Comparison

Text Stats vs HiMemo2

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

Head to head
About

Text Stats

This app analyzes your written text to provide detailed statistics. It calculates word and character counts, offers a readability score, and identifies writing habits like excessive exclamation points or sentences starting with 'So'. It also highlights difficult words and sentences for improved clarity.

Highlights
  • Word and character count
  • Flesch-Kincade reading ease score
  • Bad writing habit detection
  • Difficult word and sentence identification
  • Share extension for other apps
  • Action Extension integration
Features
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Text Stats analyses the text and produces lots of information. The basic stats are word and character count. It also uses the Flesch-Kincade equation to give you a reading ease score (The higher the better). There is an optional section about bad habits. This flags excessive exclaimations! So you can tone it down a bit. It also flags sentences that start with 'So', which should be looked into. Additional sections are produced for difficult words (four or more syllables) and difficult sentences. These are the top 10 most difficult sentences to parse according to the Flesch-Kincade equation. There is also a little icon at the top to send the text to other apps. Text Stats is also an Action Extension, so in other writing apps you can easily pass the data to this app and get some stats without leaving your favorite text editor. When you press the little arrow leaving the box (the share action icon), you will need to enable Text Stats (it is probably under 'more') in the menu. Then you'll get a pop-up window with your text's stats.

About

HiMemo2

Organize information with a simple, hierarchical structure. Easily add, edit, and view data in a tree format, and export it to other apps. Syncs across Apple devices and is accessible on Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Hierarchical data entry and management
  • Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • Apple Watch browsing
  • Enhanced search functionality
  • Simple and intuitive UI
  • Plain text and HTML export
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An enhanced version of HiMemo, an easy and convenient hierarchical memo app, is now available! For example, there is a surprising amount of information that has a hierarchical structure, such as information linked to regions and organizational charts. Normally, such information is recorded in bulleted list format in the memo app, but adding or editing information is surprisingly troublesome. Inadvertently, problems such as breaking the hierarchical relationship will occur. With HiMemo2, information can be recorded hierarchically with a simple operation like bulleted list format, and it is easy to add or modify. It is also possible to display a tree that gives a bird's-eye view of the whole, and to export information to other apps and SNS in plain text format or HTML format. Features of HiMemo2. - You can easily enter and manage data with a hierarchical structure. - Share data between multiple iPhones, iPads, Macs (sync with the same Apple ID). - You can browse the data on your Apple Watch. The following functions have been enhanced and improved from HiMemo. - Data is synchronized with HiMemo. - Linked with Apple Watch. You can browse the data on your Apple Watch. - The search function has been enhanced, and you can now search across memos. - The UI is simpler and easier to understand. Data will be inherited from HiMemo, so if you are using iOS 15 or later, we recommend migrating to HiMemo2.

Screenshots

Text Stats4 screens
HiMemo24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HiMemo2 at Free against Text Stats's $0.99. HiMemo2 also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Text Stats's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HiMemo2 is free to download; Text Stats costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Stats ships an update every 7 months, HiMemo2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text Stats versus HiMemo2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText StatsHiMemo2
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer(optional.is)Hiroyuki Kawai

Customer experience

Text Stats

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HiMemo2

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Text Stats

No in-app purchases

None

HiMemo2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Stats free?
Text Stats costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HiMemo2 free?
HiMemo2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Stats or HiMemo2 have ads?
Neither Text Stats nor HiMemo2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Stats or HiMemo2?
Text Stats ships an update every 7 months, and HiMemo2 monthly. Most recently, Text Stats was updated on October 7, 2026 and HiMemo2 on October 15, 2026.

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