# Penedex vs Text Workflow

The clearest difference is rating: Text Workflow at 4.7 against Penedex's 4.3. Text Workflow also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 75%) and ratings volume (175 vs 16). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Penedex sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Workflow has 175 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Penedex's written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

Penedex ships an update every 5 weeks, Text Workflow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Penedex | Text Workflow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.3 (16 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/penedex/id1535416271/reviews) | **[4.7 (175 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 16 | **175** |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | **95.2% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | **Fortnightly** |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 18 MB | 34 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Connor Rose](https://appshunter.io/developer/1535416273) | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) |

## What reviewers say

### Penedex

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/penedex/id1535416271)

Easily manage your pen and ink collections, track inked pens, and identify those needing cleaning. Catalog details like material, nib size, and ink characteristics. Includes a wishlist and pen show calendar.

**Highlights:** Create pen, ink, and currently inked entries, Track pen and ink combinations, Catalog pen details (material, nib size, photos), Quantify ink characteristics (dry time, sheen), Identify pens needing cleaning, Wishlist for grail pens and inks, International pen show calendar

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (5)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Pro Access | $9.99 | per year |
| Alternate Icon Unlock - King | $3.00 | one-time |
| Ice Out Icon | $3.00 | one-time |
| Alternate Icon MN | $3.00 | one-time |


### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Automate repetitive text editing tasks with a powerful yet user-friendly tool. Create custom workflows by combining over 45 transformation actions to format, clean, and convert text. All processing is done on-device for enhanced security and privacy.

**Highlights:** Combine transformation actions, Save and reuse workflows, Over 45 text transformation actions, On-device processing, JSON, CSV, YAML conversion, URL and Base64 encoding/decoding, Shortcuts integration

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Penedex free?

Penedex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Penedex or Text Workflow?

Text Workflow is rated higher. Penedex averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.7 from 175 ratings.

### Do Penedex or Text Workflow have ads?

Neither Penedex nor Text Workflow shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Penedex or Text Workflow?

Penedex ships an update every 5 weeks, and Text Workflow fortnightly. Most recently, Penedex was updated on October 24, 2026 and Text Workflow on October 25, 2026.

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