# Code App — user reviews

> 347 indexed App Store user reviews of Code App by thebaselab Ltd, rated 4.00/5 from 300 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/code-app/id1512938504/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/code-app/id1512938504.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 174 · 4★ 47 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 37

## Newest reviews (15 of 347)

### 3/5 — Best iPadOS code editor I’ve found

*2026-06-24, version 1.12.1*

I love this, but feel it would need robust quality control vetting for it to be viable as a reliable tool. Really hope to see that happen. Pain points for me at the moment are: 1.) SSH servers opening up at the root in file explorer instead of home (or any desired folder), hidden files showing even with the setting off, cluttering the file explorer, 2.) Issues with input not registering in the editor/terminal; generally have to click into another field and then back again to get it to resume working, 3.) files/file explorer not registering updates unless the app is restarted;

### 3/5 — Really cool

*2026-03-16, version 1.12.0*

Surprised by how many different programming languages it covers.  Though the hugest and only bug I have encountered is it rarely saved the content of a new file, just printe the hello world thing as if the tect editor is not saving the content unless I put the app in the background for a while?

### 3/5 — Unable to activate python venv

*2026-02-07*

Since “source” command not working in terminal, unable to activate the venv. Could you please fix it?

### 4/5 — Good but room for improvement

*2026-01-28, version 1.11.0*

Really like this app. I wish Monaco editor supported basic text operations like selection copy paste etc. I find myself going back and forth which is super annoying. Auto bracket closure often fails to auto close a bracket. 

“cout” often silently fails to output text to the console. Restarting the app fixes it but it’s constantly failing requiring constant restarts.

### 3/5 — Interessante, mas limitado

*2026-01-19*

O app é muito bom e tem suporte a várias línguas mas, infelizmente, não tem recursos básicos para a maioria. Um exemplo disso é que não tem o IntelliSense para C++. Gostaria muito que essa e outras funcionalidades fossem adicionadas para c/c++ e outras linguagens

### 2/5 — Buggy app

*2025-12-28*

So many issues present. Cannot run any bigger or real world projects with this. Waste of money and time.

### 3/5 — Des bugs

*2025-11-09*

La connexion par FTP est buguée. J’ai constaté plusieurs dysfonctionnements dont un blocage complet de l’application. Dommage, j’ai désinstallé.

### 4/5 — Great App, but need a little more

*2025-10-30, version 1.10.4*

This is one of the very few apps that I would say is as close to being a full IDE within the limits of iPadOS.  I would really like to be able to easily adjust file and folder permissions.  Being able to see PHP errors would be awesome.  Setting the initial path for a connection would be great.  I can’t seem to see where I can edit a saved connection.  Would be very helpful to sync the connections and configurations via iCloud, so I don’t;t have to setup everything up for each device (iPad and iPhone).  Being able to see file and folder info like created date, modified date, file size, and permissions would be helpful.  Overall, this is an awesome app and on its way to being the best IDE for iPadOS.

### 4/5 — Gute App, aber Luft nach oben

*2025-10-14*

Die App sich ist echt gut, jedoch fehlen wichtige Kleinigkeiten. Wie das bewegen im Code, markieren als auch kopieren mit der Tastatur. Nach hinzufügen dieser Funktionen, wäre die App perfekt.

### 3/5 — Glitch or bug

*2025-10-03*

Could not double and select multiple line to copy paste or cut ……copy paste cut pop up is not not available like in other editor or notepad

### 3/5 — Não consigo ativar o auto preenchimento

*2025-09-13*

Auto preenchimento não está funcionando em Java

### 3/5 — تطوير من بايثون 3.9 الى 3.10

*2025-09-10, version 1.10.2*

التطبيق رائع جدا لاكن مشكلة ان البايثون اصدار 3.9 عائق كبير في بعض المشاريع لاكن التطبيق ممتاز جدا و اتمنا لو توفير خيار لاستخدام مثلا بايثون 3.10 او 3.11 او 3.12 او ……

### 2/5 — Lost my workspace

*2025-06-07, version 1.10.2*

I used this successfully for a week, then for no apparent reason lost access to my workspaces through the app, despite trying repeatedly "Close Workspace" and then attempting to reopen them again by selecting the folders, hard resetting the phone, removing the app from memory, etc. This is a tiny bit of a dealbreaker, since I can't actually use my projects!

Prior to that, my main complaint was a frustrating tendency of the cursor in Runestone to act like a magnet being repelled by the specific place in the text I wanted it to go, and instead flying off to the sides. Very odd behaviour.

