Comparison

Text Workflow vs ChatX

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Text Workflow

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
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Clean up AI and web text in one tap. Copy an answer from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any website and it comes with junk: [1] citation tags, 【source】 marks, stray ** and ## symbols, curly quotes, invisible characters, broken line breaks. Text Workflow removes all of it and gives you clean text, ready to paste. Exact, every time, and private. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and your workflows sync over iCloud. NEW IN 3.0 • Clean AI Text: one action removes citations, hidden characters, extra spaces and Markdown symbols. You choose what goes, and code blocks are never touched. • Remove Citations: strips [1], [7][8], [web:1], 【4:0†source】 and Wikipedia notes. • Markdown tables: tables from AI answers now convert to Rich Text and HTML. Format Markdown Table lines up the columns. • Compare Input with Result: see exactly what changed, by character, word or line. • A new text editor with line numbers, visible spaces and tabs, a monospaced font and Find. • Gemini joins OpenAI and Claude, with the newest models. WHY TEXT WORKFLOW • Exact, every time. The same input always gives the same output. No hallucinations, no "regenerate". • Private. Built-in actions run on your device. Never paste sensitive text into a website just to reformat it. • Built for the whole job. Chain 50+ actions into a workflow, save it and run it with one tap. • On every Apple device. A native app on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with workflows synced over iCloud. CLEAN UP AI AND WEB TEXT • Clean AI Text and Remove Citations • Remove Markdown, or turn it into Rich Text for Pages, Word and Mail • Markdown to HTML, with tables • Convert to plain text, strip HTML tags • Straight and curly quotes, accents and diacritics • Delete invisible and non-printable characters BUILD POWERFUL WORKFLOWS Chain actions together and each step feeds the next. Turn the text job you repeat every week into a single tap. • Reorder steps, switch them on and off, nest workflows inside workflows • Regular Expressions: extract, replace with capture groups, or run a workflow only on matching parts • Sync your workflows across all your devices with iCloud 50+ TEXT ACTIONS, INCLUDING • Editing and lines: find and replace (plain or RegEx), prefix and suffix, insert text, sort, number, break and trim lines, remove empty lines, line breaks, duplicates and extra spaces • Case and style: UPPER, lower, Title, camelCase, spell out numbers, format numbers, Style Text, reverse, shuffle, repeat • Data formats: beautify JSON, XML and HTML; JSON and YAML; JSON and CSV; XML to JSON; CSV to Markdown table • Utilities: Base64, URL encoding, encryption with a password, QR codes, UUIDs, text statistics, reading time, dates, math, short URLs WORKS WITH SHORTCUTS Every action and workflow is a Shortcuts action. Clean your clipboard with one tap, or build text automations that run on their own. Use the Share sheet to send text from any app. AI, ON YOUR TERMS AI is one optional step among 50+, not the whole app. Add a prompt step to any workflow with your own OpenAI, Claude or Gemini key, any OpenAI-compatible service such as OpenRouter or LM Studio, or Apple's on-device model. You choose the model and pay the provider directly. Nothing routes through us. TEXT WORKFLOW PRO Free: every action, with results shown in full. Pro lets you copy and share results of any length, create unlimited workflows and compare Input with Result. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.gtrigonakis.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ChatX

This AI chat client leverages advanced language models to help you generate content and boost efficiency. It offers features like prompt collections, quick phrases, and image generation, all accessible through high-speed API servers. Manage your conversations and settings across multiple devices with ease.

