Comparison

Pythonista 3 vs Touch Annotator

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

Head to head
About

Pythonista 3

Develop and run Python 3 scripts directly on your iPad or iPhone. This complete scripting environment includes popular third-party modules and allows access to iOS features like sensors, location, and photos. Automate your device with app extensions and integrate with Shortcuts and Siri.

Highlights
  • Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting
  • Interactive prompt with code completion
  • Integrated visual debugger
  • Offline Python documentation
  • UI editor for prototyping
  • Share sheet and system-wide keyboard extensions
  • Shortcuts app integration
Features
Currently charting
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Pythonista is a complete scripting environment for Python 3.10, running right on your iPad or iPhone, so you can develop and run Python scripts on the go. Like Python itself, "batteries are included" – from popular third-party modules like requests, numpy, matplotlib, pandas (and many more) to modules that are tailor-made for iOS. With Pythonista, your scripts can access sensor/location data, your photo library, contacts, reminders, the clipboard, and more, allowing you to harness the full potential of both Python and iOS. Pythonista is designed with a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for anyone to get started with coding, regardless of skill level. The complete Python documentation is also available for offline reading in the app. Pythonista is not just for learning and practicing Python – it's also a powerful tool for automating iOS with multiple app extensions. You can invoke scripts directly from the share sheet or a custom system keyboard in almost any app, and integrate scripts with Shortcuts and Siri. With Pythonista, it's easy to run your scripts whenever you need them, without having to switch between different apps. Features: > Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting, code completion, and scripting support > Interactive prompt with code completion, command history, and support for showing images > Integrated visual debugger and object inspector > Complete offline documentation with quick lookup directly from the editor > Various beautiful light and dark color themes, and a theme editor to make your own > UI editor for quick prototyping > Integrated PEP 8 style checker and code formatter > Supports most of the Python standard library and additional modules for graphics, sound, and iOS integration (for example clipboard, contacts, reminders, photos, ui...) > Many popular third-party modules included, for example requests, numpy, matplotlib, pandas, Pillow... > Lots of included examples > Universal app for iPad and iPhone > Share sheet extension for running scripts from almost any app > Scriptable system-wide keyboard to use Python in any app that edits text > Advanced integration with the Shortcuts app, allowing you to use Python scripts as actions in shortcuts and personal automations. Please note that Pythonista is not designed to enable the installation or download of additional modules written in compiled languages (C/C++). While many popular native libraries are included and work out-of-the-box, it is generally not possible to install additional modules with C/C++ dependencies. The name "Pythonista" is used with kind permission from the Python Software Foundation.

About

Touch Annotator

This tool simplifies image annotation for object detection tasks. It automatically handles annotation formatting and offers intuitive controls for managing bounding boxes and labels. Choose from multiple export formats to seamlessly integrate with various machine learning frameworks.

Highlights
  • Automatic annotation formatting
  • Delete bounding boxes by holding
  • Rename labels and update all boxes
  • Select label by tapping a bounding box
  • Multiple export formats (Create ML, Turi Create, CSV)
  • Request new format options
Features
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Touch annotator is an image annotation platform for object detection. It automatically manages formatting the annotations. Touch Annotator also has some other useful features: 1. the ability to delete bounding boxes by holding them. 2. the ability to rename label by holding label. This renames all previously created bounding boxes. 3. the ability to select a label by tapping on a bounding box that belongs to it. The app lets you choose the format of your annotations. This is to save you the work of having to reformat the results before using them with a framework. Currently, Touch annotator supports: 1. Create ML 2. Turi Create 3. CSV with the origin on the top left corner 4. CSV with the origin on the bottom left corner 5. CSV with the origin on the bottom right corner 6. CSV with the origin on the top right corner more formats are going to be added over time. To request a format, please reach out to us at support@intersection.software

Screenshots

Pythonista 34 screens
Touch Annotator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pythonista 3 at 4.5 against Touch Annotator's 1.0. Pythonista 3 also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 1) and review sentiment (73% vs 60%). Touch Annotator's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 19 months) and price ($5.99 vs $9.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Pythonista 3 costs $9.99 and Touch Annotator $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pythonista 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pythonista 3 has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Pythonista 3's written reviews are positive against 60% of Touch Annotator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pythonista 3 ships an update every 19 months, Touch Annotator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pythonista 3 versus Touch Annotator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPythonista 3Touch Annotator
Price$9.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size853 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeromz:softwareIntersection Bioscientific Software Inc.

Customer experience

Pythonista 3

All ratings1,522 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews538 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative19.9%

Touch Annotator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pythonista 3

No in-app purchases

None

Touch Annotator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pythonista 3 free?
Pythonista 3 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch Annotator free?
Touch Annotator costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pythonista 3 or Touch Annotator?
Pythonista 3 is rated higher. Pythonista 3 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Touch Annotator averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pythonista 3 or Touch Annotator have ads?
Neither Pythonista 3 nor Touch Annotator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pythonista 3 or Touch Annotator?
Pythonista 3 ships an update every 19 months, and Touch Annotator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pythonista 3 was updated on September 27, 2026 and Touch Annotator on June 10, 2026.

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