Lightweight Text Editor vs Konspektor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightweight Text Editor
This app allows users to work with plain text files without formatting concerns. It can open any text file, create folders for organization, and adjust encoding and line endings.
- Open any plain text file
- Create folders for organization
- Change text encoding
- Adjust line endings (CR/LF/CRLF)
- No formatting concerns
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Lightweight Text Editor is a great tool for users who work with plain text files. If you want to work with raw text without having to worry about formatting, then this app is for you. It can open any plain text file, regardless of the extension. You can create folders to organize your documents. You can also change the encoding and the line endings (CR/LF/CRLF).
Konspektor
Edit RTF and TXT files on your iPhone or iPad with a user-friendly interface. Compose notes, documents, or source code with various formatting and editing tools. Share and export your work in multiple formats.
- Edit RTF and TXT files
- Cloud file integration
- Enhanced writing row
- Rich text formatting
- Selection and editing tools
- Multiple export formats
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A user-friendly RTF and TXT editor coming to iOS! Now you can edit Rich Text Format (.rtf) and Plain Text (.txt and other) files right on your iPhone or iPad! With Konspektor, you can make notes, compose text documents or edit source code files using a variety of different formatting options. All of this is available completely free — no ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions! EDIT DOCUMENTS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES: • Files stored locally on your device • Cloud files, including from iCloud Drive • Files from other apps (if their developers allow it) ENHANCED WRITING EXPERIENCE: • An additional row of frequently used keys, such as numbers and punctuation • Edit and View modes • Hold the document title to drag the currently selected text to other places DIFFERENT FORMATTING OPTIONS: • Bold, italics, underline and strikethrough • Numbered and bulleted lists • Nested lists • Indentation • Paragraph alignment • Predefined styles VARIOUS EDITING TOOLS: • Arrow keys, similar to those found on external keyboards • Selection tool • Tap four times to Select All • Change text case tool • Characters and words counter SHARE YOUR WORK: • Share to other apps • Send the document contents as email • Export to RTF, TXT, HTML, PDF or DOCX Fun fact: Konspektor was built using the amazing Swift Playgrounds app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Konspektor at Free against Lightweight Text Editor's $2.99. Konspektor also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 26 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Lightweight Text Editor's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (58 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Konspektor is free to download; Lightweight Text Editor costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lightweight Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightweight Text Editor has 58 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Lightweight Text Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Konspektor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lightweight Text Editor ships an update every 26 months, Konspektor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightweight Text Editor | Konspektor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (58 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik Wegener | Lidia Matveeva |
Customer experience
Lightweight Text Editor
Konspektor
In-app purchases
Lightweight Text Editor
No in-app purchases
Konspektor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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