Comparison

SMSSmart vs CodeInsight

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

Head to head
About

SMSSmart

Features
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Network information transmission, convenient, quick and free.

About

CodeInsight

Read and analyze programming code on mobile devices with extensive language support and syntax highlighting. Features include GitHub integration, code searching, and symbol navigation, eliminating the need for a PC for code review.

Highlights
  • Extensive programming language support
  • Syntax highlighting for multiple languages
  • GitHub browsing and code downloading
  • Code search and symbol navigation
  • Upload code via Wi-Fi and iTunes
  • Support for various archive formats (Tar, Zip)
Features
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This app is aimed to provide a solution for user to reading programming code on mobile devices like phone and pad. The app provides rich features to make code reading a really easy thing with mobile devices, which makes you really don’t need a PC for code reading. 1. Supported reading codes written in languages in: C, C++, Java, Python, ObjectiveC, C#, Basic, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Bash, Zsh, Csh, Ruby, Assembly Language, Go, Rust, R, Tcl and a lot of other languages like: Ada, Ant, Asp, Awk, CMake, CSS, Diff, DTD, Bat, Powershell, Eiffel, Erlang, Falcon, Flex, Fortran, HTML, JSON, Lisp, Lua, Matlab, OCalm, Pascal, REXX, SQL, VHDL, Vim, SVG, XML 2. Support programming language syntax highlight for programming languages below: C, C++, C#, Java, Objective C, Eiffel, Fortran, Html, Header files, Asp, Bat, Asm(x86) only, Lua, Perl, Pascal, Php, Python, R, Ruby, Shell script, Tcl/Tk, Vhdl etc 3. Support Github. You can search/browse Github pages and download source code zip archive directly from Github 4. Support search symbols in the whole source code tree, this works like a “grep” command 5. Support jumping from symbol(function, class, global variable, struct, enum etc) to its definition and declaration 6. Support search in single source code file for any keywords. 7. Support list all the symbols in current file. 8. Support find functions who called current functions (C, C++only), similar to Cscope 9. Support find all the functions called by current functions (C, C++ only), similar to Cscope 10. Support find the class inheritance relationship (C++ and Java only) 11. Support download and reading Linux kernel sources 12. Support upload source codes directly from Wifi connections 13. Support download source codes from given URL. 14. Support iTunes to upload source codes 15. Support directly read sources code packaged in Tar, Tar.Gz and zip file format. 16. Support change Font Size and Font Family Name 17. Support no-wrap reading so that a line won’t be break down to multiple lines due to small screen. 18. Multiple code reading theme for reader to choose

Screenshots

SMSSmart1 screens
CodeInsight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMSSmart at none against CodeInsight's 1. SMSSmart also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SMSSmart ships an update every 3 weeks, CodeInsight every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SMSSmart versus CodeInsight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMSSmartCodeInsight
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKONG SIU HUNG飞 龙

In-app purchases

None

SMSSmart

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CodeInsight

One-time1
  • Full funtional version$2.99

Questions

Is SMSSmart free?
SMSSmart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CodeInsight free?
CodeInsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SMSSmart or CodeInsight have ads?
Neither SMSSmart nor CodeInsight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMSSmart or CodeInsight?
SMSSmart ships an update every 3 weeks, and CodeInsight every 2 weeks. Most recently, SMSSmart was updated on September 27, 2026 and CodeInsight on September 16, 2026.

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