Typepad Editor vs Lightweight Text Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Typepad Editor
A straightforward text editor designed for editing plain text .txt files. It supports various text formats, different fonts, and printing capabilities for efficient document management.
- Plain text editing
- Supports .txt files
- Reads most text formats
- Font customization
- Printing functionality
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Typepad is a simple no frills text editor. When you need to edit a plain text .txt file, Typepad has everything you need to get the job done. Can read most text format files. Supports different fonts and printing.
Lightweight Text Editor
This app allows users to work with plain text files without formatting concerns. It can open any text file, create folders for organization, and adjust encoding and line endings.
- Open any plain text file
- Create folders for organization
- Change text encoding
- Adjust line endings (CR/LF/CRLF)
- No formatting concerns
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Lightweight Text Editor is a great tool for users who work with plain text files. If you want to work with raw text without having to worry about formatting, then this app is for you. It can open any plain text file, regardless of the extension. You can create folders to organize your documents. You can also change the encoding and the line endings (CR/LF/CRLF).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Typepad Editor at Free against Lightweight Text Editor's $2.99. Typepad Editor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 13 months vs every 26 months). Lightweight Text Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (58 vs 3). On 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
Typepad Editor is free to download; Lightweight Text Editor costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Typepad Editor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightweight Text Editor has 58 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Typepad Editor ships an update every 13 months, Lightweight Text Editor every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Typepad Editor | Lightweight Text Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 82.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 58 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | Erik Wegener |
Customer experience
Typepad Editor
Lightweight Text Editor
In-app purchases
Typepad Editor
No in-app purchases
Lightweight Text Editor
No in-app purchases
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