Comparison

Jedit Lite vs Simple Editor X

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

Head to head
About

Jedit Lite

Edit and process plain and rich text with a comprehensive set of tools. Features include line numbering, invisible character display, automatic encoding detection, and regular expression search. Supports text-to-speech for various formats.

Highlights
  • Line numbering
  • Invisible character display
  • Automatic encoding determination
  • Rich text editing (RTF/RTFD)
  • Regular expression search/replace
  • Text-to-speech
  • HTML/Markdown reading
  • Syntax coloring
Features
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A "comprehensive text tool" that supports editing and processing of a variety of text from rich to plain text. Supports line numbering, display of invisible characters, automatic encoding determination, rich text (rtf/rtfd) editing, regular expression search/replace, text speech with position display, HTML/Markdown text reading, syntax coloring, and more. Both Apple TTS and Google TTS (free up to 1 million characters per month) are supported for text-to-speech. ■About Subscriptions A subscription registration prompt will appear each time you close the editing document.. Once you register, the prompt will no longer appear. Please refer to the following for terms and conditions regarding the use of subscriptions. 1. Privacy policy: https://www.artman21.com/en/sparkle/jedit-lite-privacy.html 2. Terms of Use: https://www.artman21.com/en/sparkle/jedit-lite-eula.html

About

Simple Editor X

This intelligent text editor and notepad offers text-to-speech functionality in 64 languages, real-time text analysis including word and character counts, and language identification. It also features emotional analysis for English text, iCloud synchronization, and easy insertion of canned text.

Highlights
  • Text-to-Speech in 64 languages
  • Real-time text information display
  • Language identification
  • Emotional analysis for English text
  • iCloud synchronization across devices
  • Canned text insertion
  • Translation and replace function
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Simple Editor X is a simple, intelligent text editor and notepad application. In addition to text entry, Simple Editor X can also check and analyze text. This application has the following features ・Text-To-Speech After entering text, you can read it out loud with the text-to-speech function. This is especially useful when you want to check the clarity of sentences and the naturalness of conjunctions. 64 languages are supported, including Japanese, English (US), French (France), etc¹. On macOS, you can also export to audio files². ・Displays text information The number of characters, words, and paragraphs can be displayed in real time. In addition, machine learning can be used to identify the language of the text. If you don't know what language it is, you can paste it into Simple Editor X. With English text, more intelligence in Simple Editor X is unleashed. You can now perform an emotional analysis³ that shows whether the entire text is positive or negative, and you can detect proper nouns, such as the names of people, organizations, and places, and look them up with a single click. ・Synchronization via iCloud Synchronize texts and settings between iOS, macOS, and visionOS devices so that the same settings can be inherited from any device. ・Easy insertion of canned text Frequently used canned text can be registered in advance and instantly inserted at the beginning and end. For example, you can efficiently add canned sentences for emails, greetings at the beginning of memos, and other sentences that are used repeatedly. ・Translation The translation function is an essential part of the smarter Simple Editor X. In addition to displaying translation results, a one-click translation and replace function will be added. (iOS/iPadOS/macOS only) ・Linkage with the Shortcut app Text information can be analyzed by linking with shortcut apps without having to bother to open the app. For example, if you need to periodically check the number of words or paragraphs in a document, you can easily access the information without opening the app and work more efficiently. 1. advanced language-dependent features such as the ability to transliterate Chinese characters are not supported. 2. Please check Apple's OS terms and conditions for handling audio files created with Simple Editor X. 3. Positive or negative emotions are indicated by a numerical value between -1 and 1 and a graph.

Screenshots

Jedit Lite4 screens
Simple Editor X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jedit Lite at 50% against Simple Editor X's 0%. Jedit Lite also leads on price (Free vs $1.49) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). Simple Editor X's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Jedit Lite is free to download; Simple Editor X costs $1.49 up front. Jedit Lite sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Simple Editor X asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jedit Lite ships an update every 3 months, Simple Editor X every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 2 level
Jedit Lite versus Simple Editor X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJedit LiteSimple Editor X
PriceFree — better$1.49
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtman21 Inc.Keisuke Chinone

Customer experience

Jedit Lite

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Editor X

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jedit Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Jedit Lite 1 year Subscription$3.991 Year
None

Simple Editor X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jedit Lite free?
Jedit Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Editor X free?
Simple Editor X costs $1.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jedit Lite or Simple Editor X have ads?
Neither Jedit Lite nor Simple Editor X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jedit Lite or Simple Editor X?
Jedit Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Simple Editor X every 13 months. Most recently, Jedit Lite was updated on October 1, 2026 and Simple Editor X on September 28, 2026.

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