# Data Jar vs Text Workflow

The clearest difference is update cadence: Data Jar at every 9 days against Text Workflow's monthly. Data Jar also leads on ratings volume (857 vs 176). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Data Jar sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Data Jar against 4.8 for Text Workflow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 857 and 176 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Data Jar's written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

Data Jar ships an update every 9 days, Text Workflow monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Data Jar | Text Workflow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.9 (857 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/data-jar/id1453273600/reviews)** | [4.8 (176 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **857** | 176 |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews | **95.2% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Every 9 days** | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 7 MB | 32 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Simon B. Støvring](https://appshunter.io/developer/423532907) | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) |

## What reviewers say

### Data Jar

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/data-jar/id1453273600)

This app acts as a persistent data store for your automation workflows. It allows you to save and retrieve various data types, including text, numbers, lists, dictionaries, and files, directly from your automation tools. Data is synced across devices via iCloud and can be accessed from the Files app.

**Highlights:** Persist key-value pairs, Supports text, numbers, booleans, lists, dictionaries, and files, Direct integration with automation tools, iCloud Drive storage and sync, Multi-window and drag-and-drop support on iPad, Access via Files app

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $4.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Indispensable app for Shortcuts
- 👍 Powerful and versatile data storage
- 🔒 Reliable and stable data store
- 💡 Unique solution for Shortcuts
- 🤖 Essential for advanced Shortcuts

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes or issues with large data
- ⏱️ Slow read/write access at times
- 🗂️ Difficulty managing large number of values

**Reported bugs**

- Files getting automatically deleted with large numbers
- Issues with saving base64 encoded images

**Requested features**

- Ability to add individual values to existing dictionaries
- Device-specific variables
- Folder organization for values
- Boolean action to set values
- Widget support


### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Automate repetitive text editing tasks with a powerful yet user-friendly tool. Create custom workflows by combining over 45 transformation actions to format, clean, and convert text. All processing is done on-device for enhanced security and privacy.

**Highlights:** Combine transformation actions, Save and reuse workflows, Over 45 text transformation actions, On-device processing, JSON, CSV, YAML conversion, URL and Base64 encoding/decoding, Shortcuts integration

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Data Jar free?

Data Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Data Jar or Text Workflow?

Data Jar is rated higher. Data Jar averages 4.9 out of 5 from 857 ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.8 from 176 ratings.

### Do Data Jar or Text Workflow have ads?

Neither Data Jar nor Text Workflow shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Data Jar or Text Workflow?

Data Jar ships an update every 9 days, and Text Workflow monthly. Most recently, Data Jar was updated on October 13, 2026 and Text Workflow on October 10, 2026.

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