Comparison

Text Workflow vs MarkFlow

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 messy AI & web text — in seconds. Paste an answer out of ChatGPT, Claude, or any website and it's full of formatting garbage: stray markdown, [1] citation tags, curly quotes, invisible characters, broken line breaks. Text Workflow strips the junk and hands back clean, paste-ready text — exactly, every time, without your text ever leaving your device. It's the fast, private, deterministic cleanup layer for the AI era. And it runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with your workflows synced over iCloud. WHY TEXT WORKFLOW • Exact, every time — Deterministic transforms. No hallucinations, no "regenerate." The same input always gives the same output. • Nothing leaves your device — Every transformation runs on-device and offline. Never paste sensitive text into a website or a chatbot just to reformat it. • Built for the whole job — Chain 50+ actions into a workflow, save it, and run it with one click forever. • On every Apple device — A real native app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Build a workflow on your Mac and run it from your phone, synced over iCloud. CLEAN UP AI & WEB TEXT • Remove Markdown syntax • Markdown → Rich Text — paste formatted text straight into Pages, Word, Mail, or Notes • Markdown → HTML • Convert to plain text • Straight ↔ curly quotes • Remove accents & diacritics • Delete invisible and non-printable characters • Strip HTML tags BUILD POWERFUL WORKFLOWS Chain actions together and the output of each step feeds the next. Turn the repetitive text job you do every week into a single click. • Drag to reorder, toggle steps on and off, nest workflows inside workflows • Precise with Regular Expressions — extract, replace with capture groups, or apply a workflow only to the parts that match a pattern • Save your workflows and sync them across all your devices with iCloud 50+ TEXT ACTIONS, INCLUDING • Editing & lines — find & replace (plain or RegEx), add prefix/suffix, insert text, sort/number/break/trim lines, remove empty lines, line breaks, duplicates and extra spaces, filter and extract by pattern • Case & style — UPPER, lower, Title, camelCase, PascalCase, spell out numbers, format numbers, Style Text (bold, italic, circled, and more), reverse, shuffle, repeat • Data formats — beautify JSON, XML, HTML; JSON ↔ YAML; JSON ↔ CSV; XML → JSON; CSV → Markdown table • Encoding & utilities — Base64, URL encode/decode, encrypt/decrypt with a password, generate QR code, generate UUID, text statistics, reading time, date converter, math, shorten URLs DEEP APPLE INTEGRATION • Apple Shortcuts — every workflow is available as a Shortcuts action; automate text across your whole system with Siri, triggers, and schedules • Menu bar & Services on Mac — transform selected text from anywhere without opening the app AI, ON YOUR TERMS AI is one optional step among 50+ — not the whole app. Add a custom-prompt action mid-workflow using your own OpenAI, Anthropic, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. You choose the model, you pay the provider directly, and nothing routes through us. TEXT WORKFLOW PRO — SUBSCRIPTION Text Workflow Pro removes the 100-character limit from text results and allows the creation of unlimited workflows. 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

MarkFlow

Effortlessly convert AI-generated Markdown text into professional documents like DOCX, PDF, and images. Offers 12 beautiful themes, customizable styles, and offline processing for enhanced privacy and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Convert Markdown to DOCX, PDF, PPTX, images, XLSX, TXT
  • 12 beautiful image themes with customizable styles
  • Offline processing for privacy and security
  • iOS Shortcuts support for one-tap conversions
  • Multiple image size presets and font schemes
  • Convenient history records for past conversions
Features
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Say Goodbye to Markdown Symbols, Create Beautiful Documents with One Click Convert Markdown from AI outputs to DOCX, PDF, PPTX, images, XLSX, TXT with one click. 12 beautiful image themes, offline processing, customizable image styles. MarkFlow is a format conversion tool specially designed for processing AI output content, helping you easily convert Markdown text into various professional document formats. No internet required, local processing, protecting your privacy and security. 【Multiple Format Conversion】 • Convert to documents (.docx), PDF files, presentations (.pptx), spreadsheets (.xlsx), beautiful images, and plain text with one click • Preserve original formatting and layout, making AI output content instantly professional and beautiful • Quick conversion interface, start converting with a simple click, no complex operations needed 【Beautiful Image Themes】 • 12 carefully designed image themes: Clear Sky, Starry Night, Warm Sun, Forest, Ocean, Dusk, Cherry Blossom, Morning Dew, Frost, Ink Night, Green Field, and Purple Glow • Each theme has matching background, text, and accent colors, presenting a harmonious and beautiful visual effect • Support for custom theme colors to meet personalized needs 【iOS Shortcuts Support】 • Convert Markdown to various document formats with a single tap via iOS Shortcuts • Transform Markdown into beautiful images and preview them directly within Shortcuts • Complete conversions without opening the app, enhancing your productivity 【Rich Style Options】 • Multiple image size presets: Square (1:1), Portrait (3:4), Standard (4:3), Vertical Screen (9:16), Horizontal Screen (16:9), and custom sizes • Various font schemes: System Default, Medium Black, Light, Happy Black, Good Body, Sugar Round, and more • Support for frosted glass and solid color background text box styles • Adjustable content padding and container padding to optimize layout effects 【Convenient History Records】 • Automatically save all conversion records for viewing and reuse anytime • Filter history records by document type • Batch selection and deletion functions for easy history management 【Simple and Efficient Operation】 • Intuitive user interface with clear function layout • Support for one-click pasting of AI output content • No internet required, local processing, protecting your privacy MarkFlow is a powerful assistant for processing AI output content, helping you say goodbye to Markdown symbol troubles and easily create professional and beautiful documents. Whether for study notes, work reports, presentations, or data analysis, MarkFlow can help you quickly complete format conversions and improve work efficiency. Download MarkFlow and turn AI output into beautiful documents instantly!

Screenshots

Text Workflow4 screens
MarkFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text Workflow at Free against MarkFlow's $0.99. Text Workflow also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (95% vs 60%). MarkFlow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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; MarkFlow costs $0.99 up front. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MarkFlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Workflow has 176 ratings behind it against 3, 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 60% of MarkFlow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Workflow ships an update monthly, MarkFlow daily. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Text Workflow versus MarkFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText WorkflowMarkFlow
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (176 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings176 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgios Trigonakis友娥 尹

Customer experience

Text Workflow

All ratings176 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%

MarkFlow

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

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)

MarkFlow

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$12.99
None

MarkFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Workflow free?
Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkFlow free?
MarkFlow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Workflow or MarkFlow?
Text Workflow is rated higher. Text Workflow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while MarkFlow averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Text Workflow or MarkFlow have ads?
Neither Text Workflow nor MarkFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Workflow or MarkFlow?
Text Workflow ships an update monthly, and MarkFlow daily. Most recently, Text Workflow was updated on September 30, 2026 and MarkFlow on September 30, 2026.

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