Comparison

EZText vs MinimaTXT

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

MinimaTXT

A minimalist and fast plain text editor designed for focused writing on iPhone. It offers local storage, instant file editing, and robust undo/redo functionality. The app prioritizes simplicity with no ads, tracking, or sign-up required.

Highlights
  • 100% local storage
  • Instant .txt file editing
  • Full Undo/Redo
  • Auto-save functionality
  • Full-text search
  • Batch export as ZIP
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MinimaTXT is a minimalist, lightning-fast plain text editor for iPhone. For people who prefer focus over features. - 100% local storage — no cloud, no sync, no servers - Open and edit .txt files instantly - Full Undo/Redo support - Auto-save on close, background, and every 30 seconds - Full-text search with instant result highlighting - Easy import and export of your files - Batch export as ZIP No ads. No tracking. No sign-up. Just text.

Screenshots

EZText4 screens
MinimaTXT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MinimaTXT at 5.0 against EZText's 4.2. MinimaTXT also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). EZText's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MinimaTXT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EZText has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of EZText's written reviews are positive against 100% of MinimaTXT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, MinimaTXT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EZText versus MinimaTXT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZTextMinimaTXT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (30 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark KrenekAndrey Bychkov

Customer experience

EZText

All ratings30 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative16.7%

MinimaTXT

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EZText

No in-app purchases

None

MinimaTXT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZText free?
EZText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MinimaTXT free?
MinimaTXT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EZText or MinimaTXT?
MinimaTXT is rated higher. EZText averages 4.2 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while MinimaTXT averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do EZText or MinimaTXT have ads?
Neither EZText nor MinimaTXT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZText or MinimaTXT?
EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, and MinimaTXT every 5 days. Most recently, EZText was updated on November 3, 2026 and MinimaTXT on October 30, 2026.

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