# CodeSandbox — user reviews > 55 indexed App Store user reviews of CodeSandbox by CodeSandbox BV, rated 4.31/5 from 350 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/codesandbox/id1423330822/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/codesandbox/id1423330822.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 237 · 4★ 52 · 3★ 20 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 28 ## What do users think of CodeSandbox? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent performance for mobile IDE - 💡 Innovative cloud-based development environment - 👍 Clean, intuitive, and well-designed UI/UX - 🎯 Great for learning and prototyping - 📱 Enables full development on iPad/iPhone - 🔧 Node.js and JavaScript support with npm packages - ⚡ Fast autocomplete and intellisense features - 🎨 Customizable themes, fonts, and app icons - 🔗 GitHub integration support - 📚 Good documentation and tutorials - 🎭 Focus mode and distraction-free environment - 💰 No ads or paywalls - 🌐 React Native and web framework support **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 💾 Data loss and arbitrary reversion of work - ⚠️ Missing undo/redo functionality - 🔐 Outdated RSA keys incompatible with GitHub - 📝 No manual save or commit buttons - 🖥️ Portrait mode only, no landscape support - 🔍 Missing syntax highlighting for some languages - ⌨️ Limited terminal functionality - 📦 Dependency management buried in settings - 🔄 Old Node.js version (v12 LTS) - 🎮 Sign-in buttons don't work on some devices - 🖱️ Arbitrary and confusing UX in some areas - ⚙️ Limited git functionality (no rebase, cherry-pick, reset) **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently, sometimes requiring device reboot - Work is lost or reverted to previous states without user action - Sign-in buttons unresponsive on certain iPhone models - Gray screen when connected to external monitor - Browser view/globe button not functioning - Scripts don't stop when they should - Node.js doesn't exit properly when using Promises - HTTP request handling issues (axios adapter not found) - New update broke iPad compatibility with crashes - Autocomplete sometimes lags - Projects get cleared when editing React Native apps - Missing undo functionality causes accidental data loss - ytdl-core package compatibility issues - Gatsby projects don't build properly **Most requested features** - Python language support - Ability to add dependencies to sandbox - Syntax highlighting for Go and other languages - Undo button in editor - Updated SSH keys for GitHub compatibility - Run commands on non-root repository folders - Word wrap and pinch-to-zoom functionality - Auto-complete and auto-format for text editor - Angular and Vue.js templates - Expo workflow support for React Native - Find and Replace functionality - Increased font size options and accessibility settings - Landscape mode support - Better documentation with video walkthroughs - Error logging in browser console - Bluetooth keyboard support - Background process persistence - More frequent Node.js version updates ## Newest reviews (13 of 55) ### 4/5 — Is there python support? *2023-02-17, version 3.20.0* Looks like a great app and i love the idea of the IDE’s being cloud based. But is there support for python? ### 4/5 — I want to add dependencies in sandbox. *2022-11-29, version 3.15.2* I like the sandbox for prototype, but it only can add dependencies in the browser. This app will be perfect if I can add dependencies to the sandbox. ### 5/5 — Incredible *2022-02-20, version 2.15.1* I dunno how yall done it but sure darn glad ya did.. “work of art.” 12 out 10…” ### 5/5 — Excellent app for learning on the go. *2021-10-13, version 2.15.1* I can’t believe how well you can run node application on iOS with an AppStore app. Give it a try. ### 5/5 — Looks good so far! *2021-10-11, version 2.15.1* Haven’t come across a “pay me” sign yet unlike so many others. No ads that I can’t work through if any. Looks amazing! ### 4/5 — Amazingly Beginner Friendly *2021-09-25, version 2.15.1* Use case: Programming a Discord bot as a novice programmer. What to hate: So far, the only issue I’ve encountered is a problem with the ytdl-core package. My Discord bot can run off this IDE (for testing), but breaks the bot without any info as soon as I try playing music. What to love: This IDE will resolve packages automagically (with confirmation) if need be which is amazing! GitHub support is to my needs, clean layout and design, runs in the background if you want it to, and plenty of quality of life settings (font size, font, theme color, change the app icon, etc). From a mobile IDE, this is amazing! Just not perfect. ### 5/5 — Just incredible! *2021-07-19, version 2.13.0* It's amazing, it had perfect UI/UX, I really enjoyed it ### 3/5 — less customizable *2021-06-08, version 2.13.0* I need toggling wordwrap and pinch to zoom in/out like textastic and UX is so arbitrary please use edge swipe when you going back to file list and how can I cancel making a new file? do I have to make it anyway and delete it? what a stupid UX you should hire a designer seriously or if you have one, they should be fired ### 4/5 — Great start! *2021-06-02, version 2.12.0* I would really love to use this all the time. Needs auto complete and auto format for text editor. Needs more tutorials/documentation. Some video walkthroughs would have cleared up some basic questions I had getting started. ### 4/5 — Awesome…but missing Angular and Vue templates *2021-05-27, version 2.12.0* Nice IDE for the iPad. It’s good enough that I can use my iPad as a laptop replacement. Add other UI frameworks and this would get 5 stars ### 5/5 — Great app, proper development on IOS! *2021-04-04, version 2.11.3* Great app, proper development on IOS! Highly recommend, I have tried so many. ### 5/5 — Incredible *2021-02-17, version 2.8.0* I honestly don’t have words. This app is 