Text Blaze vs TextExpander: Free Limits and Prices (2026)
Text Blaze vs TextExpander compared: free snippet limits, prices, where each expands, forms and teams. Plus a free option for plain browser snippets.
Key takeaways
- Free plans: Text Blaze allows 20 active snippets, TextExpander allows 5.
- Text Blaze Pro is $2.99/month billed yearly; TextExpander Pro is $60 per user per year.
- TextExpander covers 4 platforms incl. iOS; Text Blaze covers browser, Windows, Mac.
Pick Text Blaze if you work mostly in the browser and want forms, dropdowns and formulas inside snippets; pick TextExpander if you need snippets in every desktop app and on iPhone. Text Blaze's free plan allows 20 active snippets, TextExpander's only 5. If your snippets are plain text with a name swapped in, SuperCommands expands them free in Chrome, Edge and Brave.
Prices are from each official pricing page as of October 2026.
Text Blaze vs TextExpander compared
| Text Blaze | TextExpander | SuperCommands | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free limit | 20 active snippets | 5 active snippets | No snippet cap |
| Paid from | $2.99/month (yearly) | $60/user/year | None |
| Expands in | Browser, Windows, Mac | Mac, Windows, Chrome, iOS | Chrome, Edge, Brave |
| Forms, formulas | Yes | Fill-ins | {name} placeholders |
When is Text Blaze the better choice?
When your templates need logic: forms, dropdowns, dates, formulas or conditions.
- Fact: about 800,000 users with a 4.8 rating; Pro is $3.49 monthly or $2.99 billed yearly; Business is $8.39 ($6.99 yearly).
- Limit: on the free plan, forms and images are capped at 5 uses a day.
- Skip it if your snippets are plain text and you do not want a subscription.
When is TextExpander the better choice?
When you type the same text in desktop apps, not just the browser, including on iPhone.
- Fact: Pro is $60 per user per year and Business $120 (pricing).
- Limit: the free plan allows 5 active snippets, which covers a signature and a few replies.
- Skip it if all your typing happens in Gmail, LinkedIn or Slack in the browser.
What if my snippets are plain text?
SuperCommands expands browser snippets with no cap and no account.
- Scenario: save your intro as
intro. In a LinkedIn message, typec/introand the full paragraph replaces it. Use{name}for the part that changes. - Limit: no forms, formulas or desktop apps. Details in the text expander docs.
SuperCommands is free and open source. The local version is 100% free, forever.
Which one should you pick?
- Pick Text Blaze for browser templates with forms and formulas.
- Pick TextExpander for snippets in every desktop app and on iPhone.
- Pick SuperCommands for unlimited plain-text snippets in the browser, free. Compare more in our Text Blaze alternative and TextExpander alternative posts.
FAQ
Is Text Blaze cheaper than TextExpander?
Yes. Text Blaze Pro is $2.99 a month billed yearly (about $36 a year) against $60 a year for TextExpander Pro, as of October 2026.
Which free plan is better?
Text Blaze's: 20 active snippets against TextExpander's 5. Text Blaze limits forms and images to 5 uses a day.
Do they work outside the browser?
Both do. TextExpander runs on Mac, Windows and iOS; Text Blaze has Windows and Mac apps besides its browser extension.
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Use Cases:
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