Comparison

Textwell vs AR vProtractor

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

Head to head
About

Textwell

This app provides a distraction-free writing environment for various tasks like jotting notes, messaging, and blogging. It offers customizable actions for text processing and automatically saves content history, syncing across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free plain text writing
  • Customizable JavaScript actions for text manipulation
  • Automatic content saving and history search
  • iCloud syncing across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
  • Text routing to other apps and services
  • Character, word, and line count
Features
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Textwell is a multipurpose textbox which can be used for any writing tasks such as jotting, messaging, blogging, searching, posting, and so on. For the simplicity, Textwell doesn't have features for styling text or managing multiple notes, but it is always ready to start writing instead, and the bunch of customizable actions can process your text in unlimited ways. Actions can be modified and created by yourself with JavaScript. Textwell is like a single sheet of paper, but it automatically saves current content by appropriate timing as history, so that you can search and take it back some time later. Also, current note content, actions, and history items are automatically synced with other devices including Mac, iPhone, and iPad via iCloud. Textwell allows you to - Simply write and read on a plain text field without any functional complexity or visual clutter. - Route your text to other apps or services such as Email, Messages, Maps, Reminders, Google Search, and more, by choosing one from the action list. Actions are customizable with JavaScript. - Modify your text by using actions such as searching/replacing words, inserting specific characters, reordering paragraphs/lines, time-stamping, location-stamping, changing cases, adding bullets, URL-encoding/decoding, escaping/unescaping HTML, and more. - Preview HTML or markdown by also using actions. - Search and restore previous content from the automatic history. - Share current note, actions, and history items with other devices including Mac, iPhone, and iPad automatically via iCloud. - Check numbers of characters, words, and lines. - Use "Textwell" Widget. - Use "Open" and "Open as Blank" Lock Screen Widgets (iPhone). - Use "Textwell" share extension. - Use "Add to Textwell" action extension. - Use "Textwell" iMessage app. - Change font size, line space, and some behaviors is Settings app. Follow @textwell on Twitter to keep in touch.

About

AR vProtractor

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You can put a virtual protractor using AR technology that can be placed on a desk or the floor. When you launch the app, please move your iPhone left and right to recognize the surrounding space. Touch the screen to locate where you want to place the virtual protractor, then horizontal and vertical protractors will be displayed at the point you selected. You can turn the virtual protractors left or right with your finger on the screens. You can move protractors horizontal position with two fingers scroll, and vertical position by three fingers scroll. The protractors are anchored to the surrounding feature point with an AR Anchor.  Push "Relocate" button to put new protractors. Push "Grid" button to display horizontal grid to align protractors to edge of room or desk.

Screenshots

Textwell4 screens
AR vProtractor2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AR vProtractor at Free against Textwell's $2.99. AR vProtractor also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

AR vProtractor is free to download; Textwell costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textwell ships an update every 3 months, AR vProtractor every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Textwell versus AR vProtractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextwellAR vProtractor
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSociomediaKazufumi Suzuki

In-app purchases

None

Textwell

No in-app purchases

None

AR vProtractor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textwell free?
Textwell costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR vProtractor free?
AR vProtractor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Textwell or AR vProtractor have ads?
Neither Textwell nor AR vProtractor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Textwell or AR vProtractor?
Textwell ships an update every 3 months, and AR vProtractor every 4 weeks. Most recently, Textwell was updated on September 23, 2026 and AR vProtractor on September 26, 2026.

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