# GoCoEdit - Code & Text Editor — user reviews > 205 indexed App Store user reviews of GoCoEdit by Christoph Gogolin, rated 4.50/5 from 122 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gocoedit-code-and-text-editor/id869346854/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gocoedit-code-and-text-editor/id869346854.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 92 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of GoCoEdit? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent remote file editing via SFTP/SSH - 👍 Intuitive and clean user interface - 💡 Multiple cursor support like Sublime Text - 🎨 Beautiful themes and syntax highlighting - 📱 Works seamlessly on iPad and iPhone - 🔗 Strong cloud storage integration (OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud) - ⌨️ Excellent keyboard shortcut support - 💰 Affordable one-time purchase with no subscription - 🔧 Highly customizable with snippets and themes - 📂 Direct server file editing without download/upload workflow - 🖥️ Built-in SSH terminal for quick operations - 📝 Excellent syntax highlighting across many languages - 🎯 Responsive developer support - 🔄 Remembers last connection on app launch **Cons** - 🐛 Settings not preserved across app updates - 🐛 FaceID authentication only works once per session - 🐛 Frequent SFTP crashes with large repositories - 🐛 Dropbox integration shows incomplete file listings - 🐛 File size limitations (cannot open 4MB+ files) - ⚠️ Limited font options (fixed-width only) - ⚠️ Poor documentation and unclear manual - ⚠️ Inconsistent file manager interface - ⚠️ Terminal can be laggy and buggy - ⚠️ No built-in Git support (requires Working Copy) - ⚠️ Requires internet access for remote connections - ⚠️ Tab bar text too small and hard to read - ⚠️ Cursor positioning difficult on iPhone **Commonly reported bugs** - Settings reset after app or OS updates - FaceID authentication fails on subsequent app launches - SFTP crashes with large repositories - Dropbox integration missing files in directories - Cannot open files larger than 4MB - Extra whitespace created when pressing enter (Python compatibility issue) - Google Drive integration stopped working - OneDrive shows incorrect/empty directories - External keyboard space key not functioning - App crashes when entering OneDrive password - Slow/non-functional SFTP uploads - SFTP protocol incompatibility with macOS Sierra - Terminal CTRL key issues - Keyboard jumps up unexpectedly - File browser shows cached information loss - Cannot delete folders containing files without deleting individual files first **Most requested features** - Vi/Vim key bindings for external keyboard - Remember last cursor position in files - Preserve user preferences across updates - Print functionality - Block editing/selection features - FTP with SSL support - GitHub/Bitbucket integration - Native Git support - Code compilation support (C++, PHP, etc.) - Emmet support for HTML - Mosh terminal support for better responsiveness - Side-by-side tab editing - SSH key import capability - Auto-formatting and customizable text editor options - Space-for-tab indentation option - Syntax highlighting within markdown code blocks - Collapsible code blocks - Full screen file management - Equal-sized tabs like web browsers - Light/dark mode theme selection for UI - Intellisense/code completion improvements - LaTeX/TeX improvements - BASIC language support - MySQL/database support - Spanish UI translation - Preview window in split-screen mode ## Newest reviews (14 of 205) ### 4/5 — Wish I could give it a 5 *2025-03-31* If you’re an old-school text editing coder, this app is a great bridge between touch screen and raw text editing. It will also integrate with several cloud storage solutions, so you can use any storage you already use. The only problem is: it doesn’t remember your preferences across updates (like every other app on the planet does). A simple, but important detail that is the reason I can’t give it a 5/5. My workaround: I have a note in the Notes app where I keep track of whatever settings I change in this app. Otherwise it would be like reinventing