Comparison

Hexer vs Text

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hexer

Inspect any file with a powerful hex viewer designed for iOS and iPadOS. Features include customizable color highlighting, advanced search and analysis tools, and seamless integration with the Files app for easy access to your documents.

Highlights
  • Customizable byte highlighting
  • Advanced search with regex
  • File signature detection
  • Integer decoding
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Integration with Files app
Features
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Hexer is a desktop level hex viewer packed with features. It was developed from the ground up for iOS and iPadOS. It is natural and intuitive to use for everyone. It is integrated with the Files app. So you can browse Dropbox, Google Drive, your git repositories, your downloads, your documents in iCloud Drive or your desktop. Or you can just share any file to it. Bytes are highlighted in different colors: Printable characters are cyan, spaces blue, null bytes grey, control characters pink and so on. The colors appear across the binary, hexadecimal, and ascii column — or can just be turned off completely. ▶ Many advanced options • Many popular themes from text editors and terminals • Line numbers (offsets) • Overscroll • Complete control over the formatting of what you copy or share • Column counts in powers of two (8 bytes, 16, 32, ...) or in any number that fits • Interpret bytes as ASCII, ISO Latin 1 or EBCDIC • The UI is navigable by keyboard and there are keyboard shortcuts to toggle almost everything • Further features for you to discover ▶ Search • Search for content in the hexadecimal, ASCII or binary column • Preview results with context and jump to and highlight them in the document • Filter results with Regular Expression and based on case sensitivity • Jump between results with arrow keys ▶ Analysis • Get information about the selection or the entire document • Decode to integers • See byte frequencies • See detected file signatures (magic numbers) • Read metadata like creation date and Unix permissions ▶ The App is made by a real person out of love When you buy the app (no hidden in app purchases) the money goes straight to me to support development. If you have any questions or feature requests you can just write me an email and let me know. I will continue development with many more planned features like editing. ▶ The App is friendly There are no in app purchases, ads, tracking, nor is there any data collected. You buy it once and then use it. Nothing more. Nothing less.

About

Text

Easily translate any text into binary code and convert binary code back to text. Simply input your text or binary data and view the conversion results instantly.

Highlights
  • Text to binary conversion
  • Binary to text conversion
  • Instant results
  • Simple interface
Features
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With our 'Text To Binary Converter' you can simply convert any text into binary code and also from binary code back to text. Just type your text/binary and directly see the result on the bottom of the page.

Screenshots

Hexer4 screens
Text3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text at Free against Hexer's $3.99. Text also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 63%). Hexer's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 1.4) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Text is free to download; Hexer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hexer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hexer has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Hexer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Text's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexer ships an update every 10 months, Text every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Hexer versus Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexerText
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (26 ratings) — better1.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHans SchuleinJulian Lau

Customer experience

Hexer

All ratings26 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative29.2%

Text

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hexer

No in-app purchases

None

Text

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexer free?
Hexer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text free?
Text is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hexer or Text?
Hexer is rated higher. Hexer averages 4.1 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Text averages 1.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Hexer or Text have ads?
Neither Hexer nor Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexer or Text?
Hexer ships an update every 10 months, and Text every 2 months. Most recently, Hexer was updated on October 20, 2026 and Text on October 15, 2026.

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