Comparison

My Lisp vs LispPad Go

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

Head to head
About

My Lisp

A comprehensive Lisp programming environment for iOS and macOS devices. It offers a local interpreter, editor, and extensive libraries for learning and developing Lisp programs, including advanced mathematical functions and symbolic derivation.

Highlights
  • Local Lisp interpreter
  • Integrated editor
  • Core and mathematical operators
  • Advanced mathematics functions
  • Symbolic derivation module
  • Library and example files
  • User and reference manuals
Features
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My Lisp is a complete and universal Lisp environment running directly on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This interpreter is true to the original John McCarthy Lisp implementation with the fundamental 7 operators quote, atom, eq, car, cdr, cons, cond, along with lambda and label. My Lisp also contains core and mathematical operators borrowed from other Lisp dialects (Le Lisp, Lisp 1.5, MacLisp, Common Lisp and Scheme to name a few) to make it easy to learn, program, and most importantly, enjoy Lisp. It also features built-in functions for advanced mathematics, including complex numbers and numerical analysis (roots and zeros finder, integral approximation). The complete description of the fundamental, core, and built-in functions is available using a set of library functions completely written in My Lisp. My Lisp offers an interpreter and an editor, all working on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and most importantly, without requiring any server connection, that is, the interpreter is executing locally on the iPhone, iPad or Mac My Lisp is installed on. Library and example files contain the source code of classical functions and problems solved by My Lisp and may be used as reference to learn Lisp and develop other programs. They include classical puzzles (hanoi and n-queens), basic mathematical functions (gcd, lcm, factorial, fibonacci, prime?), and the historical apply, mapcar and maplist functions. The Lambda Calculus example file contains various functions related to Lambda Calculus and Combinators, with alpha-conversion, beta-reduction, de Bruijn notations, etc. As a special note, the example file Symbolic Derivation contains a complete yet extensible symbolic derivation module allowing to compute the formal derivation of virtually any symbolic function expressed as a Lisp expression. A user manual and a reference manual are available from within the application but also on My Lisp web site (https://lisp.lsrodier.net) and in Apple Books. The complete source code of the library and example files is part of My Lisp. Last but not least, this overview couldn’t end without a sample definition of the notorious REPL function: (define (REPL eval_me) (REPL (println (eval (read)))))

About

LispPad Go

This app is a lightweight development environment for writing and running Scheme code on iOS. It features a Scheme interpreter, a console for interaction, and a text editor with syntax highlighting and smart indentation. It supports R7RS standard Scheme with a wide range of libraries, including iOS-specific ones.

Highlights
  • Integrated Scheme interpreter
  • Read-eval-print loop console
  • Syntax highlighting text editor
  • R7RS standard Scheme support
  • iOS-specific libraries
  • Hygienic macros
  • Full numerical tower support
Features
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LispPad Go is a simple, lightweight, integrated development environment for developing and running Scheme code on iOS. The language supported by LispPad Go is based on the R7RS standard of the Scheme programming language. LispPad Go provides the following components: • A fully integrated Scheme interpreter • A console with a read-eval-print loop to interact with the interpreter • A text editor for writing Scheme code, supporting syntax highlighting, smart indentation, parenthesis matching, etc. • A large range of libraries, including iOS-specific libraries e.g. for networking, graphics, audio, databases, archival, text processing, etc. • Support for the Shortcuts app, allowing the execution of LispPad programs as standalone applications The Scheme dialect supported by LispPad Go provides the following features: • R7RS-compliant libraries • Hygienic macros based on syntax-rules • First-class environments • call/cc, dynamic-wind and exceptions • Dynamically-scoped parameters • Multiple return values • Delayed execution via promises and streams • Support for the full numerical tower consisting of arbitrary size integers, rationals, real numbers, and inexact complex numbers. • Unicode strings and characters • Vectors and bytevectors • Text and binary ports • R7RS-compliant extensible records • R6RS-compliant hashtables and enumerations • Threads

Screenshots

My Lisp4 screens
LispPad Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LispPad Go at Free against My Lisp's $3.99. LispPad Go also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (96% vs 69%). My Lisp's advantage is chart position (#85 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

LispPad Go is free to download; My Lisp costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LispPad Go holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of My Lisp's written reviews are positive against 96% of LispPad Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Lisp ships an update every 6 weeks, LispPad Go every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
My Lisp versus LispPad Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy LispLispPad Go
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (17 ratings)4.9 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews96.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1737 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaurent RodierMatthias Zenger

Customer experience

My Lisp

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.8%

LispPad Go

All ratings37 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Lisp

No in-app purchases

None

LispPad Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Lisp free?
My Lisp costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LispPad Go free?
LispPad Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Lisp or LispPad Go?
LispPad Go is rated higher. My Lisp averages 4.1 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while LispPad Go averages 4.9 from 37 ratings.
Do My Lisp or LispPad Go have ads?
Neither My Lisp nor LispPad Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Lisp or LispPad Go?
My Lisp ships an update every 6 weeks, and LispPad Go every 2 months. Most recently, My Lisp was updated on September 22, 2026 and LispPad Go on September 20, 2026.

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