Comparison

Comet vs Textream

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

Head to head
About

Comet

This AI-powered browser acts as a personal assistant, streamlining workflows and boosting focus. It offers unified AI search, instant context, and automation across websites for tasks like summarizing, shopping, and research. The assistant learns your habits to keep you organized and prevent lost tabs or inspiration.

Highlights
  • Unified AI search
  • Instant context and automation
  • Summarize, shop, schedule, research
  • Personalized AI assistant
  • Tab and inspiration organization
  • Workflow streamlining
Features
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Comet is an AI-powered browser that acts as a personal assistant and thinking partner. Boost your focus, streamline your workflow, and turn curiosity into momentum. · Unified AI search, instant context, and automation across every site. Summarize, shop, schedule, and research—directly in the browser. · Enjoy the web and let the AI assistant handle your chores · Do everything on your to-do list faster with Comet · Comet adapts to how you think and work, learning your habits to keep you organized. Never lose track of tabs or inspiration. Terms of Service: https://www.perplexity.ai/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.perplexity.ai/privacy

About

Textream

Features
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Keep your eyes close to the camera and your place in the script. Textream is a teleprompter for iPhone and iPad that can follow the words you say, scroll at a steady pace, or move only while you speak. Paste or write a script, choose Read or Record, and start presenting. THREE WAYS TO STAY ON SCRIPT • Word Tracking follows and highlights the words you say using Apple Speech Recognition. • Classic scrolls at a steady speed without speech recognition. • Voice-Activated scrolls while you speak and pauses when you stop. BETTER EYE CONTACT Keep the active line just below the front camera, or place it in the center of the screen. Textream keeps the last spoken line visible in Word Tracking mode so you can continue naturally. In Classic and Voice-Activated modes, swipe left or right to change speed without interfering with vertical scrolling. If your script appears to use a different language, Textream can suggest a matching Word Tracking language. READ OR RECORD Use a clean fullscreen teleprompter in portrait or landscape. Show the camera behind your script when you want a live preview, or use Record mode to capture front- or back-camera video with microphone audio. The teleprompter stays visible to you but is not added to the saved video. YOUR RECORDINGS Completed videos are saved to Photos. Open Textream’s recordings gallery to play videos made with Textream, trim a recording with the system video editor, select multiple recordings, or delete them from Photos. If a save fails, Textream keeps a local pending copy so you can retry or discard it. MAKE IT COMFORTABLE TO READ Choose the typeface, size, text color, stage-direction color, and camera-overlay opacity. OpenDyslexic is included. Put stage directions in brackets; Textream displays them without treating them as spoken words. A fullscreen editor gives longer scripts more room. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Textream has no account, ads, analytics, or developer-operated cloud service. Scripts and settings stay on your device. Word Tracking uses Apple’s speech-recognition framework; depending on your device, selected language, and service availability, Apple may process speech on-device or send microphone audio to Apple. Textream’s source code is available on GitHub. A separate Textream app is also available for Mac.

Screenshots

Comet4 screens
Textream3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Textream at none against Comet's 3. Comet's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Comet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Textream asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Comet versus Textream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCometTextream
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.8K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPerplexity AI, Inc.Fatih Kadir Akin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Comet

Subscriptions3
  • Perplexity Pro$20.001 Month
  • Perplexity Pro$200.001 Year
  • Perplexity Max$200.001 Month
None

Textream

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Comet free?
Comet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Textream free?
Textream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Comet or Textream have ads?
Neither Comet nor Textream shows ads.

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