Comparison

EZText vs Inkiostro

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

Inkiostro

A distraction-free Markdown editor for Apple devices. Organize files with color labels and tags, and write efficiently with a comprehensive toolbar and live preview. Syncs automatically via iCloud Drive.

Highlights
  • Color Labels for files and folders
  • Custom tags for organization
  • Complete Markdown toolbar
  • Live preview with multiple themes
  • Focus and Typewriter modes
  • Native iCloud Drive sync
  • External folder support
Features
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Inkiostro is a Markdown editor for people who write — notes, documentation, theses, novels. Plain text files that stay yours, a preview that looks like a finished page, and exports ready to hand over. Write in Markdown, or in the visual editor and never see a symbol. Buy once, no subscription. No account, no tracking. WRITE, SEE, FINISH • Two ways to write: the Markdown editor shows the symbols, the visual editor formats as you type, like a word processor. Either way the file stays plain Markdown. (Visual editor: Pro, free for 7 days) • A complete Markdown toolbar: headings, lists, tables and code blocks, one tap away. • A side-by-side preview that comes back exactly where you left it. • LaTeX formulas typeset by KaTeX, and Mermaid diagrams drawn as you type. • 27 preview styles, 11 of them free: GitHub, Sepia, Nord, Solarized and more. With Pro, Manuscript, Book, Report, Academic and others set the page like print. • Focus and Typewriter modes, a live word count and a daily writing goal. FROM DRAFT TO BOOK • PDF with selectable text, formulas and diagrams included. Free, with a small credit line in the footer. • A professional ePub: real chapters, a cover, ISBN, series, footnotes that open over the page, and the accessibility declaration Europe requires. The export sheet tells you what a store would reject — before you send it. (Pro) • A book made of many files: one chapter per file, in a folder, in the order you choose. Arranging it is free; exporting it as a single ePub is Pro. • Self-contained HTML, and page setup for PDF: paper, margins, headers and page numbers. (Pro) NEVER LOSE A WORD • Version history: Inkiostro saves versions as you write. Search them, compare them line by line, and bring back a single word or a whole draft. (Pro) • Backups of your whole library: a dated zip archive with your version history inside, offered when one is due, while the app is open, in a folder you pick. Open it in the Files app and your Markdown files are right there. (Pro) YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Unlimited documents, as plain .md files you can open anywhere. • Folders, color labels and tags, with search that filters by tag. • iCloud Drive sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no setup. • External folders: work directly inside any folder on your device or in iCloud Drive. (Pro) INKIOSTRO PRO — ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE One purchase unlocks Pro on iPhone, iPad and Mac, forever. Try it free for 7 days. • The visual editor • Version history with search, comparison and a year of versions • Backups of your library • Professional ePub, HTML, and books made of many files • PDF page setup • Focus and Typewriter modes • External folders • 24 app themes, the Pro preview styles and any font installed on your device MADE FOR • Writers: novels and essays in plain text, out as a real ebook • Students and researchers: notes and theses with proper formulas • Developers: READMEs, documentation and technical notes with diagrams • Anyone tired of paying every month for a text editor • Anyone new to Markdown: the visual editor works like a word processor PRIVACY Your documents stay in your iCloud Drive or on your device. No servers of ours, ever. Inkiostro collects only anonymous, aggregated usage statistics — never personal data, never the content of your documents — and you can turn them off in Settings.

Screenshots

EZText4 screens
Inkiostro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: EZText at 4.2 against Inkiostro's 3.2. EZText also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (79% vs 67%). Inkiostro's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Inkiostro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EZText asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EZText holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EZText has 30 ratings behind it against 5, 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 67% of Inkiostro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, Inkiostro every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
EZText versus Inkiostro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZTextInkiostro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (30 ratings) — better3.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS27.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark KrenekCarlo Di Giuseppe

Customer experience

EZText

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

Inkiostro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

EZText

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Inkiostro

One-time1
  • Inkiostro Pro$19.99

Questions

Is EZText free?
EZText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inkiostro free?
Inkiostro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EZText or Inkiostro?
EZText is rated higher. EZText averages 4.2 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Inkiostro averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do EZText or Inkiostro have ads?
Neither EZText nor Inkiostro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZText or Inkiostro?
EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, and Inkiostro every 6 days. Most recently, EZText was updated on October 24, 2026 and Inkiostro on October 28, 2026.

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