Comparison

TextDrop for Safari vs Grim Reader

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

Head to head
About

TextDrop for Safari

Instantly save selected web text as a plain text file directly from Safari. This extension bypasses copy-pasting and text editors, offering a one-click solution for efficient content capture. It's ideal for researchers, developers, and students needing portable text for any application or AI service.

Highlights
  • Save selected web text instantly
  • One-click download
  • Auto-detects main content
  • Creates universal plain text files
  • Bypasses copy-pasting
  • No format restrictions
Features
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This Safari extension instantly saves selected web text as a text file. Skip copy-pasting and launching text editors—just download with one click. If no text is selected, it auto-detects and saves the main content. A simple tool for efficient workflows. Originally built to translate or summarize non-native language texts and avoid the hassle of repeated copy-pasting with generative AI services bypassing token limits, this extension creates universal plain text files instead of formatted notes. This gives you complete flexibility to use your captured content with any application, AI service, or text processing tool without format restrictions. Perfect for researchers, developers, students, and everyday users who need web content in the most compatible format for maximum portability and versatility.

About

Grim Reader

Organize and enrich your personal library of e-books, comics, and audiobooks. This app allows you to manage your collection locally or via your own servers, adding details like covers and author information. Enjoy a seamless reading and listening experience across all your content.

Highlights
  • Library management for e-books, comics, and audiobooks
  • Enrich library with online book and author data
  • Supports local files and personal servers (WebDAV, OPDS)
  • Cross-device reading and listening progress tracking
  • Organize by author, series, and genre
  • Mark favorites
Features
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Your books. Your library. Your way. Privacy By Design. Made in the EU. Grim Reader is a modern reader and library manager for e-books, comics and audiobooks. Keep your collection on your device, connect to your own servers, and turn even a simple collection of files into a rich, beautifully organised library. A library that feels alive Browse your collection by books, authors, series and more. See covers, reading progress and detailed information at a glance, continue where you left off, mark favourites and quickly find what you want to read next. Grim Reader is designed for both iPhone and iPad, with an interface that adapts to the device you are using. Enrich your books Missing a cover, description or other information? Grim Reader can help enrich your library using online book and author sources. Depending on the available information, Grim Reader can help you find and add details such as: • Covers and book descriptions • Authors and author information • Series information • Publisher and publication details • ISBN and other identifiers • Genres, categories and tags • Additional book metadata You remain in control and can review and edit your library information. More than e-books Grim Reader brings different types of reading together in one library: • Read e-books • Browse and read comics • Listen to audiobooks • Keep track of reading progress • Continue reading or listening across your library • Organise books by author and series • Mark books and authors as favourites Your files, your servers You don’t need to hand your library over to a commercial book platform. Grim Reader can work with books stored locally and supports personal libraries through WebDAV and OPDS, as well as the optional Grimmory server. This makes Grim Reader equally useful for a small collection on your iPhone or iPad and for a large self-hosted library. Made for readers Grim Reader focuses on your books rather than a store. There are no books to sell you and no ecosystem you need to buy into. Build the library you want, enrich it, organise it and enjoy reading it. Grim Reader — your library belongs to you.

Screenshots

TextDrop for Safari1 screens
Grim Reader3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Grim Reader at Free against TextDrop for Safari's $1.99. Grim Reader also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Grim Reader is free to download; TextDrop for Safari costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TextDrop for Safari ships an update every 3 weeks, Grim Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TextDrop for Safari versus Grim Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextDrop for SafariGrim Reader
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperhkitagoMaarten de Kreij

Customer experience

TextDrop for Safari

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

Grim Reader

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TextDrop for Safari

No in-app purchases

None

Grim Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TextDrop for Safari free?
TextDrop for Safari costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grim Reader free?
Grim Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TextDrop for Safari or Grim Reader have ads?
Neither TextDrop for Safari nor Grim Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TextDrop for Safari or Grim Reader?
TextDrop for Safari ships an update every 3 weeks, and Grim Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, TextDrop for Safari was updated on October 8, 2026 and Grim Reader on October 10, 2026.

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