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Snipora vs aText
aText is a long-standing, inexpensive expander for Mac and Windows. Here’s what you get by switching, and what you’d give up.
By Anmol Sethi · Checked
Quick answer
aText costs $4.99 a year or $29.99 for life, runs on Mac and Windows, and syncs through a Dropbox, iCloud Drive or other cloud folder. Snipora costs about the same once, adds suggestions, per-website rules and Secure Input help, and reads your aText snippets on first launch.
At a glance
| Snipora | aText | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free for 15 snippets; $2.99/month, $24.99/year, or $29.99 once | $4.99/year, or $29.99 once for 5 computers |
| Fill-ins | Yes, with choice lists | Yes |
| Scripts | Sandboxed JavaScript; shell and AppleScript if you allow them | Yes |
| Rules | Per app and per website | Per app |
| Suggestions from what you type | Yes, on-device | No |
| Secure Input | Names the app holding it | Stops |
| Sync | iCloud Drive | Dropbox, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Google Drive |
| Platforms | Mac | Mac and Windows |
Where Snipora pulls ahead
- Suggestions for the phrases you keep retyping.
- Website rules, not just apps.
- It explains Secure Input and keeps the picker working.
- Ready on day one: your Contacts card becomes
;name,;email,;phoneand;addr.
Where aText is the better pick
- You also use Windows and want the same snippets there.
- You want the lowest price: $4.99 a year.
Moving from aText
- Open Snipora. On first launch it finds aText’s data and offers Bring them over.
- aText’s own placeholders stay as text and are named in the report, so you can swap in Snipora’s tokens.
- Quit aText so both don’t expand the same abbreviation.
Snipora is free for up to 15 snippets, suggestions included. Unlimited is $2.99 a month, $24.99 a year, or a lifetime licence: $29.99 for the first 50 buyers (25% off), then $39.99.
Snipora is free for up to 15 snippets. No account.
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