the wheel every time this app (or the OS) updates. But this shouldn’t be necessary. The app should remember settings across updates. It seems like it should also be able to remember your last position in a file, and take you there instead of the top of the file every time you re-open a file. A setting for “top, bottom, previous” location on open would be nice. My other (less important) feature request would be that if you’re using an external keyboard, being able to set VI or Emacs key bindings would be a bit awesome. (I’m an old vi / vim user) **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! The latest update fixes the settings storage bug, although your issue was difficult to reproduce. If the problem persists, please don’t hesitate to contact me at develop@gogolith.de. Thanks again for your feedback! ### 2/5 — 設定消失不具合 *2025-02-07* remote設定がアップデート後消失 再度設定するもしばらくすると消える **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! The latest update fixes the settings storage bug, although your issue was difficult to reproduce. If the problem persists, please don’t hesitate to contact me at develop@gogolith.de. Thanks again for your feedback! ### 4/5 — Fast perfekt *2024-08-19* Hallo, ich finde die App super. Sie hält, was sie verspricht und funktioniert flüssig. Manchmal gibt es ein paar Probleme, die mich etwas stören. Darunter, das der Cursor immer wieder mal an den Anfang eines Tag’s springt oder das wenn ich eine weitere App im Slideover geöffnet habe, ein schwarzer Balken über den Bildschirm zieht. Ich nehme an, dass das so ein Nebeneffekt vom Laden ist. Schlimm wird es erst dann, wenn sich Dateien nicht mehr in den externen Browsern wie Safari, Firefox oder Chrome öffnen lassen. Da ich nicht weiß, auf welchem Browser der Interne-Browser basiert, kann ich auch keine Tests für Fehler durchführen, die zum Beispiel in Firefox auftreten würden. Ansonsten alles in allem, eine richtig tolle App! Als Featurerequest: A fully functional terminal, that opens in split-view ### 4/5 — Great app, unique look but somehow annoying *2023-12-19* I pretty much happy with the app, but there is annoyance. If you enable FaceID it works only once, when you get back to the app you have to enter password every time. I sent multiple emails to the app support but they are successfully ignored. Thats why I can’t give it 5 stars, and when they fix it I’ll come back to change my review and set 5 stars back. ### 4/5 — Amazing Editor - Dedicated long time user - Please Improve iOS reliability *2023-09-24* I’ve been using GoCoEdit for many years and it’s completely transformed the way I develop. Recently, it’s become much less reliable when using SFTP, and crashed frequently. I’m not sure if this is because my repository has become large, or if it’s because of GoCoEdit. **Developer response:** Hi Taylorcode, help me to reproduce your issues. Please, contact me on email (develop@gogolith.de). ### 4/5 — Even better if it had vim bindings and a shortcut for ESC *2023-01-26* A nice little editor, not the prettiest, but it works well and has most of the functionality I need. It syncs well with DropBox and reloads when the file changes. A lot of other editors with access to DropBox don’t. I mainly use it for coding and latex. Apart from having to forego vim bindings, it’s a great editor for when I’m on my iPad. ### 2/5 — Can't access Dropbox *2022-08-04* When I connect to Dropbox, not all the text files in my directories are listed, so I can't edit them with this editor. I've contacted the developer, but this defect remains. I re-downloaded the app because it claims an updated Dropbox interface this revision, but there's been no change. Two stars because I really like the editor for the files I *can* access, but until I can access *all* files in a Dropbox directory, it's useless. ### 3/5 — Why is the basic print function missing? *2022-07-01, version 18.1* Update: Developer finally responded, so changing to three stars. If printing is enabled, I'll increase to 5 stars. Developer said it's not that easy to implement, but as a former developer, it seems like it should just be a call to existing IOS