Runestone Text Editor Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience76.2% of reviews
Neutral9.6% of reviews
Negative experience14.2% of reviews

~ Based on 365 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Runestone Text Editor

Is Runestone Text Editor Safe?

Runestone Text Editor appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Runestone Text Editor is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 2,115 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,962 App Store ratings for Runestone Text Editor.

Is Runestone Text Editor Legit?

Runestone Text Editor appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Runestone Text Editor is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

It works but

It works but after I updated my phone I lost the bg and for some reason crashed when I opened the app

POW!!!!!!!

BEAUTIFUL APP, LUV LUV LUV!!!!!!!

Can’t handle large files

I purchased this app to manipulate and edit .m3u files on my iPhone. It allows me to view the files but crashes when I search for a word. Requesting a refund.

What I have always wanted

It lets me edit my Linux and DOS emulator files directly from the convient iOS interface! Bye bye VI. 😁🙏🏻

Copy/paste add many blank lines

When you copy and paste the text, it will add a bunch of blank lines. A huge bug

Really good basic text editor

See title. Also please add the option for tabs to more easily switch between text files. Keep up the great work!

A good tool

I like how it drops me straight into the text, and that I can have a temporary file for disposable drafts

Also good at opening a variety of formats

Great Text Editor! Wish it had tabs

Runestone is great and exactly what I was looking for in a no-fluff, native text editor. My main use case is editing files off my SMB mount to make tweaks to my personal website on the fly. I suppose the only thing it's missing I would want is tabs so I can have multiple files open at once on my phone :)
Show more

Really nice text editor from a developer who obviously cares about making a high quality app

Runestone gives you the feeling that there is nothing between you and the code you are working on. The app has a native iOS feel, including it makes an iCloud folder so you can easily work on both iPad and iPhone. Even in the limited space of the iPhone display, it‘s a joy to edit code. It’s obvious that this developer cares about making a high quality app. The Premium upgrade was a very easy purchase.
Show more

Broken

Broken on iPad OS26.6 will not start

Mostly works

Crashes 3 times when loading the app. After the last crash, it loads up my text file as if nothing is wrong. Latest iPad o/s, iPad air 5

this is so tuff for fnf mods

runestone is the best editing app you can edit files pretty much everything it sometimes glitches but its still good w app

Excellent interface

This mobile IDE is very well thought out and considerate of the engineer - thank you!

Can’t run

I love this app! It’s good, I can run every language, I can code whatever I want! There’s just one little problem, I can’t run my codes, I wish I could, it’s not a bad app, it’s pretty good actually. I just wish I could run it. I’m taking 1 star off because of that but overall good app, recommend (good app). 4 stars.
Show more

Perfekt, hier sind trotzdem Vorschläge

So gut wie alles kann ich damit machen, bis auf .plist Dateien bearbeiten. Ich brauche momentan 3 Apps: Runestones, plist Editor und irgendeinen file viewer, der order öffnen kann, die iOS nicht erlaubt zu öffnen, wie .app. Ich verstehe, dass dritteres nicht wirklich zur App passt, aber .plist als Option wäre super. Das hier soll trotzdem Lob sein, meiner Meinung nach die einzig gute text editor Option im App Store.
Show more

Crashes on Apple Vision Pro

As soon as I open it up and start to type anything on my Bluetooth keyboard, the app instantly crashes. I brought this up to the developer on X, but he completely ignored me. I guess he cares more about making other little pet projects than fixing his existing ones.

Lovely

Can finally write down the 1st 10 million digits of Euler’s number and the 1st 10 million digit of pi in the same file easily

Awesome text editor

With direct access to iCloud file system on its free version!

Almost perfect

I really like this coffee editor. There are a couple of limitations, which Textastic has that would be great on this app, such as having tabs to fast switch between files, as well as a better system for syncing with Dropbox or Sync. The fast tab switching makes it really easy to compare versions of code.

Otherwise it is great!
Show more

The developer’s editor

Great tool for specialized text editing — exactly what I needed.