Comparison

Text Comp vs TXTdiff

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

Head to head
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

TXTdiff

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The App is a text verification and printing comparison tool based on optical character recognition (OCR) and barcode detection technology, designed for enterprise quality inspection use cases. It allows users to: • Capture photos via camera or import images from the photo library or Files app for text verification; • Automatically recognize text in images locally on-device using the Apple Vision framework; • Compare recognition results against reference text line by line and character by character to generate difference reports; • Perform barcode recognition and comparison, supporting EAN-13, EAN-8, Code128, ITF-14 and other major symbologies; • Export PDF inspection reports for archiving and traceability; • All core functionality runs locally on-device, except for in-app purchase verification. Privacy Policy: https://txtdiff.nashapp.top/privacy.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://txtdiff.nashapp.top/service.html

Screenshots

Text Comp4 screens
TXTdiff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Text Comp at every 2 days against TXTdiff's every 2 months. Text Comp also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Text Comp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TXTdiff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Comp ships an update every 2 days, TXTdiff every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Text Comp versus TXTdiff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CompTXTdiff
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoichi Nozaki宇 鄢

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Comp

One-time1
  • Text Comp Full Version$7.99
2 purchases

TXTdiff

Subscriptions2
  • Semi-Annual with 7-Day Free Trial$14.996 Months
  • Annual with 15-Day Free Trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Text Comp free?
Text Comp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TXTdiff free?
TXTdiff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Text Comp or TXTdiff have ads?
Neither Text Comp nor TXTdiff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Comp or TXTdiff?
Text Comp ships an update every 2 days, and TXTdiff every 2 months. Most recently, Text Comp was updated on September 29, 2026 and TXTdiff on October 7, 2026.

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