TextRuler: Character Counter
Chars, words & reading time
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Paste text and instantly see characters, words, paragraphs and reading time, plus a hiragana, katakana and kanji breakdown for Japanese. Works fully offline.
Paste any text and instantly see character count, word count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time.
Features:
- Character count (handles full-width and half-width text)
- Word count
- Line and paragraph count
- Reading time estimate (Japanese: 500 chars/min, English: 225 words/min)
- Japanese character type breakdown (Hiragana / Katakana / Kanji / alphanumeric percentages, full-width included)
- One-tap clipboard paste
- Share statistics as text
Great for:
- Writers checking blog or social media character limits
- Students verifying essay or report length
- Copywriters adjusting text length
- Translators comparing source and target volume
Your text is processed on your device.
FREE VERSION AND FULL ACCESS
The free version displays banner ads. A one-time Full Access purchase unlocks every feature and removes ads. Customers who previously bought the paid app also continue without ads.
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Added support for 18 languages and updated the screenshots.
The developer, Takumi Sekiguchi, 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 Used to Track You
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- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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- Location
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- Takumi Sekiguchi
- Size
- 6.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 14 more
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Full Access $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Small App Works