# C vs Text Workflow

The clearest difference is price: Text Workflow at Free against C's $9.99. Text Workflow also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (95% vs 77%). C's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Text Workflow is free to download; C costs $9.99 up front. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. C asks for nothing beyond the download.

Text Workflow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 176 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of C's written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

C ships an update every 5 weeks, Text Workflow monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | C | Text Workflow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $9.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.4 (39 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/c-time/id553940406/reviews) | **[4.8 (176 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 39 | **176** |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | **95.2% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | **Monthly** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 3 MB | 32 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Siegware](https://appshunter.io/developer/443908611) | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) |

## What reviewers say

### C

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/c-time/id553940406)

Automatically track time spent at predefined locations like work or school. The app uses geofencing to log your entries and exits, providing daily, monthly, and yearly summaries. You can also manually start/stop tracking, edit entries, and export your data.

**Highlights:** Automatic time registration at places, Arrival/departure notifications, Manual start/stop counting, Edit recorded times, Export time data, Post time to social media

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Automatic time tracking
- 💡 Useful for salaried employees
- ✅ Accurate location logging
- ⏱️ Helps reconstruct time reports
- 🗺️ Tracks time at various locations

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Auto clock-in/out issues
- 📍 Geofence radius too large
- 🗺️ Difficulty adding new locations
- 📱 UI outdated/not optimized
- ❓ No privacy details provided

**Reported bugs**

- Automatic clock-in/out not triggering
- Locations not registering after iOS update
- Geofencing issues with iOS 15
- App switching continuously between two places
- Cannot add a name to a place

**Requested features**

- Fix automatic clock-in/out bug
- Improve location accuracy/radius control
- Link to Apple/Google Maps for address input
- Add client/job/project tracking
- Add notes/comments field


### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Automate repetitive text editing tasks with a powerful yet user-friendly tool. Create custom workflows by combining over 45 transformation actions to format, clean, and convert text. All processing is done on-device for enhanced security and privacy.

**Highlights:** Combine transformation actions, Save and reuse workflows, Over 45 text transformation actions, On-device processing, JSON, CSV, YAML conversion, URL and Base64 encoding/decoding, Shortcuts integration

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


## Frequently asked questions

### Is C free?

C costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, C or Text Workflow?

Text Workflow is rated higher. C averages 4.4 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.8 from 176 ratings.

### Do C or Text Workflow have ads?

Neither C nor Text Workflow shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, C or Text Workflow?

C ships an update every 5 weeks, and Text Workflow monthly. Most recently, C was updated on October 13, 2026 and Text Workflow on October 10, 2026.

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