Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Textastic

Fast, native, no-frills text editor

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

1. 1
   Textastic▲5

   Textastic is an advanced code editor for iPhone and iPad.

   2016 · textasticapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TextMate 2.0▲155

   Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac

   2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a simple PDF text editor▲327

   2020 · simpdf.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Medium Editor▲266

   The dead simple inline editor toolbar

   2016 · yabwe.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Writty▲292

   An open-source text editor to help you focus on what matters

   2020 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   TextJam▲143

   The multi-player AI editor, for everyone who writes.

   2025 · textjam.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Coda 2.5 by Panic▲130

   A fast, clean, and powerful text editor

   2014 · panic.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   TextLab 2▲92

   Developer's Swiss army knife

   2021 · its alternatives →

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   TextBuddy for macOS▲116

   A Swiss Army knife for plain text.

   2021 · retina.studio · its alternatives →

10. 10TR
    Textify – Replace gibberish in AI-generated images▲49

    2023 · textify.storia.ai · its alternatives →

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    Atom▲145

    A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

    2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

12. 12
    McWig – A modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go▲152

    Hey! Check out my "toy" text editor which I use as my daily driver. Features LSP autocomplete, goto definition, hover info Tree-sitter support Color themes (borrowed from the Helix text editor) Lots of bugs Macro support Something like Emacs org-mode: Open test.txt, place the cursor at line 15, and press "Ctrl-C Ctrl-C". This project was written as a "speed run" — not for speed in terms of time, but rather as an exercise to explore the text editor problem space without overthinking or planning ahead. It’s a quick and "dirty" implementation, so to speak.…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    txt.edit▲109

    The missing text editor for iPhone & iPad

    2020 · txtedit.dev · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Textify▲202

    macOS app to recognize text from your images/docs with OCR

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    WhisperIt▲101

    Write 10x faster

    2024 · whisperit.ai · its alternatives →

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    medium-draft▲98

    A medium like rich text editor built upon draft-js

    2016 · bitwiser.in · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Text is▲98

    Simple and fast markdown pastebin

    2023 · text.is · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Squire▲123

    The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

    2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

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    NXT Editor▲71

    The best app for working with raw text (.txt) files

    2020 · alexhawking.itch.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Textify▲143

    Change text in images with minimal effort and full control

    2024 · juliaturc.com · its alternatives →

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    Smart Text Editor▲94

    The text editor that requires only a browser and a keyboard

    2021 · stedit.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Textcraft▲106

    Magic text transformations

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Textlicious▲87

    Replace plain text with Styled text

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Voicetypr▲109

    Speech to text for writing thoughts faster & privately

    Oct 2025 · voicetypr.com · its alternatives →

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