iNotePad Pocket vs TextEdit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iNotePad Pocket
A simple yet powerful text editor for TXT and RTF files, designed for quick note-taking, writing, and document management. It offers a distraction-free writing space with features like automatic saving, text formatting, and easy file sharing.
- Create, open, edit, and save TXT/RTF files
- Automatic and manual saving
- Full font support and text styling
- Search and replace functionality
- Unlimited note saving
- Easy file sharing and email integration
- Word and character count
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iNotePad Pocket Your quick writing space, always with you. iNotePad Pocket is a simple, powerful, and reliable text editor for TXT and RTF files, ideal for taking notes, writing articles, letters, reports, or any type of text. Transform your device into a true pocket typewriter. Write freely, organize your notes, and share them in just a few taps. Smooth, professional writing: - Automatic and manual saving - Creating, opening, editing, and saving TXT and RTF files - Full support for fonts available on the device - Control for text alignment, style, and size - Search text - One-tap search and replace - Select, cut, copy, and paste - Automatically restore work when reopening the app - Advanced settings for RTF files - Word and character count Complete document management: - Save an unlimited number of notes - Organized and always accessible archive - Load previous documents - Easily delete unwanted files - Full-screen TXT and RTF viewing Quick and easy sharing: - Open In: Send and receive TXT and RTF files with other installed apps - File sharing with Mac or PC - Send emails with attachments directly from the app - AirPrint printing support Perfect for: - Students - Professionals - Writers - Journalists - Anyone who wants a simple, distraction-free writing space iNotePad Pocket combines simplicity and advanced features in a fast, clean, and intuitive environment. Open the app and start writing.
TextEdit
A fast and versatile text editor for mobile devices, offering compatibility with various file formats and editors. It provides a distraction-free writing experience with advanced formatting, organization, and sharing features.
- Supports TXT, RTF, Markdown, TeX, and PDF formats
- Cross-device and computer syncing via iCloud/Files
- Distraction-free writing interface
- Customizable keyboard extension for faster typing
- Visual rich text formatting and one-tap options
- Syntax highlighting for Markdown and TeX
- Instant statistics and counters
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TextEdit+ is the text editor your iPhone and iPad were missing. Like TextEdit on the Mac, it opens to a clean page and stays out of your way. Unlike it, it also speaks Markdown and LaTeX, marks up PDFs and puts an AI assistant right inside your document. Jot down a quick TXT, format a rich-text letter, write a README in Markdown or compile a LaTeX paper. One lightweight app, no clutter. ONE EDITOR, EVERY TEXT FORMAT • Create and edit TXT, RTF, RTFD, Markdown and LaTeX files • Open RTF files from macOS TextEdit, WordPad, Word and Scrivener, and keep working on them on your Mac or PC • Open PDFs and mark them up with highlights, notes and text • Work on files right where they live: Files, iCloud Drive or your cloud storage • Organize your documents in folders and subfolders A CLEAN PLACE TO WRITE • Distraction-free editor with Full Screen and Typewriter modes • Keep several documents open in tabs and switch with a tap • Extended keyboard row for cursor moves, selection and the characters you use most • Keyboard shortcuts for hardware keyboards • Read Aloud with your choice of voice and speed • Light and dark appearance, plus custom document colors RICH TEXT WITHOUT THE BLOAT • Fonts, sizes, colors, highlights, bold, italic, underline and strikethrough • Alignment, indents, lists, line and paragraph spacing, superscript and subscript • Insert images, tables and inline equations • Install your own fonts and use them in any document MARKDOWN AND LATEX, DONE PROPERLY • Syntax highlighting for Markdown and TeX • Live Markdown preview: edit, preview or split view side by side • Compile LaTeX right on your device and preview the PDF next to your source • Article, report, book and letter templates, command completion, error diagnostics and a document outline • Multi-file projects with included files and bibliographies AI THAT WORKS IN YOUR DOCUMENT • Turn a prompt into a first draft • Rewrite, shorten, expand, summarize or translate the selected text • Fix grammar, spelling and punctuation, or switch the tone between casual, concise, friendly and professional • Ask the assistant about your own documents and get answers with sources • Prefer to write without AI? Hide every AI feature with one switch TOOLS FOR EDITING • Find and replace across the whole document • Word, character, sentence, paragraph, line and page counts with reading time • Readability scores: Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch–Kincaid Grade, SMOG and Automated Readability Index • Automatic backups, so an edit is never lost • Scan paper documents with the camera EXPORT AND SHARE • Export to PDF, Word (DOCX), RTF, RTFD, Markdown, TXT, TeX and PNG • Print, email or send your work to any app • Send text, links and files to TextEdit+ from other apps with the share sheet • Shortcuts actions to create, open, search and rename documents Built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, and localized in more than 70 languages. Privacy Policy https://www.noteswriter.com/Kairoos_Privacy_Policy.html Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TextEdit at Free against iNotePad Pocket's $0.99. TextEdit also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). iNotePad Pocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On 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
TextEdit is free to download; iNotePad Pocket costs $0.99 up front. TextEdit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. iNotePad Pocket asks for nothing beyond the download.
TextEdit holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TextEdit has 381 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of iNotePad Pocket's written reviews are positive against 17% of TextEdit's.
iNotePad Pocket ships an update every 2 months, TextEdit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iNotePad Pocket | TextEdit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.7 (381 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 17.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 381 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 487 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Natalini | Kairoos Solutions SL |
Customer experience
iNotePad Pocket
TextEdit
Bugs and requests
iNotePad Pocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TextEdit
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when opening certain file types
- Formatting issues when copying/pasting text
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
3 requests- Allow users to choose iCloud directory
- Offer one-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Restore previous paid versions without AI
In-app purchases
iNotePad Pocket
No in-app purchases
TextEdit
- Weekly$1.997 Days
- TextEdit+ Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- TextEdit+ Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- TextEdit+ Full Unlock$14.99









