Comparison

HTML & HTML5 Editor vs Text editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

HTML & HTML5 Editor

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 3.841 ratingsView app →

Text editor

For source code, HTML and text

Free

🔧 Utilities

★ 3.9113 ratingsView app →

About

HTML & HTML5 Editor

This app provides a robust environment for editing HTML and HTML5 code. It offers features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and file preview, along with comprehensive file management tools. Easily edit, organize, and share your web development projects.

Highlights

HTML code coloring
Code intelligence sensing
Code auto-completion
HTML file preview
Undo/redo functionality
Automatic file backup
File sorting and management

Features

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HTML Editor is a simple and practical the HTML source code editor. Software features: * Support for HTML code coloring. * Support for HTML code intelligence sensing. * Support for HTML code auto-completion. * Support HTML file preview function. * Support redo and undo. * Automatically backup files when editing a text file. **** Facilitate and efficient manage files * Sorting by file name、create time and file type * View, copy, move, delete, rename, email, zip Compression and unzip files/folders * Extract all files from a compressed .zip file * Glide deleting function * Select all and DeSelect all * Transferring files by wifi and itunes file sharing * Email multiple files, folder Supported * Photo import Supported * Landscape mode supported * iPad-compatible

About

Text editor

This app is a powerful text editor designed for source code, HTML, and general text input on iOS devices. It offers advanced editing features like syntax highlighting, symbol pads, and undo/redo, with cloud storage integration and an optional online compiler.

Highlights

Syntax highlighting
Symbol input and cursor pads
Undo/Redo functionality
Line number display
Search and replace
Cloud storage integration
HTML/Markdown preview

Features

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A text editor optimized for source code editing on iPhone and iPad. In addition to source code, it supports editing of HTML, Markdown, notes, and various other text formats. ■ Online Compilation Compile your code by integrating with an online compiler. Powered by Sphere Engine A Sphere Engine account is required Supported languages vary — please refer to the official website https://sphere-engine.com/ ■ Editor Features Syntax highlighting Symbol input and cursor control pad (toggleable) Undo / Redo (iPhone supported) Line numbers Search and replace Character / line count display (toggleable) Multiple file editing Invisible character display (line breaks, tabs, spaces) ■ File Management File / directory listing Create / delete / copy / move View file details (path, size, creation date, etc.) Local grep search ■ Cloud Integration Requires an account for each service iCloud Dropbox Google Drive OneDrive Box Google Drive is currently available only to a limited number of users ■ Other Features HTML / Markdown preview Font customization (type and size) FTP support Image / PDF viewer Feedback and feature requests are always welcome. Follow development updates on X (Twitter): @devpweditor Contact: devpweditor@gmail.com

Screenshots

HTML & HTML5 Editor3 screens

Text editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Text editor at none against HTML & HTML5 Editor's shown. Text editor also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). HTML & HTML5 Editor's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 48%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HTML & HTML5 Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Text editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for HTML & HTML5 Editor against 3.9 for Text editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 113 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of HTML & HTML5 Editor's written reviews are positive against 48% of Text editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HTML & HTML5 Editor ships an update every 2 months, Text editor weekly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level

HTML & HTML5 Editor versus Text editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	HTML & HTML5 Editor	Text editor
Price	Free	Free
Rating	3.8 (41 ratings)	3.9 (113 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	61.8% of reviews — better	47.6% of reviews
Number of ratings	41	113 — better
Update frequency	Every 2 months	Weekly — better
Ads	Yes	No — better
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	16.6
Further details — not scored
Size	24 MB	80 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	锦文游	Masatsugu Futamata

Customer experience

HTML & HTML5 Editor

All ratings41 ratings

Positive65.9%

Neutral12.2%

Negative22.0%

Written reviews68 reviews

Positive61.8%

Neutral14.7%

Negative23.5%

Text editor

All ratings113 ratings

Positive71.7%

Neutral9.7%

Negative18.6%

Written reviews42 reviews

Positive47.6%

Neutral9.5%

Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

HTML & HTML5 Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Text editor

Reported bugs

22 issues

Font size always 1 pixel
Cannot export files
Files stuck on iPad
Google Drive not working
Files not showing in Files app

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Cannot access local files
Crashes on opening
Doesn't save changes
Randomly resets
App doesn't open
Mismatched file names with cloud storage
Export error: 'No subdirectory in directory info list'
Incorrect UTF-8 encoding and line endings
Messed up HTML by replacing characters (dashes to underscores)
Replaces straight double quotes with curly ones
Cursor does not always position correctly
App doesn't read editor correctly (e.g., 'type' attribute)
Transparently substitutes multi-character Unicode for straight text
Forgot password, no reset option
App closes immediately after starting
Irritating reset problem still exists
Resets when hitting Save

Requested features

10 requests

Option to turn off ads (paid version)
Dark mode option
Share sheet integration
Local version of Dropbox files
Ability to search within a file while editing

Show 5 more

Improve dark mode with dark keyboard
Ability to write file contents before naming/saving
Fix Google Drive integration
Improve UI to be more modern
Show up in share sheet menu to open files directly

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HTML & HTML5 Editor

One-time1

Full version$0.99

1 purchases

Text editor

One-time1

Hide ads$0.99

Questions

Is HTML & HTML5 Editor free?

HTML & HTML5 Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Text editor free?

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

Which has better reviews, HTML & HTML5 Editor or Text editor?

Text editor is rated higher. HTML & HTML5 Editor averages 3.8 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Text editor averages 3.9 from 113 ratings.

Do HTML & HTML5 Editor or Text editor have ads?

HTML & HTML5 Editor shows ads; Text editor does not.

Which is updated more often, HTML & HTML5 Editor or Text editor?

HTML & HTML5 Editor ships an update every 2 months, and Text editor weekly. Most recently, HTML & HTML5 Editor was updated on October 17, 2026 and Text editor on October 17, 2026.