Comparison

Text Workflow vs Acute Calculator

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

Acute Calculator

This advanced graphing calculator offers a visual editor and supports over 30 functions. It includes features like a history tape, variable storage, and an intuitive palette system for complex calculations.

Highlights
  • Visual editor
  • 30+ functions supported
  • History tape
  • Store variables
  • Intuitive palette system
Features
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+ Easy to use visual editor + Supports 30+ functions + Intuitive palette system + Comes with history tape + Store variables for later + No ads or subscriptions Terms of Use: https://acutecalc.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://acutecalc.app/privacy

Screenshots

Text Workflow4 screens
Acute Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Acute Calculator at every 2 days against Text Workflow's fortnightly. Acute Calculator also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Acute Calculator sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Acute Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 175 and 117 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 95% and 95% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, Acute Calculator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Text Workflow versus Acute Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText WorkflowAcute Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (175 ratings)4.9 (117 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.2% of reviews — better94.9% of reviews
Number of ratings175 — better117
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgios TrigonakisFind App, Inc.

Customer experience

Text Workflow

All ratings175 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.0%

Acute Calculator

All ratings115 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%

User reviews

Text Workflow

From 175 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

Acute Calculator

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Beautiful and artistic design
  • 🚀 Advanced functionality beyond default
  • 👍 Smooth animations and transitions
  • 💡 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • ✅ Replaces default calculator effectively

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Animation lag in history
  • 🤔 Graph lacks numbers/functional purpose
  • 💸 Calculus functions require payment
  • ❓ Discount button crashes app
  • 🐞 UI bugs and animations

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)

Acute Calculator

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Animation and UI bugs
  • Discount button crashes app
  • Animation lags and skips when sliding down history
  • Calculations are incorrect
  • Does not follow correct order of operations
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  • Transition for history is slow

Requested features

11 requests
  • Make app icon simpler/restrained
  • Add units to graph
  • Allow press and hold on graph lines for values
  • Support Korean language
  • Display commas while entering numbers
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  • Double-tap to recenter graph interface
  • Ability to solve for a variable
  • Dedicated button for +/-
  • Option to pin in control center
  • Make comma separator format selectable
  • Improve app icon design

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
3 purchases

Acute Calculator

One-time3
  • Acute Plus Limited-Time Offer$3.49
  • Acute Plus (For Students)$4.99
  • Acute Plus (One Time)$6.99

Questions

Is Text Workflow free?
Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Acute Calculator free?
Acute Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Workflow or Acute Calculator?
Acute Calculator is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 175 ratings, while Acute Calculator averages 4.9 from 117 ratings.
Do Text Workflow or Acute Calculator have ads?
Neither Text Workflow nor Acute Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Workflow or Acute Calculator?
Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, and Acute Calculator every 2 days. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on October 25, 2026 and Acute Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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