Comparison

Text Workflow vs iClean

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

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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

iClean

Features
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iClean saca el agua del altavoz de tu Apple Watch durante el tiempo que tú decidas, no los tres segundos de siempre. EXPULSIÓN A TU MEDIDA De 5 segundos a 3 minutos. Gira la corona para elegir el tiempo y toca el anillo para empezar. Un tono grave pulsado de 155 a 175 Hz mueve la membrana del altavoz y empuja el agua fuera de la rejilla. TE DICE CÓMO SUJETAR EL RELOJ Con los sensores de movimiento, una flecha en vivo te indica hacia dónde girar la muñeca para dejar el altavoz mirando al suelo, que es la posición en la que el agua sale sola. COMPRUEBA SI HA FUNCIONADO El micrófono escucha lo que sale del altavoz antes y después de expulsar. Si el nivel sube, ha salido agua. Sin adivinar. RUTINA SEGÚN LO QUE HAYAS HECHO Mar, piscina, jabón o sudor. La app encadena los pasos correctos con temporizador. Porque expulsar agua no limpia: lo que protege el reloj es aclarar con agua dulce, y eso casi nadie lo hace. PRUEBAS DE ALTAVOZ Y MICRÓFONO Cuatro tonos, un barrido de 200 Hz a 8 kHz y una grabación con medidor de nivel para saber si ambos funcionan. CUIDADOS Cómo limpiar cada material de correa y qué no hacer nunca con el reloj. Sin cuentas, sin anuncios y sin conexión a internet.

Screenshots

Text Workflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iClean at none against Text Workflow's 3. Text Workflow's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Text Workflow versus iClean: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText WorkflowiClean
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (177 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings177 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgios TrigonakisNetknow

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)

iClean

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
None

iClean

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Workflow free?
Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iClean free?
iClean is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Workflow or iClean have ads?
Neither Text Workflow nor iClean shows ads.

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