What's the difference between textivate and TaskMagic?

What's the difference between textivate and TaskMagic?

I get asked this quite a lot, by people who already have / have used TaskMagic.

("What's TaskMagic?", you ask... See this.)

  TaskMagic3    Textivate
Web-based?     No     Yes
Works on...: Windows Everything
Mobile?      No     Yes
Mac?      No     Yes
Linux?      No     Yes
Android?      No     Yes
iOS (iPad / iPhone)?      No     Yes
Windows?     Yes     Yes
Requires installation?     Yes      No
Requires internet connection?      No     Yes
Prints worksheets?     Yes     Yes
Worksheet definition / quality:   Good Variable
Text to speech? (TTS)      No     Yes
Embed video along with activities?      No     Yes
Big picture along with activities?      No     Yes
Audio along with activities? Depends     Yes
Parallel text along with activities?      No     Yes
Translation via parallel text?      No     Yes
Dictation via audio file?     Yes     Yes
Find the French / Spanish etc...?     Yes     Yes
Activities based on a text?     Yes     Yes
Activities based on a dialogue?     Yes     Yes
Activities based on matching text items? (Text Match)     Yes     Yes
Activities based on matching images with text? (Pic Match)     Yes     Yes
Activities based on matching audio with text?     Yes Yes (TTS)
Pic-Sound?     Yes      No
Grid Match?     Yes      No
Matching activities combining text, images and sound?      No     Yes
Text activities and Match activities in the same resource?      No     Yes
Multiple choice quiz?     Yes     Yes
Reading comprehension?     Yes     Yes
Maximum number of gap-fill formats per text?       5       2
Teacher can determine which activities are available for a resource?     Yes     Yes
Teacher-defined activity sequences?      No     Yes
Submit homework / classwork scores?      No     Yes
Gradebook of student sequence scores?      No     Yes
Individual / team scoreboard competitions?      No     Yes
Sharing resources? Yes (files) Yes (URLs)
Embed activities?      No     Yes
Link to specific activity?     Yes     Yes
Define parameters for activities via link?      No     Yes
Switch matching items within a resource?      No     Yes
Perpetual licence?     Yes      No
Annual subscription? Yes (new)     Yes

"What about the price?" I hear you say... Well:

TaskMagic price options

Textivate price options

Hope this helps. I appreciate it will mean very little unless you're reasonably familiar with one of the two.

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