Text4Me vs Swatches Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text4Me
This app transcribes text from popular messaging apps, videos, and audio files. It utilizes internal device functionality for secure audio processing, ensuring your data remains private. Simply install and set up the extension to begin converting speech to text.
- Transcribe messages from popular apps
- Recognize text from videos
- Convert audio files to text
- Secure internal audio processing
- Easy extension setup
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Text4Me is transcriber application for ability recognise text from popular messages like: Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, Youtube, TikTok, Files, Videos. You should just install application and setup extension via instructions in application. Also it can help recognise text from audio and video files. It's secure for user, you can use internal device functionality for audio processing without sending audio to any service via internet.
Swatches Reader
Manage GIMP color palettes with this tool. Select colors, copy them as UIColor or hex strings, and grab colors from anywhere on your screen. It also extracts main colors from images and includes thumbnail and QuickLook extensions.
- GIMP color palette management
- System color picker integration
- Copy colors as UIColor, hex, or RGB
- Grab color from any screen location
- Auto extract main colors from images
- Thumbnail and QuickLook extensions
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Color palettes management tool based on a GIMP format ( *.gpl ). Selected color can be changed by system's color picker or copied to clipboard as a UIColor or hex string or RGB description. You can grab color from any place on the screen. Auto extract main colors from the given image. The app also has included fast worked Thumbnails and QuickLook extensions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text4Me at 50% against Swatches Reader's 0%. Text4Me also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Text4Me costs $2.99 and Swatches Reader $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Text4Me ships an update every 3 weeks, Swatches Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text4Me | Swatches Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (95 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Hrebeniuk | Viktor Goltvyanytsya |
Customer experience
Text4Me
Swatches Reader
In-app purchases
Text4Me
No in-app purchases
Swatches Reader
No in-app purchases
