Comparison

Text Comp vs Patchword

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

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About

Text Comp

Easily compare two text files or directories with a clear 2-pane interface. Import files from iCloud or other apps, including archives, and analyze differences with filtering and search options. It also offers basic image comparison.

Highlights
  • Compare text files and directories
  • Import from iCloud and other apps
  • Archive file support (zip, tar, etc.)
  • 2-pane comparison interface
  • Filter and search results
  • Basic image comparison
Features
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With Text Comp, you can easily compare the two text files or directories. It's simple to use: 1. Import and select files to compare First, Let's import files that you want to compare from iCloud or other applications. You can also import archive files (zip, tar, gz, bz2, lzh, etc) and can unarchive it in Text Comp. Useful file finder interface makes you select files faster. You can quickly move directory hierarchy by Path bar. To select a file or a directory to compare, tap the red or blue highlighted button in Path bar. The red means source "1" and the blue means source "2" for comparison in Text Comp. 2. Compare and analyze results Comparison results are displayed in 2-pane interface to make you easily undarstand what and where differences are. In addition, you can filter the results partially to make differences more clear (by 4 buttons at the top center of the screen or "Filter" options page). Also, theare are useful features like search and line marker (Text Comparison only) that will help your analysis of the results. There are some options to control behaviors and appearances of the comparison. Please give it a try to change it to fit your needs. Text Comp can also compare the image files, that is lower functonality than Pixel Comp though. Please use Pixel Comp if you need more detailed image comparison. That's it. Let's compare! -- NOTICE Internally, Text Comp handles text in Unicode. So your text will be firstly coverted to Unicode if it's other than Unicode. Because of the lossy conversion, it's possible that the Text Comp's comparison result is different from the result that compared in the raw encoding of the original text. -- About full version Once upgrade to full version, following features will be available: - No ad-banners displayed. - "Export" available.

About

Patchword

Compare files and directories to identify additions, removals, or modifications. It allows for matching files with slightly different names and applying or exporting patches and edit scripts non-destructively.

Highlights
  • Compare files and text
  • Compare directories
  • Identify added, removed, modified files
  • Match files by alphabetical order or custom map
  • Export and apply patches
  • Create non-destructive edit scripts
Features
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Select two files or paste two texts and compare them. Select two directories and compare them to see which files have been added, removed or modified, and selectively reset modified files to match the original ones. If files have slightly different names, you can match them by alphabetical order or a custom name map, and selectively rename them afterwards so that the names are equal. Export patches from two compared text files, or apply saved patches to an existing file. Create edit scripts that are applied non-destructively to a text file and export the resulting text.

Screenshots

Text Comp4 screens
Patchword4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text Comp at Free against Patchword's $5.99. Text Comp also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Patchword's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

Text Comp is free to download; Patchword costs $5.99 up front. Text Comp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Patchword asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patchword holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Text Comp's written reviews are positive against 50% of Patchword's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Comp ships an update every 2 days, Patchword every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Text Comp versus Patchword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CompPatchword
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoichi NozakiNicolas Kick

Customer experience

Text Comp

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Patchword

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Comp

One-time1
  • Text Comp Full Version$7.99
None

Patchword

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Comp free?
Text Comp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patchword free?
Patchword costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Comp or Patchword?
Patchword is rated higher. Text Comp averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Patchword averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Text Comp or Patchword have ads?
Neither Text Comp nor Patchword shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Comp or Patchword?
Text Comp ships an update every 2 days, and Patchword every 3 months. Most recently, Text Comp was updated on September 29, 2026 and Patchword on September 26, 2026.

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