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TrustRadius Insights for TextPad are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Recommendations

Based on user reviews, TextPad receives the following recommendations:

  1. Users recommend TextPad as an excellent text editor on Windows with great built-in tools. It is praised for its stability and considered a powerful and compatible alternative to Notepad or Wordpad. The user-friendly interface makes it a preferred choice, especially for web developers.

  2. Many users appreciate TextPad for its functionality, ease of use, and resource efficiency. They find it lightweight, simple, and intuitive, making it a reliable option for quick file editing. The fact that TextPad is free and has a small download size encourages users to give it a try.

  3. Users find TextPad highly capable of handling large data files easily. They value its ability to open and edit such files without any problems. In addition to being simple and user-friendly, TextPad is described as a cost-effective text editor that can serve as a replacement for Notepad or for convenient viewing and editing of text files.

Overall, TextPad consistently receives recommendations for its stability, powerful features, resource efficiency, compatibility, ease of use, and affordability. It is suggested for both individual users and small-medium sized companies seeking a reliable and versatile text editing solution.

TextPad Reviews

2 Reviews

TextPad: a fast and functional text editor

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use TextPad as my primary text editor for editing text files and viewing large log files. I have enabled the option to replace Notepad with TextPad since it starts up quickly and handles large files. There are many other options and plugins that make this the preferred quick editor.

Pros

  • Starts up very fast.
  • Handles large text files easily.

Cons

  • I would like a "delete non-bookmarked lines" so I can skip the "invert bookmarks" step.
  • The "Compare Text Files" could be streamlined to compare text in 2 tabs without going through the save steps.

Likelihood to Recommend

I like the macro feature for transforming text. For example, taking a CSV file of data and quickly turning it into a set of SQL "insert" statements. Also, useful for this is the find/replace feature using regular expressions such as taking a URL QueryString and breaking all the parameters into separate lines and perhaps sorting them for review.
GD
Gary Davis
Director in Information Technology at Alliance Entertainment (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
TextPad
15 years of experience

Textpad: Simple but Powerful

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used TextPad all the time for searching for text throughout the code base, for finding and replacing across multiple files, and for meetings when I needed to type (translate) for a deaf coworker.

Pros

  • Quick to load.
  • Very fast searching algorithm for finding and replacing text.
  • Macros are very useful.

Cons

  • Some of the look and feel is a bit dated, but that's not what one would normally use this program for anyway.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you have a large codebase I would highly recommend getting TextPad for your users. It is very fast and efficient and affordable.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
TextPad
6 years of experience