Comparison

EZText vs DBLU

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

Head to head
About

EZText

This app is a versatile text editor for viewing and editing various file types, including plain text, RTF, HTML, and markdown. It offers rich formatting options, live previews for web content, and robust editing tools like search and replace, undo/redo, and style copying. Easily manage files across cloud services and export to PDF.

Highlights
  • Edit any text file
  • Rich text formatting
  • Live HTML/markdown preview
  • Search and replace
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Export to PDF
  • Dark mode support
Features
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A free simple text editor for viewing and editing any kind of text file, including TXT, RTF, RTFD, HTML, XML, markdown, and more. For files like RTF and RTFD, EZText displays them fully formatted and lets you edit all the style information, such as font, point size, color, and paragraph alignment. You can even view the raw RTF text and edit that directly. For HTML and markdown, you can view a live preview as you edit. Features: - Edit any text file on your device, in iCloud, or in other cloud services (such as DropBox) that appear in the Files app - Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript - Text foreground and background color - Paragraph alignment - Line & paragraph spacing - Bulleted lists - Copy & paste text style and paragraph style - Search and replace text - Undo and redo - Create plain text file, rich text files (RTF), rich text with graphics (RTFD), HTML, and markdown files - View and edit the raw text for files that supports text style - Live previews of HTLM and markdown - Export to PDF - Convert between plain text, RTF, and RTFD - Print - Supports multitasking on iPad - Dark mode support

About

DBLU

Features
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The official app of DBLU. Retake control of your data! With “DoubleU” you can create doubles for any of your personas: sports, work, family, party-animal, and more. DBLU empowers you to own, control, and monetize your personal data through secure, locally encrypted vaults and intelligent doubles. Enrich your doubles with attributes and use them inside LLMs and third party partner app. It provides a privacy-first platform where users decide exactly what information to share, with whom, and for what purpose. Your data in DoubleU powers AI replicas that act on your behalf.

Screenshots

EZText4 screens
DBLU3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DBLU at every 3 days against EZText's every 6 weeks. DBLU also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 27.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, DBLU every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EZText versus DBLU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZTextDBLU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark KrenekDoubleU.ai, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

EZText

No in-app purchases

None

DBLU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZText free?
EZText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DBLU free?
DBLU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EZText or DBLU have ads?
Neither EZText nor DBLU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZText or DBLU?
EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, and DBLU every 3 days. Most recently, EZText was updated on October 14, 2026 and DBLU on October 15, 2026.

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