# ViRE – Regex You Can Read — Visual Regular Expressions

> Visual regular expression tool for testing, searching, and replacing text. (iPhone/iPad app by InVooDoo LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vire-regex-you-can-read/id1550861119 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [InVooDoo LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1173246186)
- Category: Developer Tools, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.13/5 from 15 App Store ratings · 28 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2021-02-13
- Data updated: 2026-06-08
- Monetization: subscription
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vire-regex-you-can-read/id1550861119/reviews.md

## What is ViRE?

ViRE is a Visual Regular Expressions tool. Find your perfect way to visualize regular expressions (RegEx), to accomplish RegEx unit tests within the playground environment, to search and replace particular RegEx components with code complete feature, to benefit from interactive RegEx cheat sheet, multi-level RegEx history, and more. 

We offer a free seven days trial of the app for you to explore all the features mentioned above without limitation. We hope that you’ll love the app. After the trial we offer three subscription options (one month, one year, lifetime) for you to choose to continue using the app.

Main Features of ViRE:

    1. Regex is finally really readable 
    2. Code Complete helps to find or recall the right operator (especially over the time)
    3. Unit Tests allows to test your regex on the go
    4. Replace System is super powerful. It has realtime content preview and allows not only to replace or to reuse capture groups, but also to do unit conversion, number formatting, date conversion, UUIDs insertion, indexes insertion, string capitalization, and others
    5. Step-by-Step Search & Replace makes it easy to clean/modify text and debug regex at every step
    6. Regex Scheme perfectly visualizes regex flow
    7. ViRE History stores as many ViREs as you need

ViRE is available on Mac and iPad.

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Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.

Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.

Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable

Privacy Policy
http://www.invoodoo.com/privacy-policy

Terms of Use
http://www.invoodoo.com/terms-of-use

## Key features

- Readable regex visualization
- Code complete for operators
- On-the-go regex unit tests
- Powerful replace system with preview
- Step-by-step search and replace
- Regex scheme visualization
- Multi-level history

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Almighty Version: 1-Year | $29.99 | per year |
| Almighty Version: 1-Month | $3.99 | per month |
| InVooDoo One | $5.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Almighty Version: Lifetime | $199.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 28)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vire-regex-you-can-read/id1550861119/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Unverschämtes Preismodell

*2024-04-15, version 1.0.14*

Die App an sich hätte ich mir vielleicht für einen Einmalpreis geholt, aber dass sie nur im Bundle mit anderen (sorry, für mich sinnlosen) Apps im Abo für 7€ im Monat bekommen kann, ist ein No Go. Dann eben nicht :( Wann hört der Abo-Wahnsinn auf?

### 3/5 — Gute App, aber ……

*2023-10-25, version 1.0.14*

Eigentlich ein sehr gutes Tool. Ich hätte es gerne in der LifeTime Lizenz erworben, da mir die monatlichen Abos nicht zusagen. Aufgrund der doch sehr unverschämten Preisstruktur nur 3 Sterne, da verzichte ich lieber. Schade!

### 5/5 — Extrem Teuer (Einmalkauf), aber grandios

*2023-01-27, version 1.0.7*

Solche Preise sollte man eigetlich nicht unterstützen. Viel zu teuer für den Gesamtnutzen. Aber das Tool ist so grandios, ich habe es trotzdem gekauft (Lifetime)

### 1/5 — Only usable if you submit your credit card

*2023-01-20*

Have to subscribe with a trial period of 7 days in order to try.

**Developer response:** We don't ask any credit card, don't mislead users. We use only InApps from Apple.

We changed our logic now you can use it for as long as you want, but with limitation if you not subscribe or purchase an Almighty Version.

### 4/5 — Impressably comfortable to use and greatly reduces eye fatigue!

*2022-09-25, version 1.0.6*

Purchased the lifetime subscription because it’s almost perfect and the most outstanding visual regular expression environment available for macOS & iPadOS at the time of this writing.  Extremely grateful for the developer taking the time to create ViRE because although every other RegEx app in the MAS are productively useful they lack the contextual visual ease of use that ViRE possess!
 