routines; not completely having to write new code? Anyway, I appreciate finally getting a response, and look forward to that function. --- Overall, I think GoCoEdit is a well-written, and very functional text editor. I was excited when I purchased it, because it had a look and feel the professional editors that I used during my programming career. I am only giving it three stars because it seems to be missing the basic IOS print capability, which I believe should just be a call to existing iPhone/iPad code? Many times, if I have gone to the trouble to format a special list or document, I may want a printed copy. I can't do this. If I try to take the GoCoEdit formatted text, and copy/paste it into another app that WILL print, invariably, the formatting of the text does not port properly to the other app, so my document becomes skewed. I really don't understand why print capability is missing? The developer listed and email address for questions, comments, or suggestions. I have sent an email to that address two or three times, just to ask 1) if I was just not seeing the print method, or 2) if he could consider adding that function. Sadly, I have never even gotten an acknowledgment of my email or question. I also suggested one other addition (that is available in PC packages such as UltraEdit), and that is the 'block' move or edit function. Especially when creating/reformatting complex lists or code, I always found the 'block editing' function to be invaluable. Again, I believe the PRINT function 'should' be a fairly simple call to available IOS code? If this was fixed, I would easily give this 5 stars, instead of one. ### 5/5 — Хорошее приложение! *2022-03-31* Удобно, просто работать. Спасибо, стоит своих денег. Рекомендую ### 5/5 — Environnement de dev HTML/JS/CSS/3D *2022-03-19* Enfin, j’ai trouvé mon environnement de développement pour une application JS 3D en ligne… Il suffit d’installer le web inspector de safari, et le tour est joué. Bravo pour cette application! ### 4/5 — good with some limitations *2022-02-27* Good dark mode. One of the few apps that work over ssh. I wish there was a way to hide tab bar and everything above it, like the developer’s other app gtw does. Fonts are good, but options are limited, only fixed width fonts. ### 4/5 — Great App, but I am misssing one feature *2022-02-08* I would like to export my Code as PDF. Would be great if this feature will be added soon. :) ### 3/5 — Can’t enter Japanese text *2022-02-04* Can’t enter Japanese text when using an external keyboard. Most Japanese characters next two or more keystrokes per-character. Please fix. ### 4/5 — Good and useful app *2022-01-27* In all this app is good for mobile coding on the road, with support for remote access to server and a simple shell. What would make it perfect is some option to customize text editor, like using space for tab, and some support for auto formatting or customizable highlights ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Poor Dropbox integration *2022-07-16* Only see a small subset of my Dropbox folders. Can’t navigate to the folder with my code. ### 1/5 — Can’t open 4MB log file *2022-06-17* App complains a 4MB log file is too large to open… ### 1/5 — 他のアプリが開けません *2022-05-08* HTMLの編集ができるようになってよかったと思ったら、HTMLがSafariで開けなくなってしまいました。このアプリを削除しないと開けません。 やり方を調べてみましたがわかりません。 紐付けを切り離して欲しいのですが。 ### 1/5 — 外接键盘中文输入法无法使用 *2022-03-24* 谨慎入手。开发者在github上面也是很长时间不露面了，提的一堆bug都不修。 ### 1/5 — Remboursement impossible ! *2022-01-15* Impossible d’avoir le remboursement de cette application ! Inadmissible ! Apple et le développeur ne veulent rien faire ! HONTEUX !🤬🤬🤬 ### 1/5 — Not a sublime-like editor *2021-08-13* False advertising. No support. **Developer response:** Hi, i’ve writte some mails but got no response. Please check your spam folder. Thank you. regards. ### 1/5 — 非常に使いにくい *2020-12-22* 以下の不具合をメールで送っても返事がない、開発元は問題を完全に無視して修正する気もないので、敢えてこちらで報告します。App の操作性は極めて低いので使用中に異常に挫折感がします。気になる方は購入前に、金を無駄にしないようご留意ください。 