Compare Two Texts Online — Line Diff in Your Browser

A colleague sent “final_v2.” You already have “final_v1.” Spotting what changed by eye is how mistakes ship. A line-level diff shows additions and removals clearly.

Text Compare takes two panes — Original and Modified — and highlights lines that were added, removed, or unchanged (LCS-based line diff). You can copy a short summary of the changes.

Important limitation: this is a line diff, not a character-level word processor track-changes view. If someone edited half a sentence on the same line, that whole line may show as removed + added. For tiny in-line edits, Find and Replace or a dedicated IDE diff may be clearer.

Good fits

• Policy or FAQ drafts where each sentence is its own line
• Config snippets and scripts
• Bullet lists and outlines
• “What did marketing change in this paragraph block?” when you paste with intentional line breaks

Steps

1. Open Text Compare.
2. Paste the older version on the left and the newer on the right.
3. Scan added/removed markers.
4. Copy the summary if you need to share what changed.

To clean either side before comparing, use Remove Extra Spaces or Remove Line Breaks so noise doesn’t create false diffs.

FAQ

Is this a character-level diff?

No — v1 compares whole lines.

Private?

Yes. Both texts stay in the browser.