Comparison

Raven vs Sift Text Diff

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

Head to head
About

Raven

Create, organize, and manage notes using Markdown on your Apple devices. Turn checkboxes into actionable tasks with local reminders. Your notes are stored locally, ensuring offline access and no vendor lock-in.

Highlights
  • Native Markdown editor
  • Create notes with tables, images, code blocks
  • Checkboxes to tasks with due dates
  • Local reminders for tasks
  • Offline access
  • iCloud Drive sync
  • Full-text search
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Beautiful notes. Never locked in. Raven is a native Markdown notes app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write, journal, capture articles, and turn checkboxes into reminders—without putting your work in a proprietary note format. WRITE WITH CONTEXT Create notes with tables, images, checklists, code blocks, wiki links, and backlinks. Organize them with folders and tags, pin what matters, and find anything with full-text search. TURN NOTES INTO ACTION A checkbox can become a task with a due date and time. Raven gathers open tasks from across your notes, keeps each one linked to its source, and can send a local reminder when it is due. Complete or snooze it from the notification. JOURNAL WITHOUT ANOTHER SILO Daily and weekly journals live beside the rest of your writing. Save articles to Read Later, or capture a thought from widgets, Shortcuts, and the share sheet. MARKDOWN YOU CAN KEEP Raven works offline without an account. Keep notes on this device, choose a folder on Mac, or use iCloud Drive to keep the same Markdown files available in Files and Finder across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No proprietary note format. No forced account. One purchase, with no subscription.

About

Sift Text Diff

Compare two versions of any text side-by-side to quickly identify added, removed, or modified lines. Features include inline viewing, word-level highlighting, and options to ignore whitespace or case. Save comparisons locally for easy recall.

Highlights
  • Side-by-side diff with color coding
  • Inline diff view
  • Word-level highlighting
  • Ignore whitespace and case
  • Local archive for saved comparisons
  • Quick input swapping
Features
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Sift is a fast, focused text diff tool for writers, editors, and developers. Paste two versions of any text — drafts, code, contracts, emails, JSON — and Sift highlights every added, removed, and modified line in a clean side-by-side view. No accounts, no clutter, no upload to the cloud. KEY FEATURES • Side-by-side diff with line numbers and clear rose/sage color coding • Inline diff view that shows +/- changes in a single column • Word-level highlighting on modified lines so subtle edits stand out • Ignore whitespace and ignore case toggles for noise-free comparisons • Save useful comparisons to the local archive and recall them in one tap • Quick swap between LEFT and RIGHT inputs • One-tap clipboard paste into either editor BUILT FOR REAL WORK Whether you are reviewing a contract redline, checking a code refactor, comparing JSON payloads, or auditing a copy edit, Sift keeps the differences in front of you and the noise out of the way. PRIVACY No accounts. No tracking. No network calls. All saved comparisons stay on your device.

Screenshots

Raven4 screens
Sift Text Diff3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Raven at 57% against Sift Text Diff's 0%. Raven also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Sift Text Diff's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sift Text Diff is free to download; Raven costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Raven holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Raven's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sift Text Diff's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Raven versus Sift Text Diff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRavenSift Text Diff
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas SivilayLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

Customer experience

Raven

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Sift Text Diff

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Raven

No in-app purchases

None

Sift Text Diff

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Raven free?
Raven costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sift Text Diff free?
Sift Text Diff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Raven or Sift Text Diff?
Raven is rated higher. Raven averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Sift Text Diff averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Raven or Sift Text Diff have ads?
Neither Raven nor Sift Text Diff shows ads.

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