100% worth every penny and more. I love this so much and can’t begin to thank the developer(s) enough. ### 5/5 — This is the iOS IDE you’ve been looking for! *2021-02-15, version 2.8.0* Work perfect in the iPad, awesome to be able node apps away from home, intellisense is great, this could very well be your IDE if you don’t have computer. **Developer response:** Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Is there no Undo button in the editor? *2022-03-29, version 2.15.1* I can’t seem to find the Undo button in the editor. Since I can’t find it, it’s a deal breaker. All of the functionality in the app is negated by the fact that I can lose (and have lost) all of my work with one mistake. ### 1/5 — Quite limited *2020-12-26, version 2.6.0* It’s really hard to run an app you just made. Lacks iOS Shortcuts or Widgets integration. Also node does not exit when using Promises. Also not all node is functionality works. For example axios reports that adapter is not found. There are also other problems when handling http requests. ### 1/5 — Good app but browser view does not seem to work. *2020-06-21, version 2.2.0* The developer suggested I press the globe button. I’ve been doing that all along - nothing! It has great features but if you can’t see your results along the way.... ### 1/5 — Buggy *2020-03-08, version 1.17.0* This app is very buggy. I can’t edit my React Native app without my project being cleared and my main document emptied. I even uninstalled and re-installed and I can’t even add a new project without it wiping everything. 1 Star until fixed. ### 1/5 — 👎🏻 lacking settings to fix font size, change color scheme for accessibility *2020-02-01, version 1.17.0* As someone who’s partially colorblind, and can’t see small text very well anymore, this app isn’t usable for me. I couldn’t find any app settings that would allow me to increase the editor’s font size, or change the color scheme to something I can see properly. 🙁 ### 2/5 — Unacceptable loss of work *2022-10-11, version 3.13.0* Seems like it could be something great to have, but it has lost my work, multiple times. There are no "save", or "commit" buttons, to manually ensure changes are preserved. Sometimes things are as I left them; other times, they are arbitrarily reverted to some previous state. Also needs some UI enhancement ### 3/5 — Missing syntax highlighting for GO *2022-07-30, version 3.8.1* This shouldn’t be hard to add in as a feature. I would think in today’s era you should easily have added syntax highlighting for all languages since you do support virtual machines now. ### 3/5 — Old rsa breaks GitHub *2022-03-28, version 2.15.1* This is a great app. However, it is kind of unusable with GitHub because it uses an old RSA that is disallowed. Please update the app to allow newer RSA. ### 3/5 — The 'Sign In' buttons don't work on iPhone XR *2021-07-30, version 2.14.0* Good IDE for mobile. The Sign In button has absolutely no effect when pressed, so I can't sign in to CodeSandbox :( ### 3/5 — Great IDE, missing some features *2021-07-14, version 2.13.0* This is a very capable and flexible IDE for students or even professionals wanting to turn an iPad into a real development device. However, with that in mind, there are some shortcomings, annoyances, as well as vital features that serious developers will find missing. Just to list a few that I find significant: - Old Node version. Node v12 LTS will reach end-of-life next year (end of April 2022) and many newer frameworks, such as SvelteKit, don’t support this older Node version. Roadmaps for upgrading to newer node versions need to made transparent, rather than saying “we’ll update our Node implementation not more than once or twice a year”. - No git rebase, cherry-pick, reset, or restore functionality. - Lack of a true terminal, so you’re forced to use the GUI (the interface is good and well-designed, but operations are often faster to do via terminal commands!). - Not all web frameworks are supported (my Gatsby projects, for instance, don’t build well). - Scripts don’t stop by themselves when they should. - Dependency management buried in the Settings menu (it’d be more useful as its own tab, maybe switch places with Documentation?). All in all though, a solid IDE. There’s a lot of potential here! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simply my favorite app for iPhone and iPad! *2024-03-28* This application gives me a view of use on these devices like no other, the possibility of programming without problems with it is on another level! ### 5/5 — the best IDE ever for iphone *2024-03-27* it has been few months that I installed the app it is amazing specially with the focus mode and the environment it has I love it in facts this app is the only reason I am using an iphone ### 5/5 — Very sorry about your time *2023-07-30* I have a few minutes ### 5/5 — But I’m going back in back and back in a *2023-07-25* I don’t think we can get it back until after ### 5/5 — Just thinking about you today but *2023-06-27* We are in our way back to ### 5/5 — A really good app, lovin it *2022-10-21, version 3.13.0* I just would like to see more updates and more futures added ### 5/5 — amazing *2022-10-13, version 3.13.0* just what i wanted. now I want a bluetooth keyboard ### 5/5 — Perfect *2022-10-03, version 3.13.0* You’ve done a great job. I’m really amazed when I found out about this ### 5/5 — The best IDE for web development *2022-07-22, version 3.8.0* I have used many editors on iPad and iPhone but this one is the best. This app helps me work at a cafe or on a bus easily and comfortably. Thank you ! ### 5/5 — Update from RSA for GitHub *2022-03-26, version 2.15.1* Please update to using a different SSH key because GitHub can no long use RSA keys. Also needs the ability to run commands on the non root folder of a repository. --- *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 2026-06-10.*