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24 alternatives to Clean Text

Clean Text for iOS is a tool to reduce text cleanup time.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Clean Text launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Clean Text for iOS▲110

   An essential tool for removing text formatting on iOS 📱👌

   2016 · apimac.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Text Cleaner▲77

   Text cleaning and formatting

   2022 · textcleaner.net · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pretext▲142

   A powerful, clean Markdown & plain text editor for iOS 📝

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Clean Text▲7

   Mac tool for eliminating all text formatting issues.

   2016 · apimac.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   CleanMy®Phone▲610

   Your careful cleaner for iPhone and iPad, crafted by MacPaw

   2024 · macpaw.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Clean Todo▲78

   An efficient and elegant to-do app

   2017 · cleantodo.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cleartext▲307

   A text editor that allows only the 1,000 most common words

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Text Workflow▲151

   Transform your text with easy to use rules

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PhoneClean 5▲125

   Best cleaner app to free up space on iPhone & iPad fast

   2017 · imobie.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CleanBoard - Clean Clipboard▲67

    Automatically removes formatting from your MacOS clipboard

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pure Paste▲164

    Paste as plain text by default

    2022 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Editorial▲100

    Desktop-class text & markdown productivity on iOS

    2016 · omz-software.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Phone Clean 4▲107

    Automated, daily storage cleanup for your iPhone

    2015 · imobie.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Copied▲162

    Instant Text Access, Easy Copy-Paste, and Organized Snippets

    2024 · copiedpro.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Clean Clode▲154

    I’ve been impressed with Claude Code but one thing that sometimes gets in the way in my workflows is the messy, mangled text that is shown when pasting text from the Claude Code terminal sessions. So I built an open-source utility that cleans extraneous white space, pipes, and other characters from your CC/Codex pastes. For example, you can turn this: `How can I create a Claude Code script that │ │ cleans up extraneous characters and cleans up │ │ extra spaces, new lines, and other messiness │ when I copy from Claude Code terminal │ │ prompts or copy code from Claude Responses in │ │…

    Mar 2026 · cleanclode.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Paper▲94

    Distraction-free writing app for your iPhone, iPad and Mac

    2017 · paper.pro · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Text Case▲85

    A simple utility tool to format any raw text on iOS 📝

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Plain Clip▲135

    Remove the formatting from copied text.

    2016 · bluem.net · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Text Mess▲112

    Turn your text messages into art

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CleanyAI▲6

    Instantly clean any AI-generated text. Free & private.

    2025 · cleanyai.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    CleanTextLab▲2

    Clean up messy text and formats in seconds - free text tools

    Dec 2025 · cleantextlab.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TextSoap▲9

    Automate your text cleanup on Mac

    2018 · textsoap.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    AI Text Cleaner▲11

    AI Text Cleaner - Chrome Extension

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →