COMPARISON
Piuma vs. KlarText
Both believe in the same thing: text without baggage, no subscription, no AI theatre. KlarText answers with an editor — one window, one document, pure. Piuma answers with a scratchpad that is always there: one keystroke in the menu bar, text in, clean text out. Two answers to the same question — depending on whether you WRITE texts or ROUTE them.
| Feature | KlarText | Piuma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free 14-day trial, then $29.99 once | Free core · Pro $4.99 once |
| Home | Its own app window, document editor | Menu bar — one keystroke, always there |
| Core idea | Plain text as the format that stays readable forever | A waypoint: text in, formatting out, clean onwards |
| Killing formatting | Paste and Reflow (⌘⇧V): hard-wrapped lines are rejoined into flowing text on paste; “Paste from PDF” repairs PDF text | Clean paste + one-click scrub + link detox (utm_* & co.) |
| Markdown | Plain text only, no syntax highlighting | Three views of one text: source, plain, formatted & editable |
| History | — | Time machine (Pro): earlier states come back |
| Files | Opens and saves .txt files | Drag & drop: text, RTF, links, files — even images via OCR (Pro) |
| Subscription / AI / tracking | No / No / No (App Store label: data not collected) | No / No / No — even this website is tracker-free |
Honest verdict
KlarText is a fine piece of conviction: if you want to write long texts in pure plain text, take it — 14 days to try, then $29.99 once. Piuma plays a different game: it is the waypoint for text that has to travel — from ChatGPT into an email, from a PDF into your CMS — and arrive clean. If your day is made of copy and paste, you pay the $4.99 exactly once and earn it back daily.
As of: October 2026, source: vendor information. Prices per the US App Store (before sales tax) or the vendor's site. “—” = not listed in the vendor's information.
Piuma Pro: €4.99 — once. No subscription. Ever.
Coming soon to the Mac App Store