Python Recipes vs Ruby IDE Fresh Edition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Python Recipes
This app provides runnable Python code examples and SQL queries for developers. It offers a quick reference for syntax and common tasks, with an option to edit and run your own code. Everything except running code works offline.
- Runnable Python code examples
- SQL query reference
- Code editing and execution
- Keyword reference
- Offline functionality (except code execution)
- Search within code
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Tap Run and the real output appears right under the code, so you know it works before it goes into your project. No IDE, no setup, no account. 370+ short examples, one task each, with comments on the tricky parts. Over 90% run in the app with one tap. Names follow PEP 8, and the output shows every value. You know what you need, but not the exact syntax: • How do I drop duplicates from a list and keep the order? • How do I add a month to a date? • How do I pull a number out of a string with a regex? Each has a working example here. • 22 sections, including strings, dicts, classes, generators, match statements, exceptions, files, and design patterns. • What changed from Python 3.0 to 3.13, with before-and-after code: dict merging with | and |=, f"{x=}", asyncio.run, except*. • Keyword reference, 200+ entries: tap a word in the code to look it up. • 200+ SQL queries: JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, window functions; more than half run on a practice database. • Search looks inside the code: type defaultdict to find every example that uses it. • Edit an example and run your version, or write your own. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Everything except running code works offline. Free version: 320+ examples and queries, the full keyword reference, and 12 runs, 12 edits and up to 12 reference entries a day opened by tapping a word in the code (Python and SQL runs share one count). Full version: all examples and queries, unlimited edits and examples of your own, and up to 30 Python and 80 SQL runs a day. One-time purchase, no subscription. Built by a developer for developers. Maintained since 2015. WHAT'S NEW • Improved support for foldable phones and large screens.
Ruby IDE Fresh Edition
This application simplifies learning and coding for Ruby. It offers grammar highlighting, direct code execution for testing, and a range of practical functions to enhance the user experience. Learn, code, compile, and share your projects efficiently.
- Grammar highlighting
- Direct code execution
- Rich practical functions
- Code compilation
- Code sharing
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* * * * * Grammar highlights the learning materials to make learning easier. * * * * * Directly run code examples make it easier for you to test. * * * * * Rich and practical functions make it easier for you to use. This is our Ruby learning application. Set learning, coding, compiling, sharing code in one. Efficient learning, happy test, easy operation. Everything is in the mastery... Come and try it!!!!!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Ruby IDE Fresh Edition at free against Python Recipes's free with in-app purchases. Ruby IDE Fresh Edition also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Python Recipes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. Python Recipes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Ruby IDE Fresh Edition sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Python Recipes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Python Recipes's written reviews are positive against 89% of Ruby IDE Fresh Edition's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Python Recipes ships an update monthly, Ruby IDE Fresh Edition every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Python Recipes | Ruby IDE Fresh Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (83 ratings) — better | 4.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fedor Obraztsov | 小文 黄 |
Customer experience
Python Recipes
Ruby IDE Fresh Edition
In-app purchases
Python Recipes
- Оperations with example$0.99
- Unlock the paid topics$0.99
- Python Samples$0.99
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- SQL queries$0.99
- Pro Version – Unlimited$2.99
Ruby IDE Fresh Edition
- Convenient functions$2.99
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