Elsewhen vs Text Shot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elsewhen
Easily coordinate meetings and conversations across different time zones. Select a date and time in one zone to generate shareable links or Discord time codes that automatically display the correct time for each recipient.
- Convert times between time zones
- Generate shareable time lists
- Create Discord time codes
- Supports multiple time zones
- User-friendly interface
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Time zones make talking to people online about times and dates complicated. Elsewhen makes it easier by letting you pick a date and time in a particular time zone that can be copied as Discord time code (which shows the time in each user's time zone,) or a list of times in time zones you choose, which can be shared anywhere you wish.
Text Shot
Easily transform text snippets into visually appealing, shareable images. Customize with titles, sources, themes, fonts, and sizes. Automate creation with Shortcuts integration.
- Create shareable text images
- Add title, source, and author
- Customize theme, font, and size
- Shortcuts app integration
- Universal iOS/iPadOS/macOS support
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Text Shot is a universal (iOS/iPadOS/macOS) application that lets you take text snippets and create beautiful shareable images (text shots). You can add a title, source, author, and the quote, or just a few of them! From there, you can choose a theme, font, and a size, to customise how each text shot looks. You can also find all of this functionality inside of a "Create Text Shot" action in the Shortcuts app. Which means, you can even build your own automations to make the process of creating and sharing your text shots even easier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Elsewhen at Free against Text Shot's $2.99. Elsewhen also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 75%) and ratings volume (22 vs 3). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Elsewhen is free to download; Text Shot costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elsewhen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elsewhen has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Elsewhen's written reviews are positive against 75% of Text Shot's.
Elsewhen ships an update every 2 months, Text Shot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elsewhen | Text Shot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (22 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Cardy | Christopher R Hannah |
Customer experience
Elsewhen
Text Shot
In-app purchases
Elsewhen
No in-app purchases
Text Shot
No in-app purchases
