# When Did I…? vs Text Workflow

The clearest difference is price: Text Workflow at Free against When Did I…?'s $4.99. Text Workflow also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 64%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). When Did I…?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Text Workflow is free to download; When Did I…? costs $4.99 up front. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. When Did I…? asks for nothing beyond the download.

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 176 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of When Did I…?'s written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

When Did I…? ships an update every 6 months, Text Workflow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | When Did I…? | Text Workflow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $4.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.4 (89 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/when-did-i/id1463692593/reviews) | **[4.8 (176 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 89 | **176** |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews | **95.2% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | **Fortnightly** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 3 MB | 32 MB |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Heidi Pilypas](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463692592) | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) |

## What reviewers say

### When Did I…?

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/when-did-i/id1463692593)

Easily track recurring tasks and personal events to remember when you last did something. Log actions with a tap, view detailed history, and utilize Siri Shortcuts for quick access. Perfect for managing daily routines or infrequent activities.

**Highlights:** Log actions with a tap, View detailed history of events, Add custom actions with emojis, Record location of actions, Siri Shortcuts integration, iCloud sync between devices

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Simple and intuitive
- 💡 Great concept, unique approach
- 🚀 Functional and well-polished
- ✅ Fills a specific need
- 💖 Easy to use

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Fuzzy numbering system
- 🐛 Timing rounding down
- 🐛 UI freezes with more data
- 🐛 Data loss after update
- 🐛 Not voice-over friendly

**Reported bugs**

- Shortcuts broken
- UI locks up
- Data lost after update
- App crashes on iOS 14.5 beta
- Intro screen missing VoiceOver labels

**Requested features**

- Apple Watch app
- Widgets
- Categories/filters
- Automatic sorting by last completed
- Show smaller time units (years/months, months/days)


### 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 When Did I…? free?

When Did I…? costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Text Workflow free?

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

### Which has better reviews, When Did I…? or Text Workflow?

Text Workflow is rated higher. When Did I…? averages 4.4 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.8 from 176 ratings.

### Do When Did I…? or Text Workflow have ads?

Neither When Did I…? nor Text Workflow shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, When Did I…? or Text Workflow?

When Did I…? ships an update every 6 months, and Text Workflow fortnightly. Most recently, When Did I…? was updated on October 17, 2026 and Text Workflow on October 18, 2026.

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