PDF Splice vs EZText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Splice
Easily divide PDF documents into smaller files. Import PDFs from other applications or your file system, then split them into custom sections. Save the resulting smaller PDFs for easier management and sharing.
- Split PDF documents
- Import from share sheet
- Import from Files app
- Save split PDFs
- Create smaller files
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PDFSplice lets you cut a document into smaller pieces. Import PDF documents directly from your favorite apps using the share button or the files app, split them, and save the result.
EZText
This app is a versatile text editor for viewing and editing various file types, including plain text, RTF, HTML, and markdown. It offers rich formatting options, live previews for web content, and robust editing tools like search and replace, undo/redo, and style copying. Easily manage files across cloud services and export to PDF.
- Edit any text file
- Rich text formatting
- Live HTML/markdown preview
- Search and replace
- Undo/redo functionality
- Export to PDF
- Dark mode support
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A free simple text editor for viewing and editing any kind of text file, including TXT, RTF, RTFD, HTML, XML, markdown, and more. For files like RTF and RTFD, EZText displays them fully formatted and lets you edit all the style information, such as font, point size, color, and paragraph alignment. You can even view the raw RTF text and edit that directly. For HTML and markdown, you can view a live preview as you edit. Features: - Edit any text file on your device, in iCloud, or in other cloud services (such as DropBox) that appear in the Files app - Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript - Text foreground and background color - Paragraph alignment - Line & paragraph spacing - Bulleted lists - Copy & paste text style and paragraph style - Search and replace text - Undo and redo - Create plain text file, rich text files (RTF), rich text with graphics (RTFD), HTML, and markdown files - View and edit the raw text for files that supports text style - Live previews of HTLM and markdown - Export to PDF - Convert between plain text, RTF, and RTFD - Print - Supports multitasking on iPad - Dark mode support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PDF Splice at 5.0 against EZText's 4.2. PDF Splice also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 27.0). EZText's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 68%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PDF Splice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 30 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of PDF Splice's written reviews are positive against 79% of EZText's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PDF Splice ships an update monthly, EZText every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Splice | EZText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | 4.2 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Russell Pecka | Mark Krenek |
Customer experience
PDF Splice
EZText
In-app purchases
PDF Splice
No in-app purchases
EZText
No in-app purchases
