Comparison

Text Editor vs Peekstack

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

Head to head
About

Text Editor

Edit text files, including plain text, RTF, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, directly on your device or cloud storage. Offers rich text editing, multiple file tabs, and dark mode. A subscription unlocks advanced features and unlimited usage.

Highlights
  • Browse and edit text files
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Supports TXT, RTF, HTML, CSS, JS
  • Rich text editing
  • Multiple file tabs
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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This is a simple yet powerful text editor that let you browse and edit any kind of text on your device and on the cloud (including iCloud, Google Drive, Box and more). FEATURES: ————— ◆ Browse and edit all kinds of text on your device and on the cloud ◆ Support TXT, RTF or any file that can be read as text like HTML, CSS, JS ◆ View text in any font and style ◆ Rich Text editing ◆ Edit multiple files in separate tabs ◆ Share your files anywhere ◆ Dark Mode support Text Editor+: • You can subscribe to unlock dark mode and unlimited usage. • Subscription auto-renew at the end of current period, unless cancelled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Per Apple policy, no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Terms of use: https://tapuniverse.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://tapuniverse.com/policy/

About

Peekstack

Features
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Your infrastructure, in your pocket. peekstack connects straight to the servers you already run and shows you what they are doing, then lets you act on it. There is no account to create, no service of ours in the middle, and nothing collected about you or your machines. FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL UNLOCK peekstack is free and connects two services, and you can swap which two as often as you like. peekstack Pro removes the limit with a one-time purchase. No subscription, nothing to renew. TRY IT WITHOUT A SERVER Demo mode fills the app with realistic data so you can see how everything works before connecting anything. Every demo item is clearly badged, so you always know what is real. Turn it on in Settings, or from any empty screen. WHAT YOU CAN CONNECT • Kubernetes: nodes, workloads and pods, warning events, and pod logs streamed live • Proxmox VE: nodes and guests with live CPU, memory and disk, guest consoles, and power actions where your token allows • Docker, through Portainer: containers, states, ports and live logs • Gitea: repository files on any branch, diffs for every commit and pull request, issues, and Actions runs with their live logs • Uptime Kuma: monitors, their status and history • AdGuard Home: query log and blocking activity • Olares: the state of your Olares install • ComfyUI: what the GPU is rendering with a live preview, what it made, and how long each render took • Ollama: the models you have, what is loaded and the memory it is holding, and pulling or removing a model from your phone • Any server speaking the standard chat completions API (LiteLLM, vllm, llama.cpp, LM Studio): the models it serves, and the same chat • Hermes Agent: what your agent is doing, its kanban board, the skills it has, the jobs it runs on a timer, and the files it can reach • Langfuse: today’s LLM calls, spend and errors, sessions as conversations, and each trace down to its input and output • TrueNAS: pools with their fill level and health, a running scrub, datasets, and the alerts the NAS itself raises • Prometheus: alerts firing right now, scrape targets that stopped answering, and rules that fail to evaluate • SSH: a proper terminal on any machine you can reach CHAT WITH YOUR OWN MODELS Talk to the models your own servers serve. Replies stream in as they are written, with rendered markdown and code blocks you can copy in one tap. Reasoning models show their thinking as it happens, folded away once the answer starts. Models that take images take photos from your library. Every conversation is waiting where you left it. With Hermes Agent it is the agent you are talking to, not just a model: it keeps its own memory, uses its own tools, and asks you before it runs anything dangerous. A DASHBOARD YOU BUILD Home is a grid of cards you choose, configure and arrange. Place the same card twice with different settings: two Pods cards watching two namespaces. Keep several dashboards and switch with a tap. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Two widgets. One answers “is anything wrong” at a glance. The other shows a service of your choosing with the same body as its card in the app: pools with their capacity bars, monitors with their beat strips. They refresh in the background and each carries an “as of” time, so they never pretend to be newer than they are. A REAL TERMINAL SSH sessions, Proxmox guest consoles and Kubernetes pod shells run in one terminal that stays alive as you move around the app. Native text selection and copy, a key toolbar for esc, tab and control combinations, and full ANSI color. Whatever you have open is one tap away. SEARCH EVERYTHING One search box spans every service you have connected. BUILT FOR IPAD Not a stretched phone: multi-column layouts, master and detail. YOUR CREDENTIALS STAY YOURS Passwords, API tokens and SSH keys live in the iOS keychain. They are never written to app storage, never sent anywhere, and never appear in logs or error messages. peekstack talks only to the addresses you type in.

Screenshots

Text Editor4 screens
Peekstack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Peekstack at none against Text Editor's 2. Peekstack also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Text Editor's advantage is chart position (#24 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Text Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Peekstack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Text Editor versus Peekstack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText EditorPeekstack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.4K — better—
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#24 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAPUNIVERSE LLCDAVID JAMES AHERN

Bugs and requests

Text Editor

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Dark mode not working properly
  • Deletes unsaved work
  • Crashes the Files app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Horizontal text scrolling
  • Free version with no limitations
  • One-time purchase option

Peekstack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Text Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Text Editor+3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Text Editor+3 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Peekstack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Peekstack free?
Peekstack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Editor or Peekstack have ads?
Neither Text Editor nor Peekstack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Editor or Peekstack?
Text Editor ships an update daily, and Peekstack daily. Most recently, Text Editor was updated on November 10, 2026 and Peekstack on November 10, 2026.

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