Comparison

EZText vs Caption Wire

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

Caption Wire

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Caption Wire is a viewer for live captions. A captioner writes, and the words land on your device as they are written. GETTING IN Open the link your captioner sent you, scan their QR code, or type the job code on the first screen. There is no account to create and no password to remember. MADE TO BE READ Captions are no use if you cannot read them comfortably. Change the typeface, the text size, the colors and the line width, and the captions redraw as you go. There are ready made light and dark looks, or pick your own colors. The typeface list includes a rounded face taken from the British Dyslexia Association's style guide. SET IT ONCE Whatever you pick becomes your default for every job you open, not just this one. Somebody who needs large text does not have to set it again every morning. ASK A QUESTION If something is unclear, send a short note to the captioner working your job. It goes to them and to nobody else. There is no feed, no other users, and no way for a stranger to reach you. AFTER THE JOB If your captioner makes the transcript available, you can read it back in the app, move through it, and save your own marks on the parts you want to find again. Your marks stay on your phone. HAVE A LOOK FIRST You do not need a code to see how it works. Tap "See a sample session" on the first screen and a recorded session plays in the real viewer, with all the same controls. It runs with no network connection at all. WHO IT IS FOR Attorneys and participants in depositions and hearings, deaf and hard of hearing people in meetings and classrooms, and anyone handed a link by the captioner working their event.

Screenshots

EZText4 screens
Caption Wire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Caption Wire at every 9 days against EZText's every 6 weeks. Caption Wire also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 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, Caption Wire every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EZText versus Caption Wire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZTextCaption Wire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark KrenekMICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN

In-app purchases

None

EZText

No in-app purchases

None

Caption Wire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZText free?
EZText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caption Wire free?
Caption Wire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EZText or Caption Wire have ads?
Neither EZText nor Caption Wire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZText or Caption Wire?
EZText ships an update every 6 weeks, and Caption Wire every 9 days. Most recently, EZText was updated on November 7, 2026 and Caption Wire on November 6, 2026.

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