Comparison

BeText vs uWeb Server2

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

Head to head
About

BeText

A minimalist text editor designed for writers seeking efficiency and a distraction-free environment. It offers rich text formatting, customization options, and convenient file management features to help you focus on your words and create polished documents.

Highlights
  • Focus Mode for deep immersion
  • Rich text formatting options
  • Customizable fonts and colors
  • Capture text from camera
  • Organized file management
  • Wireless browser file sharing
  • Minimalist, distraction-free interface
Features
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Unleash your creativity and stay focused with BeText, the minimalist text editor crafted for writers who value simplicity and efficiency. Whether you're drafting documents, jotting down quick notes, or composing your next blog post, BeText offers a distraction-free environment tailored to your writing needs. Enjoy a clean, simple, and serene space that helps you focus entirely on your words, turning ideas into polished pieces of writing. Key Features: • Focus Mode: Dim everything but the current paragraph, keeping you deeply immersed in your writing. • Rich Text Formatting: Apply bold, italic, underline, and more to enhance your text and create visually engaging documents. • Font and Color Customization: Choose from a wide range of fonts and colors to personalize your writing and match your style. • Capture Text: Insert text directly from your camera, making it easy to integrate printed documents into your writing. • File Management: Organise your documents with ease, ensuring they are neatly stored and instantly accessible whenever you need them. • Browser File Sharing: Wirelessly transfer your documents between devices using local web transfer, making it simple to move your work wherever you go. • Wi-Fi Drive (Mac Only): Turn your iPhone into a wireless network drive, allowing effortless file transfers over Wi-Fi. • Minimalist Design: Enjoy a clean, uncluttered interface that eliminates distractions, allowing you to focus on what matters most—your words. • Exciting New Features (Coming Soon): Stay tuned for upcoming enhancements, including AI writing assistance, and integration with popular writing platforms. Say goodbye to distractions and hello to unparalleled productivity. BeText is more than just a text editor—it’s your essential writing companion. Whether you're crafting the next great novel or capturing daily thoughts, BeText’s Focus Mode ensures every word counts. Designed with writers in mind, BeText seamlessly blends functionality with simplicity, empowering you to do what you do best: write. Ready to elevate your writing experience? Download BeText today and start creating your best work in a distraction-free, beautifully simple environment.

About

uWeb Server2

Features
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Ultra small web server. Share your file to any device. Fast transfer and manage files with web browser. This is the iOS version of uWeb Server, designed for personal private usage, without user authentication, without boring complex configuration. uWeb Server is a small utility provides an intuitive and concise user interface to fast download, upload and view files with all kinds of web browser regardless what type of devices it is running on. It provides a capability that can share files for web browser accessibility directly, user can quickly view and manage files in an intuitive and efficient way. This app is a redesign of a tool software that was already used in daily works years for convenient office and home local Wi-Fi share and air play, watching video, listening musics, preview files with web browser on any type of computer, server, game box and mobile device without download them. Fast download, upload and preview images, PDF files, source code files and other type of files, watch video and listen music with a well-designed user interface of web browser regardless what the operation system and device it is running on. What's new Run as a WebDAV Server, hidden protected resources access with a simple rules based filter file. Basic Usage: 1. load files in the app from any source in your device. 2. start the web server. 3. access or download the files via any web browser. 4. upload file to the device. Features: a. Ultra small. b. No user authentication, no login and password required. c. File manager, fast download, upload all kinds of files and review them online. d. Fast generate file list for selected folder, sorting with file attributes, file name, size and modified date. e. Fast search items in the generated file list. f. Generate file list for selected folder with combined filter parameters, list hidden files or not, filter by file extensions or not.

Screenshots

BeText4 screens
uWeb Server24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BeText at $0.99 against uWeb Server2's $6.99. uWeb Server2's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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

BeText costs $0.99 and uWeb Server2 $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeText ships an update every 3 months, uWeb Server2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BeText versus uWeb Server2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeTextuWeb Server2
Price$0.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerchaman chlach斌 虞

In-app purchases

None

BeText

No in-app purchases

None

uWeb Server2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeText free?
BeText costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is uWeb Server2 free?
uWeb Server2 costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BeText or uWeb Server2 have ads?
Neither BeText nor uWeb Server2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeText or uWeb Server2?
BeText ships an update every 3 months, and uWeb Server2 every 3 weeks. Most recently, BeText was updated on November 3, 2026 and uWeb Server2 on November 4, 2026.

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