Comparison

Textile vs Cardinal Pro

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

Head to head
About

Textile

A minimalist notes app designed for simplicity and speed on iPhone. It focuses on providing a clean interface for typing and saving notes with elegant typography, free from distractions like ads or complex features.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Elegant typography with curated fonts
  • No user login or cloud storage
  • Focus on core note-taking functionality
  • Bug-free at launch
  • Simple and fast interface
Features
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Textile is the notes app for people who just want to write. No login, no account, no subscription, no ads. Buy it once and it's yours forever. Textile does one thing perfectly: it gives you a beautiful, distraction-free place to type. WHAT YOU GET • A carefully curated set of elegant fonts, including sans-serif, serif (roman and italic), and monospace, because typography changes how writing feels. • Automatic iCloud backup and restore. Your notes are safe, and they come back if you reinstall. • A Home Screen widget: tap to jump straight into a new note. • Dynamic Type and dark mode, everywhere in the app. • Plain text, always. Nothing proprietary, nothing to lock you in. WHAT YOU DON'T GET No half-built checklists, no drawing tools, no cloud accounts to configure, no cryptic menus, no upsells. Textile is built on the belief that a tool should do one thing perfectly, not a hundred things badly. Simplicity, typography, quality. A smaller feature set means every feature is bulletproof: reliable, fast, and streamlined. Let your phone get out of your way. Questions or requests? Use the feedback form in Textile's Settings, or email lukebradfordapps@gmail.com.

About

Cardinal Pro

Features
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Cardinal Pro is the ultimate compass app with professional features for outdoor enthusiasts, photographers, and spiritual practitioners. All Free Features Plus: • Sun position tracking (sunrise, sunset, golden hour) • Sacred directions (Mecca, Jerusalem, Vatican & more) • Home screen widget • Apple Watch companion app • Custom color themes • Unlimited saved locations

Screenshots

Textile4 screens
Cardinal Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cardinal Pro at $1.99 against Textile's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Textile costs $2.99 and Cardinal Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Textile versus Cardinal Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextileCardinal Pro
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke BradfordSetKernel Digital Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Textile

No in-app purchases

None

Cardinal Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textile free?
Textile costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cardinal Pro free?
Cardinal Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Textile or Cardinal Pro have ads?
Neither Textile nor Cardinal Pro shows ads.

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