テキスト編集画面の問題 ・スクロール方向は固定しない (line-wrap off) ・スクロールは境界を超えると弾く ・文字選択の操作は iOS の挙動と違う ・単語をタップすると caret が勝手に進む ・Line Number を隠しても省スペできない ・内蔵フォントはいずれも幅が広すぎる ・日本語が入ると line-height がズレる ・ヒントのフォントとサイズが一致しない ・landscape ではタイトルバーが高すぎる ツリービューの問題 ・フォルダを閉める時はアイコンでのみ ・大きいフォルダを閉めると画面が下に動く ・linked-folder に対して「delete」は混乱 機能リクエスト ・Noto Sans Mono フォントの導入 ・syntax-mode: function, template literal ・拡大鏡を非表示にするオプション ・ツリービューでファイルサイズを隠す ### 1/5 — Won’t login to remote folders *2020-09-17, version 16.3.4* I tried 4 times, every time I went to enter my password for my OneDrive account the program crashed and restated. Besides, why not access them like other apps, through files, where iPad already is logged in and has access. ### 1/5 — External keyboard no working *2020-06-22* External keyboard not working the space key, so no usefull **Developer response:** Thank tou for your review, this sounds like a stange behavior in your case. All keys should work properly. Please give me some more information about tour setup. Please contact me under develop@gogolith.de. Thank you. ### 1/5 — 无法获得支持 *2020-03-05* 买错了，想退款。和苹果客服沟通以后让我邮件联系开发者，我用Gmail发邮件无回应。如果开发者看到这个评论麻烦看看邮箱或者直接回复。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great native OneDrive integration *2026-03-20, version 23.1* I use this for editing markdown files that Claude maintains in OneDrive since Microsoft does not natively support editing non-office docs in the OneDrive client. ### 5/5 — Полезно *2025-12-29* Полезное приложение, ни разу не пожалел что купил. Много разного функционала, неплохой редактор кода, возможность запуска html страниц с подгрузкой файлов, ssh клиент с предустановленными скриптами и т.д. Вообщем рекомендую. ### 5/5 — tailscaleを通したsftpが使えない *2025-07-04* この一点で残念ながら全く使えません。課金の価値なし。 ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-01-10, version 22.0.3* This is so useful. Stop working with Google Drive recently though. Is there someway around this? ### 5/5 — Finally! I’ve struck gold with this! *2024-12-18, version 22.0.2* My teams workflow, we do everything on the server… I know, I know, git commit push pull… Not in a wordpress shop. This is fantastic for loading up all of your SFTP client server accounts for easy access and simple editing of their style.css or functions.php. The addition of our standard color themes for the IDE is nice to make it universal feel to set your VSCode or Nova/Panic IDE similarly. I’m so excited about this I’m probably not even making sense. This is it. I’ve purchased all of the expensive guys, Txtastic, Co da, all of them, this is worth every penny. ### 5/5 — Fantastic product *2024-11-20* Needed something to quickly edit some files on my home server from my iPad. Took a chance on this app, and did not regret it. It’s simple, useful (brings me right to my last connection upon launch), and beautiful. Thank you. ### 5/5 — A nearly perfect editor *2024-10-04, version 22.0.2* Easy the best code editor for iOS. The sidebar design and easy access to files/folders puts it above all others. ### 5/5 — Edit .hidden files *2024-03-29* Beside being a great code editor, it also surfaces hidden dot files and folders. ### 5/5 — super editor! *2023-03-10* upd: endlich kann man das Verhalten des Cursors beeinflussen, super!!! alt: wenn ich den Cursor mittels touch platzieren möchte, ist die Position meistens genau richtig, aber eine halbe Sekunde später hüpft der Cursor ans Wortende. Kann man das irgendwie abschalten? Ich habe da leider nichts zu gefunden. Das standardmässige einfügen klappt leider auch erst nach mehreren malen und cmd+v ist ja cool, aber benötigt auch 2 clicks. Ansonsten top! **Developer response:** ja das geht, unter settings (zahnrad icon) kann man die option „set cursor to word-end“ abschalten. vielen Dank! ### 5/5 — Супер!!! *2022-11-23* Сначала пожалел потраченные деньги, но разобравшись понял, что все даже лучше чем ожидал. Работаю с удалённым сервером, никаких проблем с подключением и редактированием файлов. При открытии редактируемого файла в браузере в ссылку добавлялась корневая папка, что приводило к ошибке, но оказалось, что ссылку для открытия каждого файла можно редактировать и все работает! Не ожидал такого!!! Огромное спасибо разработчику!!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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