Comparison

Text Workflow vs ASCII Charts

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

Head to head
About

Text Workflow

Streamline text processing by removing unwanted characters, formatting AI-generated content, and converting data formats. Automate repetitive text tasks with custom workflows and sync them across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Clean AI and web text
  • Remove citations and Markdown
  • Convert Markdown tables to Rich Text/HTML
  • Compare input with result
  • Build custom text workflows
  • Sync workflows via iCloud
  • Over 50 text actions
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

ASCII Charts

Transform numerical data into visually appealing ASCII art charts. Ideal for data enthusiasts and coders who want to represent numbers creatively. Share your insights with stylish, text-based visualizations.

Highlights
  • Create ASCII art charts
  • Visualize numerical data
  • Share data insights
  • User-friendly interface
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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Unlock the power of visual representation with ASCII Chart generator, the must-have app for turning numerical data into stunning ASCII art charts! Whether you’re a data enthusiast, coder, or just someone who loves visualizing numbers, this app is your go-to tool.

Screenshots

Text Workflow4 screens
ASCII Charts3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text Workflow at Free against ASCII Charts's $1.99. Text Workflow also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (177 vs 18). ASCII Charts's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

Text Workflow is free to download; ASCII Charts costs $1.99 up front. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ASCII Charts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ASCII Charts holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Workflow has 177 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 92% of ASCII Charts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, ASCII Charts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Text Workflow versus ASCII Charts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText WorkflowASCII Charts
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (177 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.3% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings177 — better18
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgios TrigonakisAlexander Kaessner

Customer experience

Text Workflow

All ratings177 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive95.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative0.0%

ASCII Charts

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

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
Show 4 more
  • 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)

ASCII Charts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

ASCII Charts

One-time1
  • Tip$2.99

Questions

Is Text Workflow free?
Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASCII Charts free?
ASCII Charts costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Workflow or ASCII Charts?
ASCII Charts is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while ASCII Charts averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Text Workflow or ASCII Charts have ads?
Neither Text Workflow nor ASCII Charts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Workflow or ASCII Charts?
Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, and ASCII Charts every 2 months. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on November 3, 2026 and ASCII Charts on November 4, 2026.

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