Text Compare

Text Compare is a premium text comparison tool that helps you identify differences between two texts. It works by analyzing both texts and highlighting additions, deletions, and modifications. Our sophisticated algorithm can compare texts character-by-character, word-by-word, line-by-line, or paragraph-by-paragraph, giving you complete flexibility based on your specific needs.

Text Compare offers several advantages over other comparison tools:

• Multiple comparison modes (character, word, line, paragraph)
• Flexible viewing options (unified view, side-by-side, inline changes)
• Customizable settings like case sensitivity and whitespace handling
• Detailed statistics showing the exact number of differences, additions, and deletions
• Export functionality to save and share your comparison results
• Privacy-focused with no storage of your text data on our servers

Text Compare is valuable in numerous scenarios:

• Document Revision: Compare different versions of documents, articles, or reports
• Code Review: Identify changes between code versions or snippets
• Contract Analysis: Spot alterations in legal documents or contracts
• Content Editing: Track changes made during the editing process
• Plagiarism Detection: Check for similarities between texts
• Translation Verification: Compare original text with translated versions
• Academic Research: Analyze text variations in different sources

Text Compare offers four comparison modes:

• Character by Character: Best for detecting small changes like typos or punctuation differences. Ideal for code or precise technical content.
• Word by Word: The default mode, perfect for most text comparisons. It identifies added, removed, or changed words.
• Line by Line: Ideal for comparing structured text like code, lists, or tables where each line has distinct meaning.
• Paragraph by Paragraph: Best for comparing longer documents where you're interested in substantial content changes rather than minor edits.

Text Compare offers three view modes to display comparison results:

• Side by Side: Shows the original and modified texts in parallel columns, making it easy to see corresponding sections.
• Unified View: Combines both texts into a single view, with additions and deletions marked inline. This is more compact and good for sequential reading.
• Inline Changes: Shows only one version of the text with all changes highlighted within it, providing the most concise view of differences.

Yes, Text Compare supports file uploads for both the original and modified texts. Simply click the upload button next to either text area and select your file. We support plain text files, including TXT, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and similar text-based formats. For best results, ensure your files use text encoding that's compatible with web browsers (like UTF-8).

You can export your comparison results by clicking the "Export as HTML" button. This creates an HTML file with all your comparison data preserved, including highlighting of additions and deletions. The exported file can be saved locally, shared with colleagues, or integrated into reports and documentation.

Yes, we take your privacy seriously. Text Compare processes all comparisons directly in your browser, meaning your text data never reaches our servers. This client-side processing ensures your sensitive information remains private and secure. We don't store, track, or analyze the content you compare.

Text Compare is designed to handle most common text comparison needs efficiently. However, very large texts (over 100,000 characters) might experience slower performance since all processing happens in your browser. For optimal performance, we recommend splitting extremely large documents into smaller sections or using the paragraph comparison mode for better efficiency with large texts.

Text Compare works with all modern browsers, including:

• Google Chrome (latest 2 versions)
• Mozilla Firefox (latest 2 versions)
• Microsoft Edge (latest 2 versions)
• Apple Safari (latest 2 versions)
• Opera (latest 2 versions)

For the best experience, we recommend using an updated browser with JavaScript enabled.