Text Blaze
A text expander for Chrome, macOS and Windows that inserts saved snippets and templates from short shortcuts.
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About Text Blaze
Text Blaze saves pieces of text as snippets and gives each one a shortcut. When you type the shortcut, the full text is inserted, which cuts down on repeated typing of replies, forms and standard messages.
Snippets can be built into templates with customisable fields and automation, so one shortcut can produce text that changes to fit the situation. It runs as a Chrome extension or as a desktop app on macOS and Windows, and snippets are managed from a web dashboard.
Strengths
- Works as a Chrome extension and as a macOS or Windows app
- Templates with customisable fields, not just fixed text
- Snippets are managed from one web dashboard
Limitations
- The browser extension is built for Chrome
- Closed source
- The research does not detail which features are free
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to install, with demos offered for business use.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Text Blaze
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Browser extension
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Browser extension
- Best suited for
- People who type the same replies and messages many times a day
- Categories
- Browser tools, Automation
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Text Blaze
Compare allSoftware that can replace Text Blaze for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
TextExpander
A text expansion app that inserts saved snippets of text when you type a short abbreviation.
TextExpander runs as a Windows and macOS app with shared team libraries and fill-in fields, but requires an account and has no Chrome extension listed.
Espanso
A text expander that watches for a keyword you type and replaces it with whatever you set, in any program.
Espanso is free and open source under GPL-3.0, adds Linux support, and uses hand-edited YAML files instead of a web dashboard.
PhraseExpress
A text expander that stores reusable text snippets and inserts them in any program.
PhraseExpress is a paid expander for Windows, Mac and iOS that shares phrases through cloud, NAS or SQL Server rather than a web dashboard.
aText
A text expansion tool for Windows and macOS that replaces abbreviations with phrases you define.
aText is a paid Windows and macOS expander that syncs through common cloud folders and supports rich text, images and scripted snippets, without a browser extension.
Beeftext
Expand short typed abbreviations into reusable text snippets on Windows.
Beeftext is a free MIT licensed Windows-only expander with simple snippet management, now in maintenance mode, and lacks templates with custom fields.
AutoKey
Desktop automation for Linux under X11: abbreviations that expand into text, and hotkeys that run Python.
AutoKey is free and open source for Linux under X11, pairing text expansion with Python hotkeys, but offers no Windows, macOS or browser version.
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PopClip
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