FinStab vs TextMates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FinStab
Manage your expenses, budgets, assets, and shopping lists in one organized system. Gain clarity on your spending, set financial goals, and track your progress with insightful statistics. Simplify your financial life without needing multiple apps or complex spreadsheets.
- Expense tracking
- Budget creation
- Asset overview
- Savings goals
- Shopping lists
- Financial statistics
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Plan your finances. Organize your everyday life. Stay in control. FinStab is your personal system for expenses, budgets, assets, and shopping lists. You can see where your money goes, create individual budgets, and understand how your finances develop through clear statistics. No confusing spreadsheets, no scattered notes, no need for many separate apps. With FinStab, you have your most important areas in one place: monthly budget, expense planning, asset overview, savings goals, and shopping list. This helps you handle money more consciously, structure your everyday life better, and pursue your goals more clearly. Terms of Use: https://family-snyc.web.app/legal EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
TextMates
This app transforms your iPhone into a private AI assistant for your documents. Engage in natural conversations with PDFs and text files, receiving intelligent answers with verifiable citations, all processed locally on your device without an internet connection.
- Chat with documents
- 100% private, on-device processing
- Import PDFs, text files, and scanned documents
- Natural language questions and answers
- Multi-document querying
- Source citations
- Offline capable
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Turn your iPhone into a powerful AI document assistant with TextMates. TextMates brings desktop-class AI capabilities to your iOS device, allowing you to have natural conversations with your documents while keeping everything completely private and on-device. Chat with Your Documents Simply upload PDFs, text files, or documents, and start asking questions. TextMates uses advanced AI to understand your documents and provide intelligent, conversational responses - just like chatting with an expert who has read everything. 100% Private, 100% Local Unlike other AI apps, TextMates runs entirely on your device. Your documents never leave your iPhone, and no internet connection is required after initial setup. Your data stays yours. Key Features: - Smart Document Processing - Import PDFs, text files, and more with advanced OCR for scanned documents - Natural Conversations - Ask questions in plain language and get detailed answers with numbered citations - Multi-Document Intelligence - Query across multiple documents simultaneously - Powerful Search - Combines AI understanding with traditional search for best results - Source Citations - Every answer includes verifiable citations linking back to your documents - Offline Capable - Works without internet after downloading AI models - Background Processing - Documents continue processing even when you switch apps Perfect For: - Students - Quickly find information across textbooks and research papers - Professionals - Analyze reports, contracts, and documentation efficiently - Researchers - Cross-reference sources and extract insights - Anyone who values privacy and wants AI assistance without cloud dependency Advanced Technology: TextMates leverages Apple's latest frameworks including MLX for on-device AI, Vision for OCR, and Metal for GPU acceleration. The app is optimized for Apple Silicon and the Neural Engine, delivering desktop-class performance on your iPhone. Why TextMates? - No subscriptions or hidden fees - No account required - No data collection - No cloud processing - Just powerful, private AI on your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TextMates at none against FinStab's 3. FinStab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. FinStab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TextMates asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FinStab against 5.0 for TextMates. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FinStab has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FinStab ships an update every 3 days, TextMates weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 6, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FinStab | TextMates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amir Asani | Anchen Li |
Customer experience
FinStab
TextMates
In-app purchases
FinStab
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$17.991 Year
- FinStab Lifetime$44.99
TextMates
No in-app purchases









