Comparison

Finishwell vs Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

Finishwell

Features
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Finish small jobs. Stop putting things off. Practice a skill. Finishwell turns what you want to do into a clear goal and a hand-drawn journey with a cat companion. A GOAL CAN BE SMALL Choose what finished looks like, then add the landmarks that fit. One step may be enough. Extend your route whenever you need, and keep a useful next action close at hand. REPEAT AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose daily practice, selected weekdays, or a weekly check-in target. Each repeating landmark has a finite total. Check in once per day, even off schedule. Missed days create no debt to catch up on. Your cat advances when you finish a landmark. REMINDERS YOU CHOOSE Optional local reminders stay off until you enable them. Only the current landmark of your foreground active goal sends reminders. Notification text keeps your goal titles and notes private. RETURN WITH A CLEAR NEXT STEP Read or listen to your saved next action. Keep notes and links, revise your route, or park a goal for later. Save a note, link, or photo of the result when you finish. PLAN YOUR WAY Manual planning works offline without an account. Optional cloud AI helps draft or rethink your route after consent and sign-in. Review and edit suggestions before applying them. Reading saved text aloud uses device voices. START FREE One active goal, unlimited parked and completed goals, manual planning, local reminders, reading aloud, export, and deletion. Pro unlocks unlimited active goals and expanded AI planning access. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase; current prices and terms appear in the app. Previous Pretext records remain readable and exportable. Payment is charged to your Apple account at purchase confirmation. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Manage subscriptions in your Apple account settings. Privacy: https://pretext.life/privacy-policy.html Support: https://pretext.life/support.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Text Editor

A fast and simple editor for plain text, notes, and Markdown. Highlight Markdown as you type and switch to a preview mode. Your files are saved locally, offering full control and ownership of your writing.

Highlights
  • Live Markdown highlighting
  • Preview mode
  • Local file saving
  • Multiple themes
  • Find & Replace
  • Export options
Features
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A simple, fast editor for Markdown, notes, and code. Open it and start typing. There's no account to make and nothing to set up. Your Markdown is highlighted as you write - headings, bold, links, lists, code blocks - and when you want to see how it'll look, switch to Preview. Everything saves as a normal file in the Files app and iCloud Drive, so your writing stays yours: open it anywhere, move it, or back it up however you like. It's free to use, with what you need for everyday writing: • Live Markdown highlighting and a clean Preview • Four themes: System, Light, Dark, and Sepia • Find in the editor or preview, a heading outline, and a live word count • Line and column position, selection count, undo, and redo • Meeting notes, journal, checklist, and README templates • Plain Text, Markdown, and code language modes • A Markdown cheat sheet for when the syntax slips your mind • Your choice of font, size, and line spacing • Share or export as Markdown Text Editor Pro adds more tools with a one-time purchase, no subscription: • Syntax highlighting in whole code files and fenced blocks for Swift, Python, JavaScript, JSON, HTML, CSS, and Shell • Five more themes: Paper, Solarized Light, Solarized Dark, Nord, and Dracula • Focus and Typewriter modes for heads-down writing • Split View on iPad with synchronized scrolling • Line numbers • Find & Replace with regular expressions, capture groups, and undoable Replace All • Writing stats: daily goals, streaks, and an all-time word count • Export to PDF, HTML, and .rtf files It's made for iPhone and iPad, works with a hardware keyboard, supports dark mode, and fits into iPad multitasking. There are no ads and no tracking, and the app doesn't collect anything about you. Made by one person who wanted a nicer place to write.

Screenshots

Finishwell4 screens
Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Finishwell at every 3 weeks against Text Editor's every 3 months. 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. Finishwell sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finishwell ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Editor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Finishwell versus Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinishwellText Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB2 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAnh TranJohn Haas

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Finishwell

Subscriptions2
  • Finishwell Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Finishwell Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • Philosopher Tone Pack$0.99
  • Passive-Aggressive Tone Pack$0.99
  • Deadpan Tone Pack$0.99
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  • Spicy Pack$0.99
  • Tone Bundle (All 3 Packs)$1.99
  • finishwell pro lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Text Editor

One-time1
  • Text Editor Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Finishwell free?
Finishwell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Finishwell or Text Editor have ads?
Neither Finishwell nor Text Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finishwell or Text Editor?
Finishwell ships an update every 3 weeks, and Text Editor every 3 months. Most recently, Finishwell was updated on October 25, 2026 and Text Editor on October 24, 2026.

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