TextTrace vs Text Exporter

Export text messages and chats as searchable PDF, CSV, HTML, TXT, PNG, or RSMF files while keeping names, visible dates, message order, attachments, and source context together. TextTrace helps you save, print, search, organize, and share important conversations. Prepare records for a lawyer, court review, HR, business documentation, personal archives, or preserving meaningful messages. BRING IN THE SOURCE YOU HAVE • Import a WhatsApp Export Chat TXT or ZIP file, including referenced media when available • Add screenshots or a scrolling screen recording from iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, Signal, Instagram DMs, and other visible chat interfaces • On Mac, select supported WhatsApp conversations from an unencrypted Finder or iTunes iPhone backup REVIEW BEFORE YOU EXPORT • Search messages, people, dates, sources, and attachments • Check extracted text against the retained source • Organize conversations into folders • Keep source files separate from derived text CHOOSE THE FORMAT YOU NEED • Searchable PDF for reading, printing, and sharing • CSV for filtering and analysis • HTML for a portable browser archive • TXT for a simple transcript • Long PNG for a continuous visual copy • RSMF 2.0 for compatible eDiscovery workflows SOURCE-LINKED RECORDS TextTrace retains the source you selected and creates SHA-256 integrity metadata. A matching checksum can help show that an exported file has not changed since it was created; it does not prove authenticity or legal admissibility. PRIVACY AND CONTROL WhatsApp TXT and ZIP files are parsed directly. Visual imports show an on-device preview first. Cloud verification starts only after your consent. On Mac, supported local backups are opened read-only; TextTrace does not bypass backup encryption. IMPORTANT TextTrace does not recover deleted messages or certify evidence. Visual text recognition can contain errors, so compare important content with the retained source. Some features require a TextTrace Pro subscription. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/texttrace-privacy-policy?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/texttrace-terms-of-use?usp=sharing

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/