Comparison

Text Stats vs Vellum

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

Vellum

Features
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Vellum Journal is a calm, focused space for capturing thoughts, notes, and everyday moments. Write without distraction and organize your entries into topics. Use tags, notes, and Markdown to give your ideas structure while keeping everything easy to find. CORE FEATURES • Create entries and organize them into topics • Add tags and notes • Write with Markdown • Search your library • Export your content • Keep your library on your device by default VELLUM PRO Vellum Pro is available as a one-time in-app purchase and adds: • Cross-device library sync through your private iCloud database • Notion workspace integration and export A separate Vellum account is not required. Sync starts only after you enable it on a device signed in to iCloud. Content is sent to Notion only when you choose to export it to your connected workspace.

Screenshots

Text Stats4 screens
Vellum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vellum at Free against Text Stats's $0.99. Vellum also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Text Stats's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On ads 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

Vellum is free to download; Text Stats costs $0.99 up front. Vellum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Stats asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Stats ships an update every 7 months, Vellum every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text Stats versus Vellum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText StatsVellum
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer(optional.is)四扬 叶

In-app purchases

None

Text Stats

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vellum

One-time1
  • Vellum pro lifetime$2.99

Questions

Is Text Stats free?
Text Stats costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vellum free?
Vellum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Text Stats or Vellum have ads?
Neither Text Stats nor Vellum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Stats or Vellum?
Text Stats ships an update every 7 months, and Vellum every 5 days. Most recently, Text Stats was updated on October 7, 2026 and Vellum on October 14, 2026.

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