TextPort vs. Verity
TextPort is a real, currently operating iPhone app for turning the messages on your phone into a paginated, timestamped PDF — free, with no computer required. Verity does something different with a conversation once it's exported. Here's the actual line between the two.
1.What it's actually built to do
TextPort
An iPhone/iPad app that turns the chat threads already on your phone into an exportable, court-ready file. Per its own site, it "works with any app" on iOS — iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram DMs, Telegram, Signal — and exports a conversation as a PDF, CSV, or plain text, with no computer or cables required.
Verity
An analysis engine, not an export tool. You bring it a conversation that's already been exported — from WhatsApp, iMessage, SMS, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Telegram, Discord, Snapchat, mbox, CSV, Google Messages, or an OurFamilyWizard PDF export — and it scores health and flags behavioral patterns in what's already there.
2.Formatting/export vs. behavioral analysis
TextPort
Solves getting a clean copy of a conversation off your phone: sender names, timestamps, and message order preserved in chronological order, with the page describing "no notifications to the other side" and the original conversation staying on your phone as a backup. It doesn't analyze what's in the conversation — it formats and exports it.
Verity
Assumes you already have an export and focuses entirely on what's in it. It runs pattern detection (gaslighting, coercive control, financial abuse, stonewalling, DARVO, and more) across the full conversation and rolls the result into a single health score with flagged, cited messages — it doesn't pull messages off a phone itself.
3.What the output actually is
TextPort
A "clean, paginated, timestamped export" — per its own custody-case page, a PDF with sender names, dates, and times on every message, plus CSV and plain-text export options. The page doesn't describe search, indexing, or authentication/certification features layered on top of that formatting.
Verity
A behavioral analysis report: health score, flagged messages with citations, and on the forensic tier, AMPD trait-domain and attachment-style analysis. It isn't a general-purpose paginated transcript — it's built specifically around what the conversation shows about the relationship.
4.Platform coverage
TextPort
iPhone and iPad only, per its own site and custody-case page — there's no mention of Android anywhere on either page. Within iOS, it covers "any app," naming iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram DMs, Telegram, and Signal specifically, plus a separate Mac/Windows desktop version for bulk exports.
Verity
Reads exports from both iOS and Android sources: WhatsApp, iMessage (including a raw chat.db via client-side sql.js), Android SMS/XML, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Telegram, Google Messages, Discord, mbox, Snapchat, CSV, and OurFamilyWizard's PDF export — platform-agnostic once you have the export in hand.
5.Pricing and who it's for
TextPort
Free, per its App Store listing and its own site's structured pricing data ($0). Aimed at anyone who wants their own message history off their phone in a shareable, printable format — no account or payment appears to gate the core export.
Verity
Self-service and one-time: a free health score, then $99 standard or $149 forensic for the full report — no subscription, no account required. A separate $299/mo Pro portal serves attorneys generating white-label reports across a caseload.
Getting the export vs. understanding what it shows
TextPort solves the first, mechanical step for an iPhone user with no laptop or cable handy: getting a clean, chronological, timestamped record of a conversation off the phone and into a file that can be printed or handed to an attorney. That's a real convenience, especially for someone who otherwise would be screenshotting a thread message by message.
Verity picks up after that step, regardless of how the export was produced. It doesn't care whether a conversation came from TextPort, a built-in export feature, or another tool — it reads the resulting file and analyzes what the conversation actually shows: a health score, flagged messages tied to specific behavioral patterns, and a timeline. The two can reasonably be used together — export with TextPort on an iPhone, then run that export through Verity for the analysis layer neither app tries to replace the other on. If your export came from somewhere other than TextPort, our step-by-step export guide covers the major platforms.
This is general information, not legal advice, and Verity is not a law firm. Feature and pricing details for a third-party product like TextPort can change after this was written — verify current details directly on their site before relying on them. What your court or case actually requires is jurisdiction- and case-specific — talk to an attorney about your situation.
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