Comparison

RawText vs TextEditS

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

Head to head
About

RawText

This app automatically removes all unwanted formatting and style elements when you paste text from various sources. It focuses on providing a clean, plain-text environment for writing, pasting, copying, and clearing content without distractions.

Highlights
  • Removes hidden formatting
  • Strips links and references
  • Cleans heading and font styles
  • Removes list and table remnants
  • Eliminates invisible control characters
  • Distraction-free writing environment
Features
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RawText is a plain-text editor built for users who work with content from different sources and want to avoid unwanted formatting. When text is pasted, the app automatically removes all style elements, regardless of whether the content originated from browsers, emails, documents, chat apps or spreadsheets. Only the actual text remains. The app removes: – hidden formatting – links and embedded references – heading levels and font styles – list and table remnants – invisible control characters Text typed inside RawText is not altered or automatically formatted, making the app ideal for situations where clean text needs to be reused in other programs. RawText focuses on four basic actions: – writing – pasting – copying – clearing Without saving, exporting or formatting features, the app provides a focused and distraction-free environment. It is particularly useful for emails, web forms, ticket systems, CMS tools, technical documentation and development workflows. About the developer: PCFFM.de is an IT service provider located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and offers RawText for free because a dependable plain-text editor is needed daily in customer support.

About

TextEditS

Features
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TextEditS opens the text files already on your device, edits them, and saves them back where they were. Nothing is copied into the app. It is built for the moment you need to fix a config file on the move, check a log on site, or reopen a note written years ago. ■ The rule for an app that touches your originals Files are never copied into the app. Open, edit, save in place. Until you press save, the original file does not change. If another app modified the same file while you were working, you are told before you overwrite it. ■ Nothing is lost when you don't save If the app closes while you are working, your tabs and unsaved edits come back exactly as they were. Unsaved work is kept in the app's private storage, entirely separate from the original file. Saving happens only when you ask for it. ■ Encodings handled properly EUC-KR, CP949, Shift_JIS, GBK and Big5 files are detected and opened correctly, including extended Korean characters. You can also choose an encoding and reopen the file, and if a character cannot be written in the encoding you picked, you are warned before the file is damaged. Line endings (LF/CRLF) are preserved as they were. ■ Everything you need to edit • Open several files as tabs and move between them. • Find and replace with match case, whole word and regular expressions. Replace All is a single undo away. • Line numbers on the left, with line marks you can tap and jump between. • An outline of functions, classes and headings for quick navigation. • Document tools: sort, remove duplicate or blank lines, adjust indentation, convert case, count words. • Auto indent and bracket completion that stay out of the way while you type in Korean, Japanese or Chinese. ■ File management and other apps Rename, move, copy and paste, and create folders without leaving the app. Non-text files are not opened in the editor; you are offered to open or share them with another app instead, because opening a PDF here would garble it and saving would destroy it. ■ A comfortable place to read Nine themes including Light, Dark, Sepia, Paper, Black (OLED), Solarized and Monokai, with adjustable font size and line spacing. Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. ■ Your file contents never leave the device The contents, names and folder paths of the files you open are never transmitted. There is no account, no login and no advertising. ■ More from Solution317 • MalssmMoa — Daily sermon streaming • BibleS — Read and remember Scripture • WeatherKoreaS — Korean weather at a glance • CopyNPasteS — Save phrases, paste them in one tap • MyNoteS — A safe, local-only notepad • PdfToImageS — PDF to images, safely offline • ResizeToS — Resize a whole folder at once • PhotoRenamerS — Rename photos by capture time • VolumeControlS — Media volume in 10% steps made by Solution317

Screenshots

RawText4 screens
TextEditS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TextEditS at weekly against RawText's every 2 months. TextEditS also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RawText ships an update every 2 months, TextEditS weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RawText versus TextEditS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRawTextTextEditS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas Merothjinkyun kim

In-app purchases

None

RawText

No in-app purchases

None

TextEditS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RawText free?
RawText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextEditS free?
TextEditS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RawText or TextEditS have ads?
Neither RawText nor TextEditS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RawText or TextEditS?
RawText ships an update every 2 months, and TextEditS weekly. Most recently, RawText was updated on October 28, 2026 and TextEditS on October 25, 2026.

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