txt Editor vs Pentimento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
txt Editor
Create, edit, and save plain text files with an intuitive interface. This app offers essential features like importing and exporting text documents, making it a handy tool for managing your files on the go.
- Create text files
- Edit text files
- Save text files
- Import text files
- Export text files
- Intuitive interface
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Just start writing. txt Editor opens in an instant and gives you a blank page – no account, no setup, no clutter. For shopping lists, ideas, journaling, drafts or code snippets. AS FAST AS PAPER Tap New Document, type, done. Everything saves automatically as you write, and the editor stays smooth even with long texts. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Folders with their own color and icon • Pin what matters to the top • Sort by date, name, or your own order with drag and drop • Search finds every word across all your documents REAL FILES, NOTHING LOCKED IN Your notes are plain .txt files in the Files app under “On My iPhone › txt Editor”. You can also open text files from iCloud Drive or other apps and edit them right where they are – .txt, .md, .csv, .json, .xml, .log and more. HANDY TOOLS • Find and replace • Words, characters and reading time at a glance • Choose your font and text size • Share to any app TXT EDITOR PRO For when you want more – as a monthly or yearly subscription: • No ads • iCloud sync: changes show up on iPhone and iPad within seconds • Markdown with a beautiful preview • Eight designs, from warm paper to deep black midnight • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Version history: bring back any earlier draft • App lock and a private folder with Face ID Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jlau.netlify.app/txt-editor/privacy/ txt Editor is built by an independent developer. If you enjoy it, a rating means a lot!
Pentimento
This app helps painters and realist artists document their creative process, catalogue their artwork, and track sales. It allows you to add dated progress photos, record details about each piece, and manage its status from creation to sale. Showcase finished works with customizable presentation options.
- Document painting stages with dated photos
- Catalogue artwork details (title, medium, dimensions)
- Organize work into collections
- Track artwork status (in-progress, sold)
- Record sales and consignment details
- Showcase finished pieces with custom backgrounds
- Private, on-device storage
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A pentimento is the trace of an earlier idea that shows through a finished painting. A finished painting buries its own history — the underdrawing, the dead layer, the glaze that changed everything. Pentimento keeps that record. A private studio companion for painters and realist artists. Document the process Add dated progress photos to each piece and label the stage — underdrawing, imprimatura, dead layer, block-in, glazing, varnish. Every painting keeps a full timeline, and a progress reel plays the stages back as a short video. Catalogue your work Record title, kind, medium, support, dimensions, and notes for each piece. Group work into collections — a show, a series, a gallery's stock, a collector's set. Keep the records Track status from in-progress to at-gallery, on consignment, or sold. Keep consignment records with the gallery, commission rate, and dates. Hold sale provenance — price, buyer, gallery, and commission — so a piece's history is never lost. Showcase a finished piece Present any work in a drawn frame on a choice of textured walls, and share the image. Light and dark appearance. Alternate app icons. Everything is stored on your device — no account, no cloud, no sign-in. Private by default. Free to use with one project and one collection. Pentimento Unlimited removes the limits with a single one-time purchase of $9.99 — not a subscription. Your art, in progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pentimento at none against txt Editor's shown. Pentimento also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). txt Editor's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. txt Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pentimento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
txt Editor ships an update weekly, Pentimento every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | txt Editor | Pentimento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julian Lau | Hugh Prysten |
In-app purchases
txt Editor
- txt Editor Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- txt Editor Pro Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
Pentimento
- Pentimento Unlimited$9.99