### 5/5 — Great!

*2025-05-29, version 1.10.2*

Definitely the best code editing app available for iPadOS right now! Worth every penny.

### 4/5 — was great but now it’s broken

*2025-05-29*

it doesn’t load any file, it just has a infinite loading screen

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — its truly scam

*2026-06-20, version 1.12.1*

Not even one part of this application works fine! It doesn’t have autocompletion, doesn’t revert changes in Git, and doesn’t even commit

### 1/5 — Useful but Super buggy

*2026-04-07, version 1.12.1*

For as much as it does work, it doesn’t work well.  The “Hello World” default tends to override file changes when making new files…. so you have to open and close the app or rename the file a couple times for the state to save the actual changes, so it’s not advised to use this app for anything important until they fix that.

### 1/5 — Unusable

*2026-01-25, version 1.11.0*

Every view has a bug with something. It’s impressive the number of bugs this app has while being listed so high in the app store. I couldn’t get past them to use it much more than 30 minutes.

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2025-11-07, version 1.10.4*

I cannot clone anything because the app crashes when trying to access Gihub. Cannot open files. No clue as to how it is supposed to work. No text to guide or help. Do not purchase unless you know what you want.

### 1/5 — Not able to connect remote

*2025-10-11*

Trying to connect to git via remote but the app crashes everytime when tries to connect

### 1/5 — It is worst app if u looking for python scripting

*2025-04-05*

Node js also crashed in this app

### 1/5 — Super unreliable

*2025-04-05, version 1.10.1*

One moment it saves your files the next it fails with some inexplicable error message. Not recommended you will waste a lot of time working around issues.

### 1/5 — Not good

*2025-03-09*

Wast of time and money

### 1/5 — 连个基本的代码补全都没有

*2024-12-30, version 1.10.1*

最基本的代码补全都做不到（python）
只能说，完全写不下去，和记事本编程有何区别？还卖这么贵

### 1/5 — Hard to use, docs bad,  no way to submit questions

*2024-12-01, version 1.10.1*

I wasn’t able to check my project out of version control. Tried reading docs, but screens in my app are different than shown in docs. No way to email dev for help.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Select all? Select ?

*2026-08-11, version 1.12.2*

Perfect but why can’t I select all or parts on my mobile to delete this is 90% of actual coding?

### 5/5 — It's a useful app at a very fair price

*2026-07-02, version 1.12.1*

I use this app everyday for both editing local text files and for remote development using the ssh option. I'm satisfied. Highly recommended.

### 5/5 — best app

*2026-06-18*

the best ipad code learnning app ever

### 5/5 — 物理キーボードの入力不具合

*2026-04-19*

物理キーボードを繋いで文字入力した際、shiftキー + 別のキーを組み合わせて打ち込むと不具合が起こり易い様です。改善して頂きたく、お願いいたします。

### 5/5 — Ich finde die geil die App

*2025-12-12*

Ich muss sagen sie lohnt sich Total sehr empfehlenswert und bin total begeistert

### 5/5 — Does the Job of 3 apps prior

*2025-12-12, version 1.10.4*

I had 1 app for cloning repos, 1 for writing the code, and had to remote into my desktop to run node.js to test scripts. This does all three in 1 app. 10/10 no notes.

### 5/5 — Amazing mobile code editor, but needs better saving behavior

*2025-11-18*

I really love this app — it’s honestly the closest thing to VS Code on mobile. The interface, file system, and editing experience are all excellent, and it’s one of the best coding tools available on iPhone.

There’s just one issue I’m facing: the app doesn’t save files instantly while I’m editing. When I make changes and try to preview my HTML/CSS/JS, the updated code doesn’t show until I force a save. Right now the only way to save is to close the editor tab and wait for the save prompt, which breaks the workflow.

It would be great if you could add a manual Save button or improve auto-save so it triggers immediately while typing or when tapping Preview. This small improvement would make the app perfect.

Thanks for building such a powerful mobile coding tool — I really enjoy using it!

### 5/5 — 良いです

*2025-10-29*

sshのportforwardingできるのが本当にありがたいです
願わくばssh経由のcodexが崩れずに表示されるようにして欲しい…

### 5/5 — O melhor

*2025-09-01*

O melhor app para você trabalhar nos seus códigos e testá-los. Melhor ainda é que é pagamento único (e não é tão caro).

### 5/5 — Just fantastic

*2025-06-14, version 1.10.2*

The best there is.  Perfect!

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*