# Text Workflow vs Payload

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Payload at none against Text Workflow's 3. Payload also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Text Workflow's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (176 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Payload asks for nothing beyond the download.

Payload 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 point the same way: 95% of Text Workflow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Payload's.

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, Payload every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Text Workflow | Payload |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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/payload-file-transfers/id6741540394/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **176** | 1 |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | **No** | Yes |
| Update frequency | **Fortnightly** | Every 6 weeks |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | **Ad-supported** |
| Size | 32 MB | 29 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | **14.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) | [John Didrik Nordstroem](https://appshunter.io/developer/1794637912) |

## 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


### Payload

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/payload-file-transfers/id6741540394)

Share files of any size instantly between devices on your local network or over the internet. Supports cross-platform transfers with end-to-end encryption and original quality preservation. Resumable transfers handle interruptions seamlessly.

**Highlights:** Nearby LAN transfers, Online unthrottled transfers, Cross-platform support, No file size limits, Original file quality, End-to-end encryption, Resumable transfers

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Text Workflow free?

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

### Is Payload free?

Payload is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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

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

### Do Text Workflow or Payload have ads?

Payload shows ads; Text Workflow does not.

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

Text Workflow ships an update fortnightly, and Payload every 6 weeks. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on October 18, 2026 and Payload on September 22, 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.*