Comparison

TextUtils vs TextLab

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

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About

TextUtils

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for text manipulation, data extraction using regular expressions, and random content generation. It's designed to help users efficiently edit text, pull specific information, and create random lists for various purposes.

Highlights
  • Text case conversion
  • Find and replace text
  • Regex-based data extraction
  • Random name and country generation
  • Text cleaning and formatting
  • Copy, download, and share results
Features
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TextUtils: Tools & Generators is the ultimate solution for anyone looking to streamline text processing, extract data using powerful regex, and generate random content effortlessly. This app is designed for users who need a reliable and versatile toolkit that combines three core functionalities: Random Generators, Text Tools, and Regex Extractors. Whether editing text, extracting data, or generating random content, TextUtils has you covered. ***Key Features: 1. Text Tools Case Converter: Easily convert text to uppercase, lowercase, or title case. Find and Replace: Quickly search and replace specific text within your content. Remove Accent: Strip away accents from characters in your text. Remove Duplicate Keywords: Eliminate repeated keywords to keep your content clean and efficient. Remove Duplicate Lines: Automatically detect and remove duplicate lines from your text. Remove Empty Line: Get rid of unnecessary blank lines with a single tap. Remove Extra Space: Trim down excessive spaces between words and lines. Remove Line Breaks: Seamlessly remove line breaks to create uninterrupted text flow. Remove Line Containing: Delete lines containing specific words or phrases. Reverse a String: Reverse the order of characters in your text. Sort Text Lines: Organize lines in alphabetical order. Text Counter: Count characters, words, and lines instantly. Text Upside Down: Flip your text upside down for fun and creative uses. 2. Regex Extractors Extract Email From Text: Effortlessly extract email addresses from any block of text. Extract URL From Text: Identify and extract URLs embedded within your content. Hashtag Extractor: Pull out hashtags from social media posts or text. IP Extractor: Extract IP addresses from any text source. Remove Special Characters: Clean your text by removing unwanted special characters. 3. Random Generators Random Country: Generate a random country name. Random Female Name: Get a randomly selected female name. Random Male Name: Generate a random male name. Random National Capital: Discover random national capitals from around the world. Random NBA Player: Get a random NBA player name for your sports needs. Random NBA Team Generator: Generate a random NBA team. Random Pokémon: Find a random Pokémon from the extensive list. Random USA Presidents: Generate a random U.S. president's name. ***Additional Features: Favorite Your Tools: Mark your favorite tools for quick and easy access. Copy, Download, and Share: Copy your results to the clipboard, download them as files, or share them directly from the app. TextUtils: Tools & Generators is the ultimate toolkit for text editing, data extraction, and random content generation—designed for productivity and ease of use. Download now and streamline your workflow! Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/text-utils/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/text-utils/terms-conditions

About

TextLab

Transform and clean text with a variety of tools. Convert cases, remove extra spaces, count words, and more. Premium features include workflows, data formatting, and advanced search.

Highlights
  • Case conversion
  • Text cleanup
  • Word counting
  • Reverse and sort text
  • JSON and data formatting
  • Regex find and replace
  • Apple Intelligence integration
Features
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TextLab is a fast text utility for iPhone and iPad. Paste any text, pick a transformation, copy the result. No setup, no signup, no clutter. Whether you write copy, ship code, edit content, or just clean up messy text from emails and documents, TextLab handles the boring parts so you do not have to. Everything runs on your device. Your text never leaves your iPhone. WHAT IT DOES • Convert case in one tap. UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case, camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case. All the formats developers and writers actually use. • Clean up text fast. Remove extra spaces, empty lines, line breaks, duplicate words, duplicate lines. Trim whitespace. Strip rich text formatting in one tap. • Count what matters. Characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, reading time. Live as you type. • Reverse, shuffle, sort. Reverse words, reverse letters, sort lines alphabetically or by length, shuffle randomly. PREMIUM TOOLS • Workflows. Chain any number of actions into a single reusable transformation. Save it, name it, give it an icon, run it on any text in one tap. Edit a workflow once, use it forever. • JSON and data formatters. Beautify or minify JSON. Format XML, HTML, YAML. Convert CSV to JSON and back with custom delimiters. Strip HTML tags. Strip Markdown. • Encoders and decoders. Base64, URL encoding, HTML entities, hex. Encode or decode in one tap. • Find and replace with regex. Full NSRegularExpression support for advanced search and replace. • Extract anything. Pull emails, links, phone numbers, dates from any block of text. Or write your own regex pattern to extract whatever you need. • Line tools. Sort lines, number lines (decimal or Roman), add prefix or suffix to every line, delete lines containing or not containing text, break lines after every word, sentence, or position. • Cleanup pro. Remove diacritics. Remove invisible Unicode characters that break text from web pages. Remove emojis. Filter words by pattern. • Markdown tools. Convert Markdown to HTML. Strip Markdown syntax to plain text. Clean Markdown formatting. • Apple Intelligence. On supported devices running iOS 26, run text through the on-device language model with your own prompt. Translate, rephrase, fix grammar, summarize. All on device. • Shortcuts integration. Every TextLab action and every workflow you create works as a Shortcuts action. Build automations, run them with a tap, a Siri command, or a Home Screen widget. • Share extension. Select text in any app, hit Share, run any TextLab action without leaving the app you are in. • iCloud sync. Your workflows follow you across iPhone and iPad. PRICING Free tier covers basic case conversion, cleanup, counters, and reverse. Genuinely useful with no time limits, no daily caps, no nags. PRIVACY TextLab does not collect any data. No analytics. No tracking. No accounts. All transformations run on your device. Your text is never sent over the internet. iCloud sync uses your private iCloud database, encrypted by Apple. WHO IT IS FOR • Developers who format JSON, debug data, convert case styles, encode tokens, test regex patterns. • Writers and journalists who clean up draft text, fix smart quotes, strip formatting, count words. • Marketers and copywriters who format headlines, generate slugs, count characters for ad copy, prepare social posts. • Students and researchers who clean up scraped text, format citations, transform data sets. • Anyone tired of pasting text into ten different websites just to fix capitalization. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TextUtils4 screens
TextLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TextUtils at none against TextLab's 1. TextLab's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. TextLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TextUtils asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TextUtils against 5.0 for TextLab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TextUtils versus TextLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextUtilsTextLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen KuyperIgor Bidenko

Customer experience

TextUtils

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TextLab

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TextUtils

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TextLab

One-time1
  • TextLab$9.99

Questions

Is TextUtils free?
TextUtils is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextLab free?
TextLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TextUtils or TextLab?
TextUtils and TextLab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do TextUtils or TextLab have ads?
Neither TextUtils nor TextLab shows ads.

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