Differences 4+
Quick and easy text diffing
Maurice Kelly
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- $1.99
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Description
Differences is a menu bar app designed to quickly show the difference between two chunks of text. Working in both horizontal and vertical orientations it offers to two side-by-side text editors that offer live editing of the text you want to compare.
Unlike a full-blown diff tool, Differences is always there when you need it and requires no fumbling about putting text into files to be compared. Just copy and paste text from your writing, your source code, passages you are reviewing or log files that you are struggling to decipher. Any differences between the two panes are highlighted; any updates you make are reflected in real time.
What’s New
Version 1.5
- Uses the system accent colour to tie in with the rest of your macOS experience.
- Adds a highlight for the complete line to make it easier to find single character differences.
- Native support for Apple Silicon – Rosetta 2 was great, but no longer needed!
Ratings and Reviews
Needs more Features
I like the fact you can open the application from the top bar, it’s quite convenient.
However, it lacks many features that are really important to be effective when comparing text:
- Ability to scroll both windows in sync (make it a checkbox?)
- Mark in the scroll bar (with colors) the lines where differences are found
- Previous/Next button to be able to jump between the differences
I’m sure many people will be willing to pay for an application that implements all this.
Best Regards
Developer Response ,
Thanks for buying the app, for your feedback and your helpful feature suggestions. I look forward to incorporating them into future versions of the app.
Updated response: version 1.2 implements a linked scrolling feature for both windows. Hope you like it!
Disappointing
This kidn of app is why the Mac AppStore is mostly garbage when it comes to offering solutions. These cheap apps really need to go through proper quality control by Apple to prevent their customers from getting cheated. Sure its less expensive than a cup of coffee but at least a cup of coffee works for you for 10 minutes. This app doesn't even work for 1 second. Try to paste in two different lines and "perfect match". Yeah... it does NOT work at all. I am disappointed that I bought this app and I apologize for the criticism but I had no idea the app was opened for over a day. I just though it didn't load. Didn't realize it sits up in the top menu bar and hides...
Very useful tool
So happy to see this continue to be updated for the latest platforms. This is a simple app that does just what it needs to and comes in handy all the time.
App Privacy
The developer, Maurice Kelly, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Maurice Kelly
- Size
- 3.7 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.12 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Maurice Kelly
- Price
- $1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.