TextLab vs PageExtract
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextLab
Transform and clean text with a variety of tools. Convert cases, remove extra spaces, count words, and more. Premium features include workflows, data formatting, and advanced search.
- Case conversion
- Text cleanup
- Word counting
- Reverse and sort text
- JSON and data formatting
- Regex find and replace
- Apple Intelligence integration
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TextLab is a fast text utility for iPhone and iPad. Paste any text, pick a transformation, copy the result. No setup, no signup, no clutter. Whether you write copy, ship code, edit content, or just clean up messy text from emails and documents, TextLab handles the boring parts so you do not have to. Everything runs on your device. Your text never leaves your iPhone. WHAT IT DOES • Convert case in one tap. UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case, camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case. All the formats developers and writers actually use. • Clean up text fast. Remove extra spaces, empty lines, line breaks, duplicate words, duplicate lines. Trim whitespace. Strip rich text formatting in one tap. • Count what matters. Characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, reading time. Live as you type. • Reverse, shuffle, sort. Reverse words, reverse letters, sort lines alphabetically or by length, shuffle randomly. PREMIUM TOOLS • Workflows. Chain any number of actions into a single reusable transformation. Save it, name it, give it an icon, run it on any text in one tap. Edit a workflow once, use it forever. • JSON and data formatters. Beautify or minify JSON. Format XML, HTML, YAML. Convert CSV to JSON and back with custom delimiters. Strip HTML tags. Strip Markdown. • Encoders and decoders. Base64, URL encoding, HTML entities, hex. Encode or decode in one tap. • Find and replace with regex. Full NSRegularExpression support for advanced search and replace. • Extract anything. Pull emails, links, phone numbers, dates from any block of text. Or write your own regex pattern to extract whatever you need. • Line tools. Sort lines, number lines (decimal or Roman), add prefix or suffix to every line, delete lines containing or not containing text, break lines after every word, sentence, or position. • Cleanup pro. Remove diacritics. Remove invisible Unicode characters that break text from web pages. Remove emojis. Filter words by pattern. • Markdown tools. Convert Markdown to HTML. Strip Markdown syntax to plain text. Clean Markdown formatting. • Apple Intelligence. On supported devices running iOS 26, run text through the on-device language model with your own prompt. Translate, rephrase, fix grammar, summarize. All on device. • Shortcuts integration. Every TextLab action and every workflow you create works as a Shortcuts action. Build automations, run them with a tap, a Siri command, or a Home Screen widget. • Share extension. Select text in any app, hit Share, run any TextLab action without leaving the app you are in. • iCloud sync. Your workflows follow you across iPhone and iPad. PRICING Free tier covers basic case conversion, cleanup, counters, and reverse. Genuinely useful with no time limits, no daily caps, no nags. PRIVACY TextLab does not collect any data. No analytics. No tracking. No accounts. All transformations run on your device. Your text is never sent over the internet. iCloud sync uses your private iCloud database, encrypted by Apple. WHO IT IS FOR • Developers who format JSON, debug data, convert case styles, encode tokens, test regex patterns. • Writers and journalists who clean up draft text, fix smart quotes, strip formatting, count words. • Marketers and copywriters who format headlines, generate slugs, count characters for ad copy, prepare social posts. • Students and researchers who clean up scraped text, format citations, transform data sets. • Anyone tired of pasting text into ten different websites just to fix capitalization. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PageExtract
This utility extracts and analyzes all content from any web page, including text, images, fonts, and source code. Save, share, or download extracted data, and organize your findings in a personal library. It prioritizes on-device processing for enhanced privacy and security.
- Extract article text (plain text or Markdown)
- Browse and download images with dimensions
- Inspect links, fonts, and source files
- View metadata and HTTP headers
- Batch process multiple URLs
- Save extractions to a searchable library
- Share content via Share Sheet extension
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PageExtract pulls apart any web page and shows you everything inside — article text, images, fonts, stylesheets, scripts, links, and metadata. Paste a URL and get a complete breakdown of the page. Read the article as clean plain text or Markdown. Browse every image with dimensions and alt text. Inspect linked stylesheets and JavaScript files. View web fonts, hyperlinks, meta tags, Open Graph data, and HTTP response headers. WHAT YOU CAN EXTRACT • Article text — clean plain text or Markdown, free of ads and clutter • Images — every image on the page with dimensions, alt text, and download • Links — all internal and external hyperlinks • Fonts — web font families, weights, styles, and font file sources • Source files — CSS stylesheets and JavaScript files with sizes • Metadata — meta tags, Open Graph data, and page properties • HTTP headers — full server response headers • Full HTML — the complete page source EXPORT & SHARE • Copy extracted text to the clipboard • Share as .txt, .md, or PDF file • Download images and source files for offline access • Open the original page in your browser BATCH PROCESSING Queue multiple URLs and extract them all at once. Ideal for research, site auditing, archiving, or content migration. SAVE TO YOUR LIBRARY Build a searchable library of your extractions. Each saved item preserves everything — the full article, all images, every link, fonts, metadata, and source files. SHARE FROM ANY APP Use the Share Sheet extension to extract page content directly from Safari, Chrome, or any app that shares URLs. SYNC WITH ICLOUD Enable iCloud sync to keep your library available on all your iPhone and iPad devices. PRIVACY BY DESIGN All extraction happens on your device using a local web engine. No server uploads, no account required, no tracking. Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID for added security. MAKE IT YOURS • Light, dark, and system appearance • Custom accent colors • Alternate home screen icons Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TextLab at 17.0 against PageExtract's 26.2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TextLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PageExtract sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TextLab against 5.0 for PageExtract. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | TextLab | PageExtract |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igor Bidenko | Life Utility Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
TextLab
PageExtract
In-app purchases
TextLab
- TextLab$9.99
PageExtract
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$14.99





