basilic vs TidyType
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | basilic | TidyType |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LifeBits Inc. | 0923Labs LLC |
Customer experience
basilic
TidyType
In-app purchases
basilic
No in-app purchases
TidyType
No in-app purchases









