Comparison

Text Message Export vs Text Exporter

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

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About

Text Message Export

Convert important text messages and chat screenshots into organized PDF, CSV, and TXT files. Easily save, review, print, and share your conversations for personal records, work, or important proof.

Highlights
  • Export conversations to PDF, CSV, TXT
  • Save important SMS and chat records
  • Import chat screenshots and recognize text
  • Preview conversations before saving
  • Organize saved exports in folders
  • Print, share, or store records
Features
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Turn important text messages and chat screenshots into clean files you can review, save, print, and share. Message Export helps you organize conversations into readable PDF, CSV, and TXT files. Keep personal records, prepare work conversations, save proof for important situations, or turn long chat screenshots into files that are easier to search and review later. KEY FEATURES · Export conversations to PDF, CSV, and TXT · Save important SMS and chat records · Import chat screenshots and recognize message text · Preview conversations before saving the final file · Keep names, timestamps, and message order easy to review · Organize saved exports in folders · Print, share, or store records when you need them · Useful for personal archives, work conversations, client records, receipts, legal records, and important proof HOW IT WORKS 1. Import chats or screenshots. 2. Let Message Export recognize and organize the conversation. 3. Preview the result before saving. 4. Unlock full export to create PDF, CSV, TXT, or print-ready files. WHY USERS NEED IT Important conversations often get buried in screenshots, long threads, or old chats. Message Export helps turn those conversations into organized files that are easier to keep, review, print, and share when the moment matters. SUBSCRIPTION Message Export offers a subscription for full export access, including PDF, CSV, TXT, print, sharing, saved exports, and ongoing access to premium export tools. Payment will be charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Premium Subscription Unlock unlimited access to premium measurement tools and project management features. Subscription Plans · Weekly Plan — $9.99/week · Annual Plan — $49.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal anytime in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://jp.sdoc.ink/web/#/p/a7787cc1f43f92994175f76b492f56bb Terms of Use: https://jp.sdoc.ink/web/#/p/88fd54ec0658167138b737a3176689fe Payment Agreement: https://jp.sdoc.ink/web/#/p/1f77c85f78378d4c80550a6990235647

About

Text Exporter

Easily convert your chat conversations into organized, printable records. Export messages from various platforms into PDF, spreadsheet, or plain text formats for safekeeping and easy sharing. All processing is done securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Export chats to PDF, CSV, or TXT
  • Supports iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, LINE
  • Includes date, time, and sender information
  • Add names, redactions, and notes
  • Optional PDF password protection
  • Private, on-device processing
Features
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Text Exporter turns a chat into a clean, printable record: every message with its date, time and sender, in order and numbered. Make a PDF to print or share, a spreadsheet to sort, or plain text anyone can open. Everything happens on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account. People use it to keep records for custody and co-parenting, landlord and repair disputes, work complaints, insurance claims and family history. An export supports your own records and testimony. Courts and tribunals decide what they accept. IMPORT FROM EACH APP'S OWN EXPORT • Messages: iMessage, SMS and RCS conversations, through a Shortcut that uses the Messages actions Apple added in iOS 26 (iOS 26 required for this import) • WhatsApp: the chat export file, with or without media • Instagram and Messenger: Meta's data download, plus Messenger's "Download message storage data" for end-to-end encrypted chats • Telegram: the JSON chat export from Telegram Desktop • LINE: the .txt file from Export chat history Text Exporter reads only these exports. It does not read screenshots or screen recordings, so apps that offer no chat export are not supported. CHECK EVERY MESSAGE Review the whole chat before you export. Choose which participant is you, so messages never swap sides. Imported messages are never changed. Names, redactions and notes you add sit in a separate layer, and every export lists them. Deleted, edited and missing items are marked, not hidden. EXPORT WHAT YOU NEED • PDF with a cover page, numbered messages, day separators and page numbers • Spreadsheet (CSV) with one row per message • Plain text (TXT) • A full bundle with the original media files • A check file listing every file with its SHA-256 fingerprint, so anyone can see if a file changed (free checker at textexporter.com) • An optional password for the PDF PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Processed on your iPhone. No servers receive your chats. • No account and no third-party analytics • Locked with Face ID or your passcode, and hidden from screenshots (you can change this in Settings) WHAT IT CANNOT DO Text Exporter exports what your phone and each app's export contain. It cannot get back messages that were deleted, and it cannot add times or details the source does not have. FREE TO TRY, PRICES UP FRONT Importing, reviewing and previewing are free. The preview covers the first 100 messages and is marked PREVIEW. Full exports need one of these: • 30-Day Export Pass: one payment, doesn't renew. Every export for 30 days. • Annual Export Plan: renews yearly until you cancel. Every export while it is active. • Lifetime Export Unlock: one payment. Every export, for good. The app shows each plan's price, in your local currency, before you buy. The Annual Export Plan is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically each year unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. The 30-Day Export Pass and Lifetime Export Unlock are one-time purchases and never renew. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://textexporter.com/privacy/ Support: https://textexporter.com/support/

Screenshots

Text Message Export4 screens
Text Exporter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Text Exporter at none against Text Message Export's shown. Text Message Export's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Message Export sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Text Exporter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Text Message Export against 1.0 for Text Exporter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Text Message Export versus Text Exporter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText Message ExportText Exporter
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKinor StudioIancredible Ltd

Customer experience

Text Message Export

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

Text Exporter

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Text Message Export

Subscriptions2
  • Week Plan$9.997 Days
  • Annual Paln$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Text Exporter

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Export Plan$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 7-Day Export Pass$4.99
  • 30-Day Export Pass$9.99
  • Lifetime Export Unlock$49.99

Questions

Is Text Message Export free?
Text Message Export is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Exporter free?
Text Exporter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Message Export or Text Exporter?
Text Message Export and Text Exporter are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Text Message Export or Text Exporter have ads?
Text Message Export shows ads; Text Exporter does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Message Export or Text Exporter?
Text Message Export ships an update weekly, and Text Exporter weekly. Most recently, Text Message Export was updated on October 6, 2026 and Text Exporter on October 27, 2026.

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