Textile vs Temporary Photos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Temporary Photos
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Temporary Photos helps you take photos that do not stay on your phone forever. You can use it for privacy, but also to save storage space. Instead of keeping many useless photos in your gallery, you can take a photo, use it for a short time, and let it delete itself later. The app is simple and fast. You can open it quickly and take a photo in seconds. With the widget, you can start even faster when you need a quick shot. Features: • Take photos quickly • Use the widget for fast access • Set how long a photo stays • Photos delete automatically after the time ends • Keep private photos from staying too long • Reduce gallery clutter • Save storage by removing photos you do not need anymore • Simple and clean design Temporary Photos is useful for quick photos, short-term photos, private photos, and everyday images you do not want to keep forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Temporary Photos at daily against Textile's every 2 weeks. Temporary Photos also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Textile's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Textile costs $2.99 and Temporary Photos $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Textile ships an update every 2 weeks, Temporary Photos daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textile | Temporary Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luke Bradford | Mert Can Kus |
In-app purchases
Textile
No in-app purchases
Temporary Photos
No in-app purchases









