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24 alternatives to Plain Text

Clean text, remove formatting, count words

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Plain Text launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Pure Paste▲164

   Paste as plain text by default

   2022 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Plain Text List▲133

   Easily copy and paste-able lists for all your needs

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Text Cleaner▲77

   Text cleaning and formatting

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4PT
   Plain text for the web▲151

   2016 · saola.in · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Plain Clip▲135

   Remove the formatting from copied text.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Clean Text▲99

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

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dirty Markup▲140

   Tidy up your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Clean Text for iOS▲110

   An essential tool for removing text formatting on iOS 📱👌

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cleartext▲305

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

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Plain Text Edit▲65

    Create and edit plain text documents in a Chrome tab

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Markdown Tidy▲12

    Clean Markdown formatting, all in your browser

    Oct 2025 · markdown-tidy.trybase.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Diff Text▲216

    Dead simple text comparison

    2024 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Webtag▲129

    A free text-based bookmarking website

    2024 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Pretext▲142

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

    2018 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Text is▲98

    Simple and fast markdown pastebin

    2023 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    blank.page▲90

    Simple text editor in your browser

    2023 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    DownMark▲184

    Turn web content into clean Markdown with one click

    2025 · wanyi.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Textpad▲200

    Simple online notepad, no fancy stuff. Just write.

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    reGPT▲9

    Markdown -> Plaintext (without hair loss)

    2025 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Markdown Editor▲126

    Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    text-format▲3

    clean text,deal HTML,deal characters,uppercase,replace text

    2024 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Really Simple Notes▲69

    Simple, plain-text notes with offline saving

    2022 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Text Formatter by 99Tools▲3

    Clean, format, and transform text instantly.

    Mar 2026 · 99tools.net · its alternatives →

24. 24EM
    Extract Markdown, HTML or text from content-heavy websites▲49

    2022 · content-parser.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 →