Comparison

Text Comp vs Instant Unit Calc

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

Instant Unit Calc

Features
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Simple Calculator combines a calculator and a unit converter in one app -- see your result converted into other units as you type, no switching required. Key features: - Handles complex expressions with parentheses, not just the four basic operations - An always-visible conversion panel across 5 categories: length, weight, volume, area, and temperature - Mixed-unit math like "2 cm + 3 kg" -- results are kept per unit instead of forcing a wrong conversion - Real dimensional analysis: "3 m × 4 m = 12 m²" -- multiplying and dividing changes the unit correctly - Cross-category multiplication/division shows a synthesized unit, like "10 mL ÷ 2 kg = 5 mL/kg" - Define your own custom units, like "1 gold coin = 17 silver coins, 1 silver coin = 23 copper coins" - Three themes: Light, Dark, and follow system setting - A focused, uncluttered interface -- no extra features to get in your way

Screenshots

Text Comp4 screens
Instant Unit Calc2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Instant Unit Calc at none against Text Comp's 1. Text Comp's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Instant Unit Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Text Comp versus Instant Unit Calc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CompInstant Unit Calc
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoichi NozakiKeisuke Yamakawa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Comp

One-time1
  • Text Comp Full Version$7.99
None

Instant Unit Calc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Comp free?
Text Comp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Instant Unit Calc free?
Instant Unit Calc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Comp or Instant Unit Calc have ads?
Instant Unit Calc shows ads; Text Comp does not.

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