TypeStrip vs Cauldron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TypeStrip
Instantly capture text from the real world with this privacy-focused utility. Point your camera at documents, signs, or screens to extract text on-device, with no cloud processing required. Copy or share extracted information quickly and securely.
- On-device text recognition
- Instant text copying and sharing
- Automatic detection of phone numbers, emails, dates, links
- Privacy-first design
- Distraction-free camera interface
- Optional account for cross-device sync
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TypeStrip is a fast, privacy-first way to capture text from the real world. Point your camera at any text — receipts, documents, signs, screens — and TypeStrip instantly extracts it using on-device OCR. No accounts required. No cloud processing. Your data stays on your device. Features • On-device text recognition using Apple Vision • Instantly copy or share extracted text • Detects phone numbers, emails, dates, and links • Clean, distraction-free camera interface • Privacy-first by design — images are not stored unless you choose Built for privacy TypeStrip processes text entirely on your device. No photos are uploaded, and no data is sent to external servers unless you explicitly opt in. Optional account Create a TypeStrip account to sync scan history across devices and access future features. The app works fully without an account. Perfect for • Students • Professionals • Quick text capture on the go • Anyone who values speed and privacy TypeStrip is free to use with daily scan limits. Additional features may be added in future versions.
Cauldron
This app allows users to print game tokens and track life totals using voice commands. It supports various token types and game mechanics, and also includes dice rolling and coin flipping functionalities. Requires a specific thermal printer.
- Voice-activated token printing
- Life total tracking
- Commander damage tracking
- Dice rolling and coin flipping
- Monarch and status effects
- Offline speech recognition
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Say the name of a card. It comes out of your printer. Cauldron is the life counter that prints tokens. Hold the microphone, say "goblin" or "4/4 angel with flying" or "treasure," and the card is found, dithered and printed on receipt paper in about a second. LIFE COUNTER • Drag from one seat to another to deal commander damage. Partner commanders are counted apart. • Draw a glyph on a seat to give it the monarch, poison, energy, experience, rads or the city's blessing. • Three fingers across the board starts a new game. Two fingers opens the settings. • Circle the dial to undo and redo. • Supports up to 8 players in a pod (7+ on iPad / tablet only) • Say "2/4/6/8 players" to change the game size. • Archenemy and Treachery, dealt and printed by the app. • This is a full-fledged life counter, without menus. THE PRINTER • Cauldron drives the Phomemo M110, MUNBYN FM226 and NETUM NT-861 over Bluetooth, and the Brother QL-710W and QL-810W over Wi-Fi. • The NT-861 cuts each card off the roll, at real card size or sized to fit a sleeve. • The printers use no ink - merely fast heat transfer to receipt paper, they will not smear. • A print queue lines up as many cards as you like, shows what is left, and can be stopped and carried on. DICE AND COINS AND MORE • Say "roll a d20" or "flip a coin." • Four, six, eight, ten, twelve, twenty and a hundred sides... • all announced out loud by a voice synthesizer that sounds like it was built in 1982. • "Momir {number}" to get a random creature. Say "Calling Mr. Vig" for a standalone Momir Vig faux-payphone interface. • Say "copy camera" to photograph a card and print it as a copy. THE TOKEN INDEX Say "token index" or hold four fingers on the board to open it. • Browse and search every printable token, by name or by artist, with filters for each kind of token. • Swipe through each token's artwork and print the one you like. • Tap an artwork to keep it out of random picks, or long-press to always print that one. • SHUFFLE, RANDOM and SEQUENTIAL control how artwork is dealt when you ask by voice. • A UB switch keeps Universes Beyond artwork out of random picks. • Create your own tokens, and add your own artwork to or photo library. • Favorites: drag the heart onto artwork you love, then print one, print them all, or share them as an Instagram story. • See any card full screen, with the artist credited u • Tap (i) for a guide to everything. THE CARD INDEX Say "card index" to open it. • Every real Magic card, held on your phone, to search, sort and print. • Browse by set, and print a booster pack. • Print a whole card, or just its art or its words. GAME MODES • Archenemy, Treachery, Planechase • Chaos draft Every token is indexed on your phone, so lookup is quick. Speech is recognised on the device. Nothing about your game is uploaded anywhere. No Accounts. No Signups. WHAT YOU NEED A supported thermal printer and a roll of paper. Cauldron will show you which paper and printer to purchase. Card data and images from Scryfall. Cauldron is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of Apple's Standard Terms of Use apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cauldron at 50 against TypeStrip's 4. 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 TypeStrip against 5.0 for Cauldron. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cauldron has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | TypeStrip | Cauldron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Signal & Form | Joseph Liechty |
Customer experience
TypeStrip
Cauldron
In-app purchases
TypeStrip
No in-app purchases
Cauldron
No in-app purchases








