# Text Workflow vs Locknload

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Workflow at 95% against Locknload's 50%. Text Workflow also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and device support (3 vs 1). Locknload's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Locknload sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 173 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 50% of Locknload's.

Text Workflow ships an update monthly, Locknload weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | Locknload |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.7 (173 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews)** | [4.5 (73 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locknload-lock-screen-widgets/id6443404033/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **173** | 73 |
| Positive reviews | **95.0% of reviews** | 50.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Monthly | **Weekly** |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 34 MB | 28 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 16.0 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** | iPhone |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [Actowise LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1563247119) |

## 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 | $12.99 | 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


### Locknload

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/locknload-lock-screen-widgets/id6443404033)

Customize your phone's lock screen with custom launchers. Create shortcuts to any app or website using your own names and icons. Launch directly from your lock screen with a single tap.

**Highlights:** Custom app launchers, Web URL shortcuts, Customizable icons and names, Launch from lock screen, Supports custom app schemes

**In-app purchases (2)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Lifetime | $3.99 | one-time |
| Pro Lifetime Reference | $9.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Text Workflow free?

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

### Is Locknload free?

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

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

Text Workflow is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 173 ratings, while Locknload averages 4.5 from 73 ratings.

### Do Text Workflow or Locknload have ads?

Neither Text Workflow nor Locknload shows ads.

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

Text Workflow ships an update monthly, and Locknload weekly. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on September 21, 2026 and Locknload on September 6, 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.*