Comparison

ScanWave Pro 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

ScanWave Pro

Features
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Scanwave Pro is a scanner you buy once and own forever — no subscriptions, no monthly fees, no "unlock pro" pop-ups. Built for the Japanese practice of copying ID cards onto A4 paper. Capture an ID and lay it onto a page in Actual Size or Fill Page layout — the standard formats for Residence Card, Driver's License, and Health Insurance Card copies that landlords, banks, and city halls ask for every day. ONE-TIME PAYMENT • Pay once, use forever • No subscription, no in-app purchases • All updates included for life • No "free trial that auto-renews" tricks DOCUMENT MODE • Multi-page capture with automatic edge detection • Manual corner adjustment with magnifier loupe • Filters: Original, Grayscale, Black & White, Enhance • Drag-to-reorder pages, retake, swipe-to-delete • Multi-page PDF export with 1-up, 2-up, or 4-up layouts ID MODE • Front-only or front + back capture • Composed onto A4 in actual size or fill-page layout EXPORT • Save as JPEG or PNG to Photos • Save as PDF to Files (visible under On My iPhone → ScanWave) • Share to AirDrop, Mail, Messages, or any installed app • Multi-select on the Home screen for bulk share or delete PRIVACY • All processing on device • No cloud, no account, no analytics, no tracking • No third-party SDKs • Photos and documents stay on your iPhone or iPad LANGUAGES English, 日本語, नेपाली. Switch any time from the globe button on the Home screen.

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

ScanWave Pro4 screens
Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScanWave Pro at none against Text Editor's 1. ScanWave Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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. Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScanWave Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScanWave Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Text Editor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ScanWave Pro versus Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanWave ProText Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBhupesh GurungJohn Haas

In-app purchases

None

ScanWave Pro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Editor

One-time1
  • Text Editor Pro$4.99

Questions

Is ScanWave Pro free?
ScanWave Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScanWave Pro or Text Editor have ads?
Neither ScanWave Pro nor Text Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScanWave Pro or Text Editor?
ScanWave Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Text Editor every 3 months. Most recently, ScanWave Pro was updated on October 10, 2026 and Text Editor on October 24, 2026.

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