5 Free and Powerful Alternatives to PhraseExpress

Using a text expander can truly help you save time while typing. They help you eliminate repetitive typing tasks through shortcuts, or snippets.

Finding a text expander that you like is important, but there are many options available, and it can be difficult to know which is best for you.

PhraseExpress is one text expander option available. It offers a universal snippet manager for users to help reduce the time they spend typing.

In this article, we hope to help you find the right text expander for you by showcasing five alternatives for PhraseExpress.

Text Blaze

Pros

• Text Blaze has a 5-star rating in the Chrome Web Store.
• Text Blaze Chrome Extension works on any website on Windows, macOS and Linux. (You can also use Text Blaze outside Chrome with the Text Blaze Desktop Apps - a Windows and macOS app is currently in beta)
• Text Blaze snippets can include powerful dynamic features such as forms and dynamic logic.
• It's great for teams with collaboration capabilities.
• Text Blaze is trusted by large corporations all over the world, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe, Mercado Libre and many more.
• You can get instant value with Text Blaze, without needing a subscription.

Cons

• Text Blaze is only available on the Chrome Web Store and on the Microsoft Store.

Here's a video that shows 5 things you can do with your Text Blaze account.

Beeftext

Beeftext is an open-source text expansion tool for Windows and works in any Windows app that supports Copy/Paste. However, it doesn't provide collaboration capabilities for teams.

Pros

• Very simple and easy to use.
• Works in any application that supports copy and paste.
• Beeftext is open-source, meaning that it is free and maintained by its community through GitHub.

Cons

• It doesn't provide collaboration capabilities for teams.
• Doesn’t provide advanced features or tools.

Gmail templates

Gmail's template feature allows you to create and save email templates and use them when composing a new email. Read more about it here.

Pros

• Simple; convenient for Gmail users.
• Good for people just getting into email templates and text expanders.
• Easy to pick up instantly.

Cons

• Templates are limited to Gmail, but can work great if Gmail is all you need.

macOS built-in text replacements

In Mac OS X, you can create your own text replacements and insert them anywhere.

Pros

• You can automatically convert URLs to clickable links. Read more about it here.
• You can replace a double-space with a period and a space.
• Phrases can turn into condensed 3-4 letter shortcuts.
• Straight quotes can be replaced with smart quotes.

Cons

• Only for Mac.

Keysmith

Keyboard shortcuts in Keysmith replicate keystrokes and mouse actions.

Pros

• Compatibility with Reddit, GitHub, Google Docs, YouTube, and more.
• Recordings pick up what you do on your keyboard to make things easier and faster.
• Hotkeys can trigger macros from anywhere.

Cons

• Doesn’t offer real-time input from users (like dynamic content).
• Only for Mac users.

Conclusion

Using a text expander can significantly reduce the time you spend typing repetitive phrases. Finding a text expander that works for you doesn’t have to be difficult. There are many options available, and each one has different benefits and drawbacks.

If you aren’t sure which one is good for you, even after reading this article, give Text Blaze a try. You can create an account and get instant value without needed a subscription. So, go ahead and give it a try, who knows, you might end up loving it.

Want to turbo charge your work with templates and snippets? Text Blaze is the fastest way to do that.

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