# Text Workflow vs AIdea

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Text Workflow at 177 against AIdea's 1. AIdea's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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 AIdea sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

AIdea holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Workflow has 177 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, AIdea every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | AIdea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.7 (177 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews) | **[5.0 (1 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aidea-ai/id6448968676/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **177** | 1 |
| Positive reviews | 95.3% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Fortnightly** | Every 3 weeks |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 36 MB | 80 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | **11.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [宜尧 管](https://appshunter.io/developer/1684176099) |

## 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, iPhone Duo 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


### AIdea

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aidea-ai/id6448968676)

Engage in conversations from poetry to philosophy, create art, and explore popular AI models. This powerful application offers flexible, pay-as-you-go access to advanced AI features without mandatory subscriptions.

**Highlights:** AI chat and collaboration, Image generation, Voice/text input, Customizable AI advisors, Pay-as-you-go billing, No subscription required

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases (10)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 700 个智慧果充值 | $0.99 | one-time |
| 200 个智慧果充值 | $0.99 | one-time |
| 600 个智慧果充值 | $0.99 | one-time |
| 1500 个智慧果充值 | $1.99 | one-time |
| 1200 个智慧果充值 | $1.99 | one-time |
| 5000 个智慧果充值 | $4.99 | one-time |
| 3800 个智慧果充值 | $4.99 | one-time |
| 10000 个智慧果充值 | $9.99 | one-time |
| 22800 个智慧果充值 | $19.99 | one-time |
| 38000 个智慧果充值 | $29.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Text Workflow free?

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

### Is AIdea free?

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

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

AIdea is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while AIdea averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

### Do Text Workflow or AIdea have ads?

Neither Text Workflow nor AIdea shows ads.

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

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, and AIdea every 3 weeks. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on November 3, 2026 and AIdea on October 10, 2026.

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