# Kodex vs Userscripts

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Userscripts at none against Kodex's 1. Userscripts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 63%) and chart position (#20 vs #81). Kodex's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Kodex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Userscripts asks for nothing beyond the download.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Kodex against 4.3 for Userscripts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 207 and 181 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Kodex's written reviews are positive against 78% of Userscripts's.

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Kodex | Userscripts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.2 (207 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kodex/id1038574481/reviews) | **[4.3 (181 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **207** | 181 |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | **78.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | **Free** |
| Best chart rank | #81 | **#20** |
| Size | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| Requires iOS | **13.4** | 15.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Bruno Philipe Resende Silva](https://appshunter.io/developer/605892017) | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) |

## What reviewers say

### Kodex

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kodex/id1038574481)

**Currently charting:** #81 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

An advanced code editor for iOS devices, offering desktop-class features like multi-caret editing, regex search, and syntax highlighting for over 150 languages. It integrates with the Files app and supports external keyboards for a seamless coding experience.

**Highlights:** Multi-caret editing, Regex search and replace, Minimap for navigation, Syntax highlighting (150+ languages), External keyboard support, Files app integration, Customizable themes and fonts

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tip | $4.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Powerful code editor
- 👍 Well-integrated with iPad features
- 🎨 Excellent syntax highlighting and theming
- 📁 Broad file format support
- 💡 Useful QuickEdit mode

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Lack of search and replace functionality
- 🔀 Difficulty navigating between files
- 🚫 No option to run/compile code
- 📏 Forced word wrapping with no toggle

**Reported bugs**

- Crashes when opening certain file types
- Loses data after copy/paste and undo/redo
- Compatibility issues with latest iOS versions
- Overlapping UI elements in search/replace

**Requested features**

- Add search and replace feature
- Implement code execution/compilation
- Improve file management and navigation
- Provide option to disable word wrapping
- Introduce more keyboard shortcuts


### Userscripts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887)

**Currently charting:** #20 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.

**Highlights:** Run custom JavaScript, Inject custom CSS, Automatic page redirection, Website page manipulation, Custom ad-blocking, Open source, No user tracking

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now

**Reported bugs**

- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting

**Requested features**

- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Kodex free?

Kodex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Userscripts free?

Userscripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Kodex or Userscripts?

Userscripts is rated higher. Kodex averages 4.2 out of 5 from 207 ratings, while Userscripts averages 4.3 from 181 ratings.

### Do Kodex or Userscripts have ads?

Neither Kodex nor Userscripts shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Kodex or Userscripts?

Kodex ships an update monthly, and Userscripts monthly. Most recently, Kodex was updated on September 21, 2026 and Userscripts on September 22, 2026.

### Which is more popular, Kodex or Userscripts?

Kodex currently peaks at #81 in the App Store charts, and Userscripts at #20. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*