Comparison

basilic vs TidyType

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

Head to head
About

basilic

This app helps you plan your shopping trips and organize your favorite items. Create and share lists, group items by store and category, and quickly add recurring purchases. It offers a fast and beautiful interface for effortless grocery management.

Highlights
  • Multiple real-time shopping lists
  • Group items by supermarket and category
  • Favorites for recurring items
  • Share lists for real-time collaboration
  • Quick item addition and editing
  • Bulk-assign supermarkets/categories
Features
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Basilic helps you plan your shopping and keep your favorites organized in one beautiful, fast app. Create lists, group items by supermarket and category, and check things off as you go. Save your staples as favorites so you can reuse them anytime, and share lists with others to collaborate in real time. Key features: • Create multiple shopping lists with real‑time updates • Add items quickly and edit with a long press • Group by supermarket and category, with collapsible sections • Favorites (templates) for your recurring items • Bulk‑assign supermarkets/categories to favorite items • Rename supermarkets and categories instantly • Share lists and favorites with others • Apple and Google sign‑in Whether you’re planning a weekly grocery trip or managing multiple stores, Basilic keeps everything tidy, fast, and effortless.

About

TidyType

This smart keyboard automatically corrects grammar, spelling, and phrasing as you type. It also offers instant translation between English, Korean, and Spanish, with adjustable formality levels. Use it across all your apps to refine your messages and emails.

Highlights
  • Grammar, spelling, and phrasing correction
  • English, Korean, and Spanish translation
  • Adjustable output formality
  • Works in any app
  • Highlight specific text for editing
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TidyType is a smart keyboard that fixes typos and translates your text right where you type — with a single tap. Whether you're smoothing out a text message, tightening up an email, or writing to a Korean friend in casual 반말, TidyType edits your draft in place. Type the way you usually do, then tap Tidy. WHAT IT DOES • Fixes grammar, spelling, and phrasing • Translates between English, Korean, and Spanish • Formality control for output (auto, casual / 반말, or formal / 존댓말) • Works wherever you type — messages, email, notes, social media • Highlight specific text to Tidy just that part BUILT FOR • Non-native speakers writing in English or another language • Anyone messaging friends or family across a language gap • Fast typers who don't want to slow down to fix mistakes Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tidytype.a19labs.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

basilic4 screens
TidyType4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: basilic at every 8 days against TidyType's every 3 weeks. basilic also leads on device support (3 vs 1). TidyType's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for basilic against 5.0 for TidyType. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TidyType has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

basilic ships an update every 8 days, TidyType every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
basilic versus TidyType: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbasilicTidyType
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLifeBits Inc.0923Labs LLC

Customer experience

basilic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TidyType

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

basilic

No in-app purchases

None

TidyType

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is basilic free?
basilic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TidyType free?
TidyType is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, basilic or TidyType?
basilic and TidyType are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do basilic or TidyType have ads?
Neither basilic nor TidyType shows ads.
Which is updated more often, basilic or TidyType?
basilic ships an update every 8 days, and TidyType every 3 weeks. Most recently, basilic was updated on October 15, 2026 and TidyType on October 6, 2026.

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