Comparison

iText Pad vs Time

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

Time

Calculate time durations with hours and minutes. Supports addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with features like calculation history, memory keys, and customizable preset buttons for quick time additions. Choose from various color themes.

Highlights
  • Calculate hours and minutes
  • Add, subtract, multiply, divide time
  • Calculation history saved
  • Memory keys for subtotals
  • Preset keys for one-touch time addition
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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This application allows you to calculate time (hours and minutes). You can calculate things like 1:30+0:50. When you enter a number, ":" is automatically inserted to separate the hour and minute, so you can calculate quickly. This is useful for calculating total work hours, time spent on daily errands, and travel time. You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide. The calculation history is automatically saved, so you can check it later. A memory key is provided, allowing you to save and add subtotals. Minutes that are often used for calculations (15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc.) can be registered and used for one-touch addition. A button to add 24 hours is provided for calculations when crossing days. It comes in a variety of colors such as orange, green, cyan, pink, and black, and you can choose the one you like best. [ List of functions ] You can calculate hours and minutes, or minutes and seconds. You can check the calculation history, and touch the answer displayed in the history to reuse it for calculations. The memory keys can be used to save, add, and subtract subtotals. By setting the preset keys, you can use the most frequently used time (minutes) for calculation with a single touch. The color of the application can be selected.

Screenshots

iText Pad4 screens
Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Time at 100% against iText Pad's 52%. Time also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). iText Pad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

iText Pad costs $2.99 and Time $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of iText Pad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, Time every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iText Pad versus Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriText PadTime
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLIGHT,WAY.YUTAKA KENJO

Customer experience

iText Pad

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

Time

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iText Pad

No in-app purchases

None

Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iText Pad free?
iText Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time free?
Time costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iText Pad or Time?
Time is rated higher. iText Pad averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Time averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do iText Pad or Time have ads?
Neither iText Pad nor Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iText Pad or Time?
iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, and Time every 14 months. Most recently, iText Pad was updated on October 14, 2026 and Time on October 11, 2026.

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