iText Pad vs System Status
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Multi-document editing
- Hierarchical file saving
- Cross-device file exchange
- Cloud storage integration (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Evernote)
- TextExpander snippet support
- Direct file preview
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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!
System Status
Monitor your device's system performance in real-time. View detailed information on memory, CPU, battery, disk usage, and network activity. Visualize data with graphs and export reports.
- Real-time system monitoring
- Detailed memory, CPU, battery, disk, and network stats
- Graphical data visualization
- Background monitoring
- Data export and printing
- Dark mode support
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Detail information on operating system indicates it, and it's possible to save it and print. iPhone user can see wide screen view because it corresponds to a horizontal screen of the iPhone. In addition, iPad Air2 or later, iPad mini 4 or later, and iPad Pro or later can Split View and Slide Over and iPhone with 3D Touch that can be memory optimization from home screen. Also supports dark mode, and you can change the appearance of the app with Setting: Appearance in INFORMATION. Features GENERAL : Rial time monitoring of memory, CPU, battery, disk usage and network connect - Memory : Fee space ratio wired, active, inactive and free memory usage - CPU : Usage and idle state - Network : Wi-Fi, 3G or LTE connection state, sent and received data since system boot time - Battery : Charge level and state (Full, Unplugged or Charging) - Disk : Used, free and total space - Information : Summary device information OVERVIEW : Graph - Line chart of memory, CPU, battery and disk usage OVERVIEW DETAILS : CPU, battery etc, list - CPU Status : CPU usage - Battery Status : battery charged and battery status - Disk usage : Disk free space and total disk space - System uptime : system boot time and uptime - Connection : default getaway address and dns server address - WiFi : Connect IP address, subnet mask, SSID, BSSID, received & sent data since system boot - Cellular : Connect IP address, network type(LTE / 3G) and received & sent data since system boot MEMORY : Graph - Stacked line chart of wired, active, inactive, other memory usage MEMORY DETAILS : Memory details list - Memory Usage : wired, active, inactive, other, free, total memory and page size usage - Page IN/OUT : page ins and page outs - Page fault : faults and COW faults - Page lookup : lookups and hits - Page purge : purgeable count and purges - Other Page : zero Filled, reactivated and speculative read CPU : Graph - Stacked line chart of CPU usage NETWORK : Graph - Line chart of wi-fi received and sent, cellular received and sent data - Change the scale of the number of bytes(manually or automatically) BATTERY : Graph - Stacked line chart of battery charged level DISK : Graph - Stacked line chart of disk used space INFORMATION - Operating System : system, system build number, Kernel, system boot, uptime etc - Device Information : device name, id, device model etc - CPU Information : CPU model, GPU model, CPU frequency etc - Hardware Features : display resolution, pixel density, etc - Setting : Appearance : Auto, Light and Dark Function of then Graph general - Time scale change by button or double tap - Scrolling past data - AirPrint, save image, AirDrop, export email and more - Background monitoring(3 minutes) - Display the maximum value or the average value (range can be set) - Move to the location of the maximum value Supports Non retina and Retina display on iPhone,iPad. iPhone 4s or later, iPhone SE or later, iPhone X or later, iPad 2 or later, iPad Air or later and iPad mini or later. iPhone, iPad both vertical and horizontal screen display. Supported by "3D Touch" of the iPhone. Supported by "Split View" and "Slide Over" of the iPad. iOS 11.0 and later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: System Status at 4.0 against iText Pad's 3.5. System Status also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 52%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). iText Pad's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). 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
iText Pad costs $2.99 and System Status $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
System Status holds the better App Store score, 4.0 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 69% of System Status's.
iText Pad ships an update every 2 months, System Status every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iText Pad | System Status |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.5% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIGHT,WAY. | Kenichi Yoshikawa |
Customer experience
iText Pad
System Status
In-app purchases
iText Pad
No in-app purchases
System Status
No in-app purchases









