# Text Workflow vs ChatFile

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Workflow at 95% against ChatFile's 50%. Text Workflow also leads on ratings volume (176 vs 1). ChatFile's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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 ChatFile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ChatFile 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 50% of ChatFile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | ChatFile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.8 (176 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews) | **[5.0 (1 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chatfile/id6467875546/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **176** | 1 |
| Positive reviews | **95.2% of reviews** | 50.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Size | 32 MB | 38 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 16.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [飞 杨](https://appshunter.io/developer/1493121831) |

## 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


### ChatFile

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chatfile/id6467875546)

Engage in natural conversations with your documents using advanced AI. Supports a wide range of file types, including PDFs, Word, PPT, and e-books, for enhanced productivity and learning.

**Highlights:** AI-powered document interaction, Supports PDF, Word, PPT, CSV, XML, EPUB, Natural language processing, Seamless data synchronization, Intuitive native app experience

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (2)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium | $7.99 | per month |
| Premium | $49.99 | per year |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Text Workflow free?

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

### Is ChatFile free?

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

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

ChatFile is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while ChatFile averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

### Do Text Workflow or ChatFile have ads?

Neither Text Workflow nor ChatFile shows ads.

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

Text Workflow ships an update monthly, and ChatFile monthly. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on October 10, 2026 and ChatFile on September 30, 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.*