Comparison

TalkBeamer vs Textory

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

Head to head
About

TalkBeamer

Present your LaTeX Beamer slides from your mobile device to an external display. View speaker notes on your device, navigate slides, and track presentation time. A Pro version unlocks unlimited presentation length.

Highlights
  • Present slides on external displays
  • View speaker notes on device
  • Easy slide navigation
  • Presentation timer
  • Open PDFs via iOS sharing
  • Pro version for unlimited length
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Use TalkBeamer to present the slides you created using the LaTeX Beamer template from your iPad or iPhone. • Show slides on an external connected projector or display (wired or through AirPlay screen mirroring) • Display notes for the current slide on your iPad or iPhone • Navigate between slides with ease • Keep track of your presentation time using the presentation timer • Open a PDF from any place through the iOS sharing capability • Present PDF slides without notes: Your iPad or iPhone will show the current slide TalkBeamer Pro -------------- TalkBeamer for lightning talks is free. This means you can do presentations up to 8 minutes before TalkBeamer stops displaying slides on the external display If you like this app and want to use it for presentations longer than 8 minutes, consider a one-time purchase of TalkBeamer Pro. What is LaTeX? What is LaTex Beamer? ------------------------------------ LaTeX is a software package to author various documents like scientific reports, magazine articles or even books. In combination with the Beamer template, LaTeX's powerful feature set can be used for the creation of slide sets for talks and presentations. When included, exported PDF files contain the actual slide as well as notes for helping the speaker.

About

Textory

A fast, clean, and modern text editor for iPhone and iPad. It provides a simple workspace for notes, drafts, snippets, and quick code edits without the clutter of larger applications. Save work locally or sync across devices with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Fast and lightweight editing
  • Clean iOS-style interface
  • iPhone and iPad support
  • Local and iCloud document storage
  • Supports numerous text and code file types
  • Simple file-based workflow
Features
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Textory is a fast, clean, and modern text editor for iPhone and iPad. Built for notes, drafts, snippets, plain text, and quick code edits, Textory gives you a simple workspace without the clutter of oversized writing apps or complicated developer tools. Create and edit documents quickly, save your work locally, or use iCloud to keep files available across your Apple devices. Whether you are writing quick notes, organizing ideas, editing plain text, saving reference material, or making light changes to code snippets, Textory is designed to stay out of your way. Textory supports multiple file types, including plain text, Markdown, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, C#, VB.NET, Python, and more. Switch file types quickly and use Textory as a lightweight editor when you just need to open something, make a change, and keep moving. Textory is not trying to replace a full development environment. It is made for fast, lightweight text editing when you need a simple place to write, edit, save, and organize text. Why Textory? • Fast and lightweight • Clean iOS-style interface • Works on iPhone and iPad • Local and iCloud document storage • Great for notes, plain text, drafts, lists, and snippets • Useful for lightweight code editing and quick text changes • Supports common text and code file types • Simple file-based workflow • No clutter, no complicated setup Textory is the everyday text editor for people who want a simple, reliable place to write, edit, save, and organize text on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

TalkBeamer2 screens
Textory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Textory at none against TalkBeamer's 1. TalkBeamer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TalkBeamer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Textory asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TalkBeamer against 5.0 for Textory. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TalkBeamer versus Textory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalkBeamerTextory
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManuel AlaborFare Brothers

Customer experience

TalkBeamer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Textory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TalkBeamer

One-time1
  • TalkBeamer Pro$1.99
None

Textory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TalkBeamer free?
TalkBeamer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Textory free?
Textory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TalkBeamer or Textory?
TalkBeamer and Textory are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TalkBeamer or Textory have ads?
Neither TalkBeamer nor Textory shows ads.

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