Comparison

Templates for Pages Pro vs CleverSnippets

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

Head to head
About

Templates for Pages Pro

Enhance your document creation with a vast library of professional templates for Apple's Pages app. Choose from over 222 designs across 13 categories, including business, personal, and academic needs. Save time and create polished documents effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Over 222 document templates
  • 13+ design categories
  • US Letter and A4 formats
  • Professional layouts
  • Time-saving designs
Features
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Templates for Pages Pro is the best way to create professional, high quality and polished documents with Apple's Pages application on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. With more than 222 accurate document templates the app significantly expands the possibilities of Pages for creating all kinds of trendy, yet functional and time-saving documents. DOCUMENT LIBRARY More than 222 documents wait for your input. You´ll find everything from business letters to checklists, resumes, invitations and even surveys and essays. MULTI-PURPOSE DESIGNS With more than 13 different categories themes you can find the right template and style for any occasion. UNIVERSAL PAGE LAYOUTS Before you export the template to Pages you can choose between the US Letter and the A4 format. We adapted each template to the paper size, in order to enable you to get the best results no matter which paper format you are using. SAFE TIME AND MONEY Each template is ready for your content once you exported it into Pages. No more worrying about fonts, styles, and colors - you can save time for the tasks that really matter.

About

CleverSnippets

Save time by creating reusable text templates with powerful placeholders. Quickly generate personalized messages, emails, and more for any situation. The free version offers unlimited snippets and essential features, with optional upgrades for advanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited snippets
  • Use placeholder types (input, clipboard, photo, date)
  • Share snippets via sharing sheet
  • Save snippets as text, RTF, PNG, PDF, HTML
  • Copy snippets to clipboard
  • iCloud synchronization (Pro version)
Features
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*** Start now into a more convenient future of faster texts, mails and messages! *** Did you ever find yourself in the situation where you asked yourself: "Wait a minute - haven't I wrote almost the same text/mail/message before!?"? THE SITUATION Almost everybody wastes time by writing nearly identical texts over and over again. Some examples: • The always same "Happy birthday!"-Message you send to your friends & family • The message you send out after selling something on the internet • The reply to the recruiter who just sent you a job opening • ... For all of these and more situations CleverSnippets can help you to speed things up a lot! By creating snippets with powerful placeholders you will be able to generate extensive personalized and adapted texts, mails and messages in seconds in the future. See the app preview video for an example. BASIC VERSION The base version of CleverSnippets is and will forever stay free. It enables you to: • Create an unlimited amount of snippets. • Add the two placeholder types "Prompt for input" and "Use clipboard content" - which will be sufficient for many cases. • Share your processed snippets via sharing sheet with the applications on your device - for example to your Mail app. • Save your processed snippets to the Files App as plain text or in Rich Text Format. • Copy your processed snippets to the clipboard as plain text or in Rich Text Format. • Amaze people with the speed of your replies ;-) UPGRADES (You will keep hold of your upgrades FOREVER - and even get additional features for free if these are added within your upgrade category. CleverSnippets will NEVER change to a subscription based model!) If you decide to get even more, we got you covered. There are four upgrades available: PlaceholderTypes+ • Unlocks placeholder type "Take photo". • Unlocks placeholder type "Select image". • Unlocks placeholder type "Select date". • Unlocks placeholder type "Select date & time". • Unlocks fixed images in snippets. • Unlocks fixed links in snippets. FileTypes+ • Unlocks the file type "RTF (MS Windows™)" for saving. • Unlocks the file type "PNG (image)" for saving and/or copying. • Unlocks the file type "PDF" for saving and/or copying. • Unlocks the file type "HTML" for saving and/or copying. Appearance+ • Disables advertising (will be displayed with more than three snippets). • Adds the dark mode (for iOS < version 13 - from iOS 13 on CleverSnippets will use the system setting). ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE If you like to get serious about speeding up your world this is your upgrade: CleverSnippetsPro • All of the other upgrades included • iCloud synchronization • All future enhancements of the iOS app included TAKING ABOUT FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS There is still a lot to come: • Share your snippets with friends & family • More placeholder types • Even more powerful snippets THANK YOU FOR READING TO THIS POINT We know long texts can be cumbersome. Anyhow with CleverSnippets creating such should be fast and easy for you in the future :-)

Screenshots

Templates for Pages Pro4 screens
CleverSnippets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CleverSnippets at Free against Templates for Pages Pro's $4.99. CleverSnippets also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Templates for Pages Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CleverSnippets is free to download; Templates for Pages Pro costs $4.99 up front. CleverSnippets sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Templates for Pages Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Templates for Pages Pro ships an update every 2 months, CleverSnippets monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Templates for Pages Pro versus CleverSnippets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemplates for Pages ProCleverSnippets
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size255 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMade for UseStephan Sann

Customer experience

Templates for Pages Pro

Written reviews234 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative17.1%

CleverSnippets

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Templates for Pages Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Inability to update or add new templates
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customizable templates
  • Support for other document apps (Word, Google Docs, etc.)
  • Additional template categories (e.g., calendars, menus, event invitations)
  • Ability to edit templates directly within the app

CleverSnippets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Templates for Pages Pro

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CleverSnippets

One-time4
  • PlaceholderTypes+$1.99
  • FileTypes+$1.99
  • Appearance+$1.99
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  • CleverSnippetsPro$4.99

Questions

Is Templates for Pages Pro free?
Templates for Pages Pro costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CleverSnippets free?
CleverSnippets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Templates for Pages Pro or CleverSnippets have ads?
Neither Templates for Pages Pro nor CleverSnippets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Templates for Pages Pro or CleverSnippets?
Templates for Pages Pro ships an update every 2 months, and CleverSnippets monthly. Most recently, Templates for Pages Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and CleverSnippets on October 29, 2026.

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