Comparison

Sparrow Cowork vs TextExpander

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

Head to head
About

Sparrow Cowork

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Sparrow Cowork connects you to a vibrant coworking community in the heart of Edmonton. With three beautifully designed locations — Gibbard Block, Brighton Block, and Westmount — Sparrow offers inspiring workspaces built for productivity and connection. Book coworking desks, private offices, meeting rooms, and event spaces with ease. Whether you're building your business, hosting an event, or looking to connect with like-minded professionals, Sparrow Cowork provides flexible spaces and a strong, welcoming community to help you thrive.

About

TextExpander

Access your saved text snippets and expand them instantly across any app on your iPhone and iPad. This keyboard app offers features like autocorrect, emoji search, and swipe typing, making it easier to input frequently used phrases, addresses, or links.

Highlights
  • Instant text expansion via custom abbreviations
  • Customizable keyboard with swipe typing
  • Emoji search and suggestions
  • Autocorrect and long-press for accented characters
  • Snippet suggestions in the suggestion strip
  • Fill-ins for dynamic snippet content
Features
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Your TextExpander snippets, on your iPhone and iPad. Sign in with your TextExpander account to access your snippet library at your fingertips. Type ";addr" to expand to your mailing address. Type "zcal" to expand to a link to your schedule / availability. You can type it in Messages, in Mail, in Slack, in your CRM, in your EHR. You get the idea. Your shared snippets are readily synced with the rest of your team. A KEYBOARD WITH SNIPPETS, SWIPE, EMOJI, AND AUTOCORRECT Swipe across the keys, and TextExpander now matches your path to English words and to your abbreviations. Swiped abbreviations automatically expand to their snippets. Plus you have everything else that you'd expect in a keyboard: Autocorrect, emojis (searchable by name, with skin tones, and recents), long-press for accented characters, one-handed mode, haptic feedback, and undo/redo. SNIPPETS THAT COME TO YOU Start typing, and matching snippets appear in the suggestion strip beside your word suggestions. Tap it to expand it. You never need to go looking. PERSONALIZE AND CUSTOMIZE WHAT YOU TYPE Fill-ins give superpowers to your TextExpander snippets, and they work in the app as well. Type the abbreviation, complete your fill-ins, and send. WHAT YOU NEED A TextExpander account, created at textexpander.com. Then add the keyboard in Settings and switch on Full Access (TextExpander needs this to read your abbreviations and insert your snippets). Your snippets now work everywhere you type.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: TextExpander at 2 against Sparrow Cowork's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sparrow Cowork versus TextExpander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparrow CoworkTextExpander
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSparrow Capital Inc.TextExpander, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Sparrow Cowork

No in-app purchases

None

TextExpander

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sparrow Cowork free?
Sparrow Cowork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextExpander free?
TextExpander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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