Wishlist: 
• Enable the “Send a copy” icon on toolbar to share (Airdrop/DropBox/GoogleDrive/iCloud, etc.) selected text results or RegEx scripts to other apps and to allow bidirectional transfer between ViRE iPadOS/macOS or add an Import/Export to external file, menu option.  The current contextual menu activated on selections in ViRE macOS doesn’t show access to all these features like ViRE iPadOS does in my use case.
• Optionally show invisible characters hidden within imported text.
• Also include a regular expression dictionary or glossary panel to reference richer description details of meta characters (although the contextual autocomplete is a must have it also blocks the imported text from view while you’re thinking and scrolling through it).
• Add deeper descriptive syntax error notices.
• Add your support link to the help menu in macOS (It’s extremely easy to forget that it’s available only in the MAS for ViRE).
• Also include ViRE introduction steps under the help menu (in case I’d like to remove them from the ViRE history to reduce clutter for future projects).
• Consider adding additional syntax formats in the future (ecma script{javascript}, python, C#, etc.).

### 2/5 — OK but help hard to find

*2022-07-04, version 1.0.6*

Once I closed the special ViRE window pane on the left I could not get it back and could not find help online either. Discouraging especially considering this is a subscription type of app. I also do not know how to import or cut and paste other text into the search area.

### 3/5 — Only Regex Pipeline on the Apple Store - But…

*2022-05-11, version 1.0.6*

This is a promising application, but I would like to see the developer integrate it with iCloud Files, provide an iPhone version, and sync ViREs between devices. Great UI, but basic UX.

### 3/5 — Not for users already familiar with RegEx!

*2022-02-21, version 1.0.4*

If you are already familiar with Regex this app actually makes your own Regex harder to understand especially if you are familiar with the syntax. The "long" horizontal scrolling is actually very annoying. It might have been better with a tree style stacked view with no horizontal scrolling.

It may be useful for someone trying to learn Regex and then justify the monthly or yearly subscription fee.

For seasonsed Regex users one time payment apps like Expressions, Patterns are actually more useful to write and test Regex!

### 3/5 — Very well done but the pricing is insane

*2022-01-22, version 1.0.4*

Pros:
ViRE is one of the clearest regex testers. RegEx formulas are presented in a clearly structured and comprehensible way - great for getting familiar with RegEx and performing tests. The UI is also clear and quickly understood.

Con:
The application has practically no setting options. It would make sense, for example, that the font size could be adjusted in the editor.

Why only three stars?
The pricing is simply insane. The monthly subscription alone costs as much as another RegEx tool costs as a LifeTime license. ViRE is also available as a lifetime license, which I would buy if the price was somewhat realistic - but 99.90 € is just insane. We are talking about a RegEx tool here!

### 5/5 — REGEX TESTING IS EASY

*2021-12-16, version 1.0.4*

Being able to test some of my regular expressions right here right now in the regular expression creator app is what makes a lot of sense to me. Going step-by-step in adding up to the initial regex and seeing how it is reflected in live mode was awesome. I recommend this app to those who want to substitute lines of code with an elegant and well-tested regular expression.

## Frequently asked questions about ViRE

### What does ViRE do?

ViRE is a visual regular expressions tool that helps you understand, test, and edit RegEx patterns. It provides a playground for unit tests, a code complete feature for operators, and a powerful replace system with real-time previews.

### What are the main features of ViRE?

Key features include making regex readable, code completion for operators, unit tests for on-the-go testing, a powerful replace system with content preview and various conversion options, step-by-step search and replace for debugging, regex scheme visualization, and multi-level history.

### How much does ViRE cost?

The app offers a free seven-day trial. After the trial, you can choose from three subscription options: one month, one year, or lifetime access. Subscription details and management are available in your account settings.

### What platforms is ViRE available on?

ViRE is currently available for Mac and iPad devices. This allows users to work with regular expressions on their preferred Apple hardware.

### Can I use ViRE to clean or modify text?

Yes, ViRE's powerful replace system and step-by-step search and replace functionality are designed for cleaning and modifying text. You can preview changes in real-time and debug your regex at every step.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.16 — 2024-10-02

We made updates to make it easier to discover our apps with the InVooDoo One package.

### 1.0.15 — 2024-10-01

We made updates to make it easier to discover our apps with the InVooDoo One package.

### 1.0.14 — 2023-09-07

• added support of named capture groups

### 1.0.13 — 2023-09-05

• Updated design for InVooDoo One

### 1.0.12 — 2023-05-18

• stability improvements

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