Comparison

expt vs Text Viewer

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

Head to head
About

expt

A beautiful, distraction-free reader for all your local files, including EPUBs, PDFs, comics, and text documents. Organize your library, track reading progress, and enjoy a focused reading experience with customizable themes and layouts.

Highlights
  • Read EPUB, PDF, CBZ, CBR, TXT, CSV, code files
  • Customizable reader themes and typography
  • Distraction-free reading mode
  • Library organization with series and tags
  • Reading progress tracking and stats
  • iCloud sync for reading positions
  • 100% local file storage
Features
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expt is a beautiful, distraction-free reader for all your local files. Import EPUBs, PDFs, comics, text files, and more — everything opens in a clean, focused reading experience designed for deep reading. **Read Everything** • EPUB books with chapter navigation and search • PDF documents with native rendering • CBZ and CBR comic archives with page-turn viewer • Plain text, Markdown, CSV, code files, and HTML • ZIP archives with image grid browser **Designed for Reading** • Six reader themes: Light, Sepia, Dark, Solarized, Nord, Ink • Adjustable font, size, line height, and margins • Distraction-free mode hides all chrome • Reading progress tracked automatically **Organize Your Library** • Create series to group related files in reading order • Label and filter files by type, status, or custom tags • Search across your entire library by title or author • Track reading streaks and daily stats **Built for Apple** • Native iOS design with dark and light mode • iPad support with adaptive layouts • iCloud sync for reading positions across devices • Text-to-speech with language detection **Your Files, Your Device** • 100% local — no cloud storage, no accounts, no tracking • Import via Files app, Share Sheet, or drag and drop • Files stay on your device in the app sandbox

About

Text Viewer

Features
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Long reads, in letters that suit you. Text Viewer is a reader for the text files on your phone. Change the type and the background right where you are reading. FROM THE TYPE TO THE PAGE Drag text size, letter spacing and line height and the page changes under your finger. Nine backgrounds, from sepia to midnight, for bright rooms and dark ones. LONG FILES, A SECTION AT A TIME Once a file is in your library, only the part you are reading is loaded, so long novels stay easy to page through. Very large files may take a moment the first time you bring them in. TURN PAGES, OR SCROLL Read a page at a time like a book, or keep scrolling like the web — switch whenever you like. Your place is kept for you. YOUR LIBRARY Files you bring in stay together in your library. Bring in a newer copy with the same name and it replaces the old one, picking up where you left off. OPEN FROM ANYWHERE Send a text file from Files, your browser or a messenger with "Open in", and it opens straight away. IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE Eleven languages, following your system or set by hand. Light and dark are drawn by the same rules, so nothing shifts when you switch. Text Viewer has no account and never uploads what you read.

Screenshots

expt4 screens
Text Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: expt at none against Text Viewer's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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
expt versus Text Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterexptText Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Parkdongwan Jang

In-app purchases

None

expt

No in-app purchases

None

Text Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is expt free?
expt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Viewer free?
Text Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do expt or Text Viewer have ads?
Text Viewer shows ads; expt does not.

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