Highlights
  • Multiple advanced AI models
  • High-speed API servers
  • Prompt collections
  • Image generation
  • iCloud multi-device sync
  • Quick phrases and shortcuts
Features
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ChatX is a powerful AI chat client powered by the most advanced 4o、5、5mini、o3、DeepSeek V3/R1、Claude model. With our high-speed API servers, you can use AI to generate any content anytime, anywhere, to boost your work and life efficiency. 【Key Features】 - Words Mode: Spend only for what you use, never waste a word - Prompt Collections: Easily start every conversation, advanced prompts available - Quick-switch New Conversations: Flexibly control context lines - Quick Phrases: Boost your dialogues with a single click to send - High-speed API servers: Experience ultimate speed, boundless access, and customization support - API Key Mode: Check your monthly usage - Token Calculator: Real-time financial calculations, know your consumption details - Image Generation: Official Beta interface for creating images with text - Shortcuts: URL Scheme & Siri 【Chat Experience Enhanced】 - AI Parameters: Model, creative temperature, dialogue memory, conversation length - TTS Auto Speech: Auto language detection, speed of reading settings - Chat Control: Pause and resume generation - Chat Management: Icon settings, pinning, order adjustment - Message Enhancement: Select text, resend, rewrite, share - Casual Chatting: Start a conversation anytime, anywhere - Others: Haptic feedback, chat font size - Compression history summary - Quickly open chat from the Control Center 【Advanced Features】 - Support newest Gemini model - iCloud Multi-device Auto Sync: Sync your chat lists and settings - macOS & iPad Keyboard Support: Use shortcut keys to send messages - Lock Screen Widgets: Quick lock screen launch - URL Schemes: Call shortcut commands - Non-Stream Responses API Encourage us with five stars, More powerful features will be developed. Also, feedback are welcome to tell us on Twitter:@AppChatX / The6XStudio@gmail.com

Screenshots

Text Workflow4 screens
ChatX4 screens

Verdict

The call

Text Workflow and ChatX are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ChatX sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 176 and 482 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 88% of ChatX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Text Workflow versus ChatX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText WorkflowChatX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (176 ratings) — better4.6 (482 ratings)
Positive reviews95.2% of reviews — better88.1% of reviews
Number of ratings176482 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgios Trigonakis6X Studio LLC

Customer experience

Text Workflow

All ratings176 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.0%

ChatX

All ratings481 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative9.5%

User reviews

Text Workflow

From 176 App Store ratings

What we love

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

Room to improve

  • 🐛 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

ChatX

From 482 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app, quality
  • 👍 Useful and powerful client
  • 👍 Excellent replacement for ChatGPT
  • 👍 Nice features
  • 👍 Very solid AI chat app with many features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Text-to-Speech voices could use improvement
  • 🐛 AI image generation needs an upgrade
  • 🐛 UI size for chats can be unpredictable
  • 🔒 Words limit is not nice
  • 🐛 Difficulty identifying uncensored models

Bugs and requests

Text Workflow

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • 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

9 requests
  • 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
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  • Support for API endpoints for local AI models
  • Integration with openrouter.ai
  • Accept share-type of a URL as well as text
  • Convert JSON to YAML and vice versa (already added, but mentioned as a request)

ChatX

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent iCloud sync for chat settings
  • Occasional crashes
  • Compatibility issues with older devices
  • Login screen freezes

Requested features

7 requests
  • Safari extension
  • Keyboard extension
  • Support for Azure OpenAI API
  • Markdown support
  • Local model import and loading
Show 2 more
  • More AI models (e.g., DALL-E, Claude)
  • Customization options for UI size and color

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Text Workflow

Subscriptions2
  • Text Workflow Full Access$0.991 Month
  • Text Workflow Full Access7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$17.99
6 purchases

ChatX

One-time6
  • Pro (Lifetime)Free
  • Add Words Pack 1$0.99
  • Add Words Pack 2$3.99
Show 3 more
  • Pro$4.99
  • Add Words Pack 3$7.99
  • Add Words Pack 4$17.99

Questions

Is Text Workflow free?
Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChatX free?
ChatX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Workflow or ChatX?
Text Workflow is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while ChatX averages 4.6 from 482 ratings.
Do Text Workflow or ChatX have ads?
Neither Text Workflow nor ChatX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Workflow or ChatX?
Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, and ChatX fortnightly. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on October 24, 2026 and ChatX on October 21, 2026.

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