Comparison

TextHighlights vs PagePrep

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

Head to head
About

TextHighlights

This app helps you quickly extract the most important information from any text, saving you time and effort. It guides you to the vital points, allowing you to grasp key ideas efficiently. Writers can also use it to highlight essential parts of their articles for readers.

Highlights
  • Extract key information from text
  • Identify vital points
  • Save reading time
  • Grasp key ideas effortlessly
  • Highlight important parts of articles
  • Share articles with readers
Features
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Skip the non-essential parts of any text and go straight to the really important points. Do not waste time while trying to get the vital information. In a quick and easy way you can get the gist of the text and save yourself the effort of reading lengthy texts. No more guessing where the key information might be. Know in advance what can be skipped and what is a must-read. If the highlighted information seems satisfactory you can read the whole article, but there is no point in wasting time while reading something that turns out to be irrelevant. Get new and interesting information from myriad of different sources. Grasp the key ideas in an efficient and effortless way. If you are a writer, you can easily post your articles and reach a wider audience. Share your ideas and insights with other people, who might be interested in your writings. Write your texts and then highlight the most important parts. It will make it so easy and pleasurable for your readers to know exactly what to focus on. In case the gist sparks their curiosity, they can read the whole article. The application makes it easy for people to absorb much more valuable information in a shorter period of time. In modern media outlets we often see pieces of text and all sentences look the same. Yet, not all sentences carry the same value to the reader. Some are trivial while others can contain vital information. By having a clear guidance about what to focus your attention on, you can seek out the most valuable content and thus save yourself a lot of unnecessary reading and precious time. It is a greatly improved and more efficient approach to reading and accumulating new ideas and information. In the same amount of time, you can read many more articles and get all of their valuable information compared to the traditional way of reading. Be more productive, gain more while doing less.

About

PagePrep

Features
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PagePrep adds space to write on a PDF. Widen the margins, insert blank or lined pages between the slides, then write your notes in Preview, Markup, or your note app. It also splits one file into two, merges several into one, makes a picture-heavy file smaller, trims wasted space, and reorders pages. PagePrep changes page size and page order instead of flattening the page to an image, so your text stays selectable and your links keep working. You open a PDF to write on it and there is nowhere to put your notes. The margins are tight and there is no blank space to work out a problem. Preview and Markup let you annotate, but they cannot add room to the page. PagePrep adds the room first. Save the file back to Files and write on it in Apple's Preview app or Markup, no extra app to buy. It also opens in GoodNotes, Notability, or forScore if that is your setup. ADD WRITING MARGINS Give any page room to write. Set the top, bottom, left, or right margin, or pick Small, Medium, or Large. Apply it to one page or the whole document and watch it update live. INSERT BLANK OR LINED PAGES Add a blank or ruled page between or after any page, sized to match the page next to it so the document scrolls evenly. Good for working a proof beside a problem set, or leaving a clean page after each slide. MERGE, SPLIT, REORDER Combine slides, readings, and problem sets into one study file. Pull a range of pages out into a new file. Drag thumbnails to reorder. Select pages and tap Delete. TRIM WASTED MARGINS Crop oversized whitespace to fit more on screen, without cutting into the content. COMPRESS A BIG FILE Make a scanned or picture-heavy PDF smaller before you email it. PagePrep re-saves the pictures inside at a smaller size and leaves everything else alone. Text that was selectable stays selectable, and links keep working. You see the old size and the new size before you keep the change. A file with few pictures may not get smaller, and PagePrep tells you so. IMAGES TO PDF Turn photos of handouts or worksheets into PDF pages, then use the same page tools on them. WHY PAGEPREP - Keeps your selectable text and your links working - Your PDF files never leave your device - No account, no sign-in, no ads - Write on it in Apple's Preview or Markup, or any note app The first 6 exports are free. After that, one purchase of $6.99 gives you unlimited exports for good. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

TextHighlights4 screens
PagePrep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TextHighlights at none against PagePrep's 1. TextHighlights also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PagePrep's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TextHighlights ships an update every 6 months, PagePrep monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TextHighlights versus PagePrep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextHighlightsPagePrep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorgi ZlatinovPrashant Angyan

In-app purchases

None

TextHighlights

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PagePrep

One-time1
  • Unlimited Exports$6.99

Questions

Is TextHighlights free?
TextHighlights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PagePrep free?
PagePrep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TextHighlights or PagePrep have ads?
Neither TextHighlights nor PagePrep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TextHighlights or PagePrep?
TextHighlights ships an update every 6 months, and PagePrep monthly. Most recently, TextHighlights was updated on October 30, 2026 and PagePrep on October 31, 2026.

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