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Touch Lua

Touch Lua

by Ahmad Hawwash

15 ratings
106 reviews
📚 Education
📊 Productivity
Free
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 15, 2012
  • May 4, 2017

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Ahmad Hawwash
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Learn and program using Lua, a powerful yet simple scripting language, directly on your iPhone. Features include a robust editor, multi-program support, and libraries for graphics, audio, and networking. Ideal for learning, prototyping, and advanced calculations.

✓Lua programming environment
✓Powerful editor with syntax highlighting
✓Graphics, audio, database, and network support
✓Multi-program and directory management
✓Built-in tutorials and reference
✓In-app purchase for advanced libraries
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Touch Lua. Based on 15 reviews and a 3.7/5 average, it highlights the 10 positives and 12 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • 👍User-friendly interface and easy to learn
  • 🚀Fast compilation and execution
  • 📚Excellent built-in tutorials and documentation
  • 💡Ability to create games and programs on mobile
  • 🎓Great for beginners learning Lua programming
  • ✨Syntax highlighting and code formatting
  • 🔧Customizable modules and libraries
  • 📱Portable coding environment
  • 💰Affordable pricing for the app itself
  • 🎮Useful for learning Roblox scripting

Negative things

  • 💸Expensive in-app purchases for libraries
  • 🐛Frequent crashes on startup or during editing
  • 📝Limited code storage capacity (crashes with large files)
  • ⚠️Auto-indentation cannot be disabled
  • 🔍File viewer doesn't display hidden files (starting with period)
  • 📊Performance degrades with large programs (1000+ lines)
  • 🎨Graphics and audio libraries have errors
  • ⌨️Missing DONE button with external keyboards
  • 🔤Non-fixed-width font reduces readability
  • 🚫Coroutines don't run as separate threads
  • 💾No persistent data storage between program runs
  • 🔐Restore purchases doesn't work reliably across devices
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What's New in Touch Lua

1.4.2

May 4, 2017

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. bug fixes

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Love it, one critical bug though.

I absolutely love this app, it’s amazing. But there’s one bug where if you create a directory then re-launch the app, you cannot access it via the file viewer. It still exists, as you cannot create another directory named the one that you cannot access. But other from that this is an amazing app. NOTE: this only happens when the directory has a “.” At the beginning of the name!

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I have investigates further and it is the graphical file viewer as when I use “sys.dir()” for the directory I cannot access via the GUI, it appears, the directory I made starts with a period character, if that helps.
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Person88644Person88644

Love it, one critical bug though.

I absolutely love this app, it’s amazing. But there’s one bug where if you create a directory then re-launch the app, you cannot access it via the file viewer. It still exists, as you cannot create another directory named the one that you cannot access. But other from that this is an amazing app.

Edit:
I have investigates further and it is the graphical file viewer as when I use “sys.dir()” for the directory I cannot access via the GUI, it appears, the directory I made starts with a period character, if that helps.
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Person88644Person88644

Absolute cinema

It’s amazing, I can’t tell you how much I love it and it helped me. I can really see the effort and work put into this. It’s awesome keep doing it! I love it. It’s my wife
Okayguy438Okayguy438

Crash on startup :(

Used to work wonderfully on my old iPhone 8, but crashes on startup after I transferred to an iPhone 11. I tried restarting my device, as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the app (which probably cleared all of my data), but nothing worked. Hope this gets fixed soon, this was one of my favorite apps and I used to love making small text-based games.
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Flyingturt1eFlyingturt1e

Crash on startup :(

Used to work wonderfully on my old iPhone 8, but crashes on startup after I transferred to an iPhone 11. I tried restarting my device, as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the app (which probably cleared all of my data ): ), but nothing worked. Hope this gets fixed soon, this was one of my favorite apps and I used to love making small text-based games.
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Reported Bugs

15 issues

App crashes on startup after device transfer

Bug

White screen when running programs with functions

Bug

Crashes when saving files on iOS 8

Bug

Crashes when entering 100+ lines of code

Bug

Crashes with large inputs or pasted code

Bug

File viewer cannot access directories created after app restart

Bug

Auto-tab fails with inline if statements and arrays

Bug

Graphics library rendering issues

Bug

Audio library errors

Bug

Coroutines don't execute as separate threads

Bug

App crashes after 1000+ lines of code

Bug

DONE button missing with external keyboard

Bug

Return key creates double line breaks

Bug

Code color coding stops working with large programs

Bug

Typing becomes slow with programs over 300 lines

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Requested Features

17 requests

Ability to disable auto-indentation

Feature

Increase code storage limit per script

Feature

Function collapsing/minimizing for large programs

Feature

Undo button functionality

Feature

Copyable console output

Feature

Line numbers in editor

Feature

iPad version with universal app support

Feature

Pastebin integration

Feature

Hardware access (camera, gyroscope, accelerometer)

Feature

Touch input and screen output options

Feature

Persistent data storage for programs

Feature

Export to home screen

Feature

JavaScript version of the app

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Event listeners for accelerometer and microphone

Feature

Community sharing platform for programs

Feature

Loadstring support

Feature

Fixed-width font option

Feature

FAQ

What is Touch Lua?

Touch Lua is a mobile application that allows users to program and run scripts using the Lua programming language. It provides a powerful editor, console mode, and support for various programming tasks including graphics, audio, and networking.

What are the key features of Touch Lua?

Key features include a robust editor with syntax highlighting, support for multiple programs and directories, export/email functionality for programs and results, and built-in help resources like tutorials and a reference guide. It also offers libraries for graphics, audio, and networking.

How does Touch Lua make money?

The base application is free to download and use. Advanced features, such as the Nitro Graphics Library, Draw Library, Audio Library, Socket Library, and Turtle Library, are available through in-app purchases.

What can I use Touch Lua for?

You can use Touch Lua to learn programming and modern scripting, apply your programming skills, engage in rapid prototyping, use it as an advanced calculator, or as a graphing tool. The included libraries enable more complex applications.

Is Touch Lua compatible with the latest Lua standards?

Touch Lua uses the Lua 5.2 standard. If you encounter undefined functions, you should consult the reference guide for alternatives, as some functions may have been updated (e.g., unpack() is now table.unpack(), loadstring() is now load()).