Mach Write vs Lightweight Text Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mach Write
This app offers robust editing and viewing capabilities for RTF, TXT, and PDF files across iOS and macOS. It features iCloud synchronization, syntax highlighting for code formats, and PDF annotation tools.
- iCloud document synchronization
- RTF Read/Write support
- TXT and code format Read/Write with syntax highlighting
- PDF Creation, Viewing, and Editing
- Freehand PDF writing on iOS
- DOC and DOCX viewing on iOS
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**Please visit our website or search for "Mach Write" in the Mac App Store to download the macOS version, only $3.99!** Mach Write is a powerful new RTF, TXT, PDF (Rich Text Format, Plain Text, PDF) Editor and Viewer for iOS and macOS! Featuring full iCloud document synchronization, RTF in multiple styles, sizes, and colors; as well as PDF Viewing/Creating/Annotation; and TXT files in addition to supporting nearly 15 plain text code formats; Mach Write makes it super easy to create in many different formats while still being incredibly powerful! And the best part is Mach Write is free for iOS and only $3.99 (U.S.) on macOS! - iCloud document synchronization; Mach Write keeps all your documents up to date on all your iOS and OS X devices (iPhone, iPad, and Mac) - RTF Read/Write support; easily Create and Edit Rich Text with multiple styles, alignment, font sizes, color, shadows, line spacing, and more -- one of the most popular word processor formats widely compatible across OS X, Windows, and Linux - TXT Read/Write support; as well as HTML/JS/PHP/RB/PL/JAVA/C/H/M/CP/MM Read/Write with Syntax Highlighting support for HTML, Javascript, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Java, C, C++, Objective-C++ and more - PDF Creation, Viewing, Editing; PDF Free-hand writing on iOS -- Create Blank PDFs super easy and draw diagrams, take notes, etc. (Large PDF documents in iCloud, such as large eBooks, are not recommended) - DOC and DOCX Viewing on iOS (DOC/DOCX Read/Write support on OS X) - Export as PDF makes it easy to annotate PDF's for grading papers, making corrections, or signing documents (iOS only) - Revolutionary PDF Magnifer feature makes it super easy to take Notes and automatically save as PDF (iOS only) - Incredibly advanced, yet super easy to use!
Lightweight Text Editor
This app allows users to work with plain text files without formatting concerns. It can open any text file, create folders for organization, and adjust encoding and line endings.
- Open any plain text file
- Create folders for organization
- Change text encoding
- Adjust line endings (CR/LF/CRLF)
- No formatting concerns
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Lightweight Text Editor is a great tool for users who work with plain text files. If you want to work with raw text without having to worry about formatting, then this app is for you. It can open any plain text file, regardless of the extension. You can create folders to organize your documents. You can also change the encoding and the line endings (CR/LF/CRLF).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mach Write at Free against Lightweight Text Editor's $2.99. Mach Write also leads on update cadence (every 10 months vs every 26 months). Lightweight Text Editor's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (82% vs 46%). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Mach Write is free to download; Lightweight Text Editor costs $2.99 up front. Mach Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lightweight Text Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lightweight Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightweight Text Editor has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Mach Write's written reviews are positive against 82% of Lightweight Text Editor's.
Mach Write ships an update every 10 months, Lightweight Text Editor every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mach Write | Lightweight Text Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (58 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 58 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #119 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mach Software Design | Erik Wegener |
Customer experience
Mach Write
Lightweight Text Editor
In-app purchases
Mach Write
- Remove Ads$0.99
Lightweight Text Editor
No in-app purchases
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