Comparison

iText Pad vs FastFinga 3

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

FastFinga 3

Create handwritten notes, personalized emails, and social media posts with this versatile app. It offers extensive customization for pens, backgrounds, and fonts, and allows easy sharing to cloud services and social media.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and emails
  • Customizable pens and colors
  • Insert photos and emojis
  • Export to Evernote, Twitter, Dropbox
  • Organize notes by folders
  • Sketch Pad integration
Features
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FastFinga is a fantastic, fast and easy handwriting application for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad. This #1 selling app has evolved since its creation and continues to get better with each update. FastFinga 3 includes our other very popular Sketch Pad 3 app so you can now choose to create FastFinga documents or SketchPad documents. ■ SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS and IDEAS... FastFinga's amazing inking enables you to… - Make fast hand-written notes - Send personalized emails in YOUR handwriting - Create hand-written Tweets - Post hand-written notes direct to Evernote, Twitter and Dropbox ■ SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE… - Choose a pen size and color and write a word on the screen - Use Cut and Paste to reorganize document. ■ SIMPLE FEATURES… - 3 pen size - 4 pen color palette allowing unlimited customization. - Easy eraser - Undoable pen strokes - Undoable editing - Cut & paste - Fast and simple inserting of photos - Fast and fun inserting of emojis - Customizable button locations - Customizable background colors - Customizable Fonts - Choose left-to-right/right-to-left directions setting for each document depending on your language preference - Organize by folders. ■ FEATURES IN DETAIL… - Universal binary… works on both iPad and iPhone. - Built-in emoji keyboard. - Keyboard for inserting typed text. - Quick number and special character popup keys above keyboard. You can quickly insert special characters. - Special character popup keys is customizable. - Customizable font… more than 40 font families, or install your favorite font via iTunes. - Compatible with left-to-right and right-to-left writing direction. - Insert handwritten note - Handwriting pad contains palm-rest in iPad version which prevents unwanted smudging. … suitable for both left-handed and right-handed. - Tap enter to insert handwritten word into document, or enable automatic inserting. - Handwriting pad is customizable for your preferred writing size. - Insert checkbox - Insert "Quote" … you can quickly copy frequently used sentences such as email template. - Insert alarm - Insert voice note (mp3, both in a note and as a separate file) - Insert time stamp … in customizable format - Insert photo (both in a note and as a separate file) - Insert Sketch Pad (both in a note and as a separate file) - Landscape and portrait compatible both on iPad and iPhone version. - Create standard note with styled text, plain-text, Sketch Pad, voice note, and photo. - Export note to printer, other apps including "Photos" app, Evernote, Twitter, Google docs, Google Picasa web, Dropbox. - Pre-set email recipients. - Synchronization with Dropbox … sync in both directions. - Import files from Dropbox. - Voice recorder can record MP3. - Built in photo browser for jpeg and png files. - Built in movie browser for videos. - Search by contents and filename. - Selectable from thumbnail style browser and list style browser. - Rocket start for note… customizable so the app creates new blank note when opened. ** Sketch Pad features ** - Unlimited canvas size - Trackpad for easy scrolling - Detach and position tool-bar where you want - Customizable grid lines - Customizable background color - Smooth line with rounded ends - Organizing document folders - Export to Twitter, Evernote, Google docs, Picasa, Dropbox, printer, other apps, email, photo library and Mac. - Flag a sketch or note - Assign Alarm to a sketch or note - Palm Rest (ideal for stylus users)... Fully adjustable for either right-handed or left-handed users (iPad only) - Two finger scrolling in writing mode - Zooming in/out by double tapping in browse mode - Zooming by pinching gesture can also be selectable -------- iPad 3rd generation with Retina Display requires free upgrade to iOS 6 to use this app. With Love by Tony on the Moon http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tonyonthemoon/Poem-index.html

Screenshots

iText Pad4 screens
FastFinga 31 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FastFinga 3 at 4.6 against iText Pad's 3.5. iText Pad's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 FastFinga 3 $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FastFinga 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of iText Pad's written reviews are positive against 57% of FastFinga 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, FastFinga 3 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iText Pad versus FastFinga 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriText PadFastFinga 3
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)4.6 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews56.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLIGHT,WAY.Catalystwo

Customer experience

iText Pad

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

FastFinga 3

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral17.9%
Negative25.4%

In-app purchases

None

iText Pad

No in-app purchases

None

FastFinga 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iText Pad free?
iText Pad costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FastFinga 3 free?
FastFinga 3 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iText Pad or FastFinga 3?
FastFinga 3 is rated higher. iText Pad averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while FastFinga 3 averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do iText Pad or FastFinga 3 have ads?
Neither iText Pad nor FastFinga 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iText Pad or FastFinga 3?
iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, and FastFinga 3 every 6 weeks. Most recently, iText Pad was updated on September 21, 2026 and FastFinga 3 on September 24, 2026.

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