Comparison

iText Pad vs TATEditor

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

Head to head
About

iText Pad

A versatile text editor for mobile devices that allows users to write, edit, and organize multiple text documents. It supports cloud storage integration and snippet expansion for efficient content creation and management.

Highlights
  • Multi-document editing
  • Hierarchical file saving
  • Cross-device file exchange
  • Cloud storage integration (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Evernote)
  • TextExpander snippet support
  • Direct file preview
Features
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Do you want to pick favorite expressions out as you browse webpages or ebooks and store them in your notes directly? Do you want to edit a shared text between your computer and iPhone any time creative inspirations strike? That's easy with iText Pad! iText Pad is a powerful and versatile Text Editor having lots of nice features, available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. iText Pad combines practicality with portability - that is what a Writer's Workshop should be. With iText Pad, you have all the power you expect from a full-featured multipurpose text editing program - writing and editing several text documents at a time, saving each file hierarchically in your memory, exchanging them between iPhone devices and a Mac, PC. You can email an editing text instantly, and preview webpages, ebooks, and downloaded files directly in iText Pad to utilize their texts. iText Pad also allows you to use the iCloud Drive, the Dropbox or the Evernote directly online, and supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion. We sincerely hope iText Pad will serve you well, being a good friend for your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. With iText Pad, enjoy writing flexibly anytime, anywhere!

About

TATEditor

Create and edit text in a vertical writing format for novels, scripts, and more. Customize text with various colors and fonts, and export your work as a PDF. This app supports real-time editing, character counting, and advanced search functions.

Highlights
  • Vertical writing editor
  • Real-time editing (WYSIWYG)
  • Customizable text and background colors
  • PDF output
  • Search and replace with regular expressions
  • Cloud save and sync
  • Dark mode support
Features
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It is an application that allows you to create and edit text in vertical writing. With TATEditor, you can write novels, scripts, scenes, etc. in vertical writing mode. In the editor section, you can edit the text by combining your favorite colors. It also has a PDF output function, you can use this application alone to create submission data from the manuscript. The main function: - Real-time editing in the print layout of the manuscript (WYSIWYG) - Real-time character counter - Compatible with dark mode - Custom font support (iOS 13 or higher) - Mouse compatible (iPadOS 13.4 or higher) - Search and replace strings in sentences - Regular expression - Save search history - Copy / Cut / Paste - Switch font - Change background color/text color - Output PDF - Print layout settings - Page number setting - Header settings - Ruby, emphasis, and tate-chu-yoko - Notes related to the project and text - Management of stories and chapters of serialized works - Automatically back up the text being edited - Ability to convert half-width spaces to full-width spaces according to previous character types - A function that allows you to check the code point of the entered text - Bulk import / export of text files - Cloud save / sync

Screenshots

iText Pad4 screens
TATEditor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TATEditor at Free against iText Pad's $2.99. TATEditor also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (67% vs 52%). iText Pad's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

TATEditor is free to download; iText Pad costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TATEditor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of iText Pad's written reviews are positive against 67% of TATEditor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, TATEditor monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iText Pad versus TATEditor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriText PadTATEditor
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)4.6 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLIGHT,WAY.Ryo Nonaka

Customer experience

iText Pad

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive52.5%
Neutral21.3%
Negative26.2%

TATEditor

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iText Pad

No in-app purchases

None

TATEditor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iText Pad free?
iText Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TATEditor free?
TATEditor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iText Pad or TATEditor?
TATEditor is rated higher. iText Pad averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TATEditor averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do iText Pad or TATEditor have ads?
Neither iText Pad nor TATEditor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iText Pad or TATEditor?
iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, and TATEditor monthly. Most recently, iText Pad was updated on September 21, 2026 and TATEditor on September 10, 2026.

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