button to revert files to their original state. • Supports dark mode, multiwindow, and state restoration. • Customise font family & size used for editing. • Select fonts using the system font picker, which shows fonts installed in the Settings app. (Settings → General → Fonts) • Switch between native iOS keyboard types (default, number pad, phone pad, URL, web search, Twitter, …).
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 - Edit thy Document is a fast, offline, and feature-rich text editing app designed to help users write, clean, and format text effortlessly. Whether you're a student, professional, or content creator, this tool provides a smooth and powerful writing experience without the need for internet access. Key Features Offline Text Editing The app works completely offline, ensuring privacy and productivity anytime, anywhere. Rich Text Formatting Apply bold, italic, underline, and font styling to your content with a clean and intuitive interface. Case Converter with Multiple Styles Quickly change text to: - Sentence case - Title Case - UPPER CASE - lower case - aLtErNaTiNg cAsE - iNVeRsE cASe - snake_case - dot.case - hyphen-case - Capitalized Case Text Cleaner and Remover Tools Remove unnecessary formatting and characters: - Line breaks - Extra spaces - HTML code - Punctuation - Diacritics - Black lines - Special characters like , _, (), and more Smart Replace Tool Find and replace any word, phrase, or character across your entire content in one step. Import and Export Support Import documents and export your work in popular formats including PDF, TXT, and DOCX. Document History Easily revisit and manage your previous work through auto-saved file history. Quick Actions Tap once to copy text, clear the editor, or share your final output. No extra cost, no internet required—just install and start editing. Terms of Use: https://techboeing.blogspot.com/2023/03/terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TextEditor at 4.9 against SimpleEdit's 3.5. TextEditor also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26). SimpleEdit's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. SimpleEdit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases 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 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of SimpleEdit's written reviews are positive against 100% of TextEditor's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleEdit | TextEditor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (22 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jamie Froggatt | talha rehman |
Customer experience
SimpleEdit
TextEditor
In-app purchases
SimpleEdit
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$3.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
TextEditor
- Premium User - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium User - Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium User - Lifetime$34.99









