Text Editor vs Goodline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Live Markdown highlighting
- Preview mode
- Local file saving
- Multiple themes
- Find & Replace
- Export options
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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.
Goodline
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Goodline gives your writing room to breathe. Open a Markdown document and focus on the words, with formatting tools, an outline, and a clear view of your work. Write in plain-text Markdown files you can keep in Files or iCloud Drive. Work with tables and images, find your way through long drafts, and export your writing. Your documents stay yours. Turn Markdown into slides with Marp editing and a live preview. Add Mermaid diagrams in fenced code blocks, view speaker notes, and prepare local slide images and presentation packages. Your original Markdown stays editable. Use Listen to hear a document or selected passage. Choose an installed Apple system voice, preview it, adjust the speed, and pause, resume or stop. Goodline prefers a matching-language enhanced or premium voice when one is installed. Listen uses no paid speech API; voice quality depends on your installed voices. Try writing features free for 14 days by confirming the free in-app purchase. A separate one-time unlock keeps editing available afterward. There is no subscription or automatic charge. Reading, copying and exporting existing documents remain available without the unlock. Some features depend on system version, device capabilities, Apple Intelligence availability and iCloud settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Goodline at daily against Text Editor's every 3 months. Goodline also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Goodline sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Text Editor ships an update every 3 months, Goodline daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Text Editor | Goodline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Haas | Brianna Zamora |
In-app purchases
Text Editor
- Text Editor Pro$4.99
Goodline
- 14-Day Free TrialFree
- Full Unlock$19.99





