Comparison

Snippety vs Plain Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

Snippety

Boost productivity with instant access to reusable text templates and code fragments. Create smart snippets with an AI assistant for tasks like translation and email replies. Seamlessly integrate with any text field via a dedicated keyboard or share menu extension.

Highlights
  • Reusable text and code snippets
  • Dedicated keyboard for instant access
  • Share menu extension for snippet creation
  • AI Assistant for text generation and editing
  • Smart placeholders for dynamic templates
  • iCloud synchronization across devices
Features
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Stop wasting time typing the same things over and over. Snippety is a powerful text expander and snippet organizer designed to automate your workflow. Instantly access reusable templates for messages, documents, emails, code fragments, developer scripts, marketing details, and more - anywhere you type, paste directly from your keyboard. Snippety integrates seamlessly with every app and text field. Use the dedicated Snippety Keyboard to expand your shortcuts instantly while typing. Want to save something on the fly? Create new snippets directly from any selected text using the Share menu. With native iCloud sync, your entire snippet library is always up to date across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Install Snippety on all your Apple devices for a seamless and unified typing experience. Seamless Integration: • Dedicated Snippety Keyboard to let you access your snippets wherever you type. • Snippety Keyboard lets you easily switch between typing and expanding keywords. Select Snippet Expander, type a predefined keyword, and the snippet will expand automatically. • Snippety Keyboard supports QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, and Dvorak layouts, allowing you to search snippets and fill placeholders directly from the keyboard. • Share menu extension to create text snippets from any application. • Integration with Shortcuts app. • Minimalistic and beautiful design adjusted to light and dark mode. Smart Placeholders: • Create reusable templates by replacing customizable parts with smart placeholders. • Take advantage of 20 smart placeholders: auto-incrementing number, AI assistant, calculated date, calculated time, clipboard content, random value, hyperlink, note, selectable date, selectable value, multiselect, selected text, snippet reference, text transformation, text variable, text variable reference, and multiline text variable. MacOS application supports also script, clipboard history, and file content placeholders. • Avoid repeating the same parameters, with Snippety you can insert the same value into multiple places of your template. • Use conditional blocks to dynamically show or hide parts of your snippet based on provided conditions. • Build reusable parts of your snippets and reference them in other templates. AI Integration: • Enable AI features in all your applications by using AI placeholders. • Access AI directly from Snippety Keyboard without opening the app. • Ask Snippety to generate templates and insert placeholders using AI computing power. • Smart AI assistant placeholder is ready to perform any task for you using the selected text or clipboard content. iCloud Collaboration: • Share selected snippets with co-workers, friends, or across your personal devices, even if they use different Apple IDs. • The new collaboration is built using native Apple technologies, ensuring your data remains secure and never passes through third-party servers. • Control who can access each shared snippet and choose between read-only or write permissions. Flexible: • Syntax highlighting supporting 50+ formats. • Rich Text (RTF), HTML, and Markdown support (with images). Unlimited access: • Sync your snippets seamlessly across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. • Share snippets using secure links. Snippety is free to download and use with up to 8 active snippets. Upgrade to Snippety Pro to unlock: • Unlimited snippets & keyboard usage • iCloud Collaboration • Snippet version history • Database import & export • Shortcuts integration • Custom AI API integration NOTE: Snippety Keyboard works with snippets in any language, but the keyboard itself allows typing English letters + diacritics. Keyboard input is used to fill placeholders, search, or expand snippets by keyword, and these features are limited to the English alphabet. These limitations do NOT affect the app - only the Snippety Keyboard. Terms of Use: https://snippety.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://snippety.app/privacy-policy

About

Plain Text Editor

A minimalist text editor focused on pure writing without any formatting options. It allows editing of standard plain text files and includes features like word count and a unique 'brain dump' mode for focused writing.

Highlights
  • No formatting, just text
  • Edit .txt, .csv, .md files
  • Optimal line spacing
  • Word count
  • Brain dump mode
Features
Currently charting
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Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature. ■ Highlights - No formatting. Just text. - Edit any plain text file like .txt, .csv, .md, etc - Optimal line spacing and length - Word count - Brain dump mode ■ Known issues The app does not have the ability to print because of iOS limitations. Brain dump mode does not work properly with some Asian languages. ■ Brain dump mode Lets you only write, but not delete or edit. This helps you focus on the actual writing instead of getting distracted with editing and nitpicking. ■ FAQ ‣ Can you add a typewriter mode (centered text)? I don't plan to add that. ‣ Does it handle huge files? No. The app is optimized for writing. Use a proper code editor for such files. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.

Screenshots

Snippety4 screens
Plain Text Editor3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Snippety at Free against Plain Text Editor's $5.00. Snippety also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Plain Text Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and chart position (#65 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

Snippety is free to download; Plain Text Editor costs $5.00 up front. Snippety sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Plain Text Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snippety holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snippety has 72 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Snippety's written reviews are positive against 93% of Plain Text Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Snippety ships an update every 6 days, Plain Text Editor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Snippety versus Plain Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnippetyPlain Text Editor
PriceFree — better$5.00
Rating4.8 (72 ratings) — better4.4 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews88.4% of reviews93.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#65 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWojciech KulikSindre Sorhus

Customer experience

Snippety

All ratings71 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative5.8%

Plain Text Editor

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.7%

Bugs and requests

Snippety

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent clipboard/paste behavior
  • Issues with Japanese text input and conversion

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved snippet organization (folders, tags, etc.)
  • Live auto-suggest or searchable snippet menu
  • Ability to insert dynamic file content
  • More language support for AI integration
  • Option to keep Snippety window open after pasting

Plain Text Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Snippety

Subscriptions2
  • Snippety Pro$2.991 Month
  • Snippety Pro$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Snippety Pro - Mobile$19.99
  • Snippety Pro - Upgrade (lifetime)$29.99
  • Snippety Pro (lifetime)$49.99
None

Plain Text Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Snippety free?
Snippety is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plain Text Editor free?
Plain Text Editor costs $5.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Snippety or Plain Text Editor?
Snippety is rated higher. Snippety averages 4.8 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Plain Text Editor averages 4.4 from 9 ratings.
Do Snippety or Plain Text Editor have ads?
Neither Snippety nor Plain Text Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Snippety or Plain Text Editor?
Snippety ships an update every 6 days, and Plain Text Editor every 2 months. Most recently, Snippety was updated on October 21, 2026 and Plain Text Editor on October 20, 2026.

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