Comparison

Text editor vs Jedit Lite

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

Head to head
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

About

Jedit Lite

Edit and process plain and rich text with a comprehensive set of tools. Features include line numbering, invisible character display, automatic encoding detection, and regular expression search. Supports text-to-speech for various formats.

Highlights
  • Line numbering
  • Invisible character display
  • Automatic encoding determination
  • Rich text editing (RTF/RTFD)
  • Regular expression search/replace
  • Text-to-speech
  • HTML/Markdown reading
  • Syntax coloring
Features
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A "comprehensive text tool" that supports editing and processing of a variety of text from rich to plain text. Supports line numbering, display of invisible characters, automatic encoding determination, rich text (rtf/rtfd) editing, regular expression search/replace, text speech with position display, HTML/Markdown text reading, syntax coloring, and more. Both Apple TTS and Google TTS (free up to 1 million characters per month) are supported for text-to-speech. ■About Subscriptions A subscription registration prompt will appear each time you close the editing document.. Once you register, the prompt will no longer appear. Please refer to the following for terms and conditions regarding the use of subscriptions. 1. Privacy policy: https://www.artman21.com/en/sparkle/jedit-lite-privacy.html 2. Terms of Use: https://www.artman21.com/en/sparkle/jedit-lite-eula.html

Screenshots

Text editor4 screens
Jedit Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Text editor at weekly against Jedit Lite's every 3 months. Jedit Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (14.4 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Text editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Jedit Lite sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text editor ships an update weekly, Jedit Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Text editor versus Jedit Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText editorJedit Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (113 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.614.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasatsugu FutamataArtman21 Inc.

Customer experience

Text editor

All ratings113 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral9.7%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative42.9%

Jedit Lite

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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
Show 17 more
  • 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

Jedit Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text editor

One-time1
  • Hide ads$0.99
1 purchases

Jedit Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Jedit Lite 1 year Subscription$3.991 Year

Questions

Is Text editor free?
Text editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jedit Lite free?
Jedit Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Text editor or Jedit Lite have ads?
Neither Text editor nor Jedit Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text editor or Jedit Lite?
Text editor ships an update weekly, and Jedit Lite every 3 months. Most recently, Text editor was updated on October 17, 2026 and Jedit Lite on October 18, 2026.

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