Comparison

Codable vs Uniboard

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

Head to head
About

Codable

Inspect web elements directly within Safari on your iPhone and iPad. Debug HTML, CSS, JavaScript errors, and network requests while browsing. Includes tools for responsive design testing and JavaScript scratchpad.

Highlights
  • Safari element inspection
  • JavaScript console logging
  • Network request analysis
  • DOM and CSS inspection
  • Responsive layout testing
  • JavaScript scratchpad
Features
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Inspect elements in Safari on iPhone and iPad. View HTML and CSS, read JavaScript console errors, review captured network requests, and explore page source and website assets in the Safari page you’re already using. Built for frontend developers debugging the mobile web. Safari inspection • Elements: select a node on the page, browse the DOM, inspect styles, and try local CSS edits. • Console: evaluate JavaScript and read captured logs, errors, and available stack information. • Network: inspect requests observed after capture starts, including available status, timing, and response details. • Source: read the source available to the extension and distinguish it from the live DOM. • Resources: explore scripts, stylesheets, images, and available page storage. Start capture before reproducing a problem. Safari permissions, browser boundaries, and capture timing can limit the evidence available. Codable does not provide every capability of desktop Web Inspector. Tools in the companion app • Resize: test responsive layouts with custom viewport dimensions, device presets, scale controls, and resize handles. • Scratchpad: write and run JavaScript with syntax coloring, code keyboard shortcuts, and document support. Optional Apple Intelligence assistance is available on supported devices. • Extension setup: enable Codable in Safari and practice with the bundled demo website. The Safari extension works in your current Safari page. Resize uses a separate browser session. Optional support Codable is free to use. The Tip Jar offers optional, repeatable one-time purchases through Apple. Tips unlock no features and are not subscriptions.

About

Uniboard

Features
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Find Unicode characters, make the keyboard your own, and write Japanese or Mandarin Chinese using familiar letter keys. Uniboard combines exact character entry, personal symbol pages, font previews and downloadable language resources for iPhone and iPad. YOUR KEYS, YOUR ROWS Edit letter, number and symbol key actions, arrange keys in rows, and align rows left, center, right or with space between keys. Existing configurations keep their saved appearance until edited. The extra number row belongs to the letter section. When all ten digits are available there and the layout fits, the symbol sections combine into one page without discarding saved key choices. LANGUAGE CONVERSION Japanese romaji and Mandarin pinyin dictionaries are optