# Text Workflow vs ASCII Charts

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.

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.

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.

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.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | ASCII Charts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $1.99 |
| Rating | [4.7 (177 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews) | **[4.9 (18 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ascii-charts/id6472864564/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **177** | 18 |
| Positive reviews | **95.3% of reviews** | 91.7% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Fortnightly** | Every 2 months |
| Monetization | **Free with in-app purchases** | Paid |
| Size | 36 MB | 5 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 17.0 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** | iPhone, iPad |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [Alexander Kaessner](https://appshunter.io/developer/1273375958) |

## What reviewers say

### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

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:** 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


### ASCII Charts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ascii-charts/id6472864564)

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:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tip | $2.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked 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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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*