# Text Workflow vs VBOX

The clearest difference is ads: Text Workflow at none against VBOX's shown. Text Workflow also leads on ratings volume (176 vs 3). VBOX's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and VBOX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

VBOX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Workflow has 176 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 100% of VBOX's.

Text Workflow ships an update monthly, VBOX every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | VBOX |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.8 (176 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews) | **[5.0 (3 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vbox-global-variable/id1667187913/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **176** | 3 |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | **No** | Yes |
| Update frequency | Monthly | **Every 3 days** |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 32 MB | 11 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | **14.5** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [Eisuke Nishioka](https://appshunter.io/developer/1667187915) |

## What reviewers say

### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Automate repetitive text editing tasks with a powerful yet user-friendly tool. Create custom workflows by combining over 45 transformation actions to format, clean, and convert text. All processing is done on-device for enhanced security and privacy.

**Highlights:** Combine transformation actions, Save and reuse workflows, Over 45 text transformation actions, On-device processing, JSON, CSV, YAML conversion, URL and Base64 encoding/decoding, Shortcuts integration

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


### VBOX

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vbox-global-variable/id1667187913)

Manage global variables for your device's shortcuts. Set and get values, use widgets for quick access, and change variables on the fly. Useful for limiting app usage, setting reminders, and preventing careless mistakes.

**Highlights:** Get & Set global variables, Widget support, Quickly view variable values, Change values instantly, Limit app usage, Set daily reminders

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| VBOX Pro - 1 month | $0.99 | per month |
| VBOX Pro - 1 year | $4.99 | per year |
| VBOX Pro - Lifetime | $6.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is VBOX free?

VBOX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Text Workflow or VBOX?

VBOX is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while VBOX averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.

### Do Text Workflow or VBOX have ads?

VBOX shows ads; Text Workflow does not.

### Which is updated more often, Text Workflow or VBOX?

Text Workflow ships an update monthly, and VBOX every 3 days. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on October 10, 2026 and VBOX on October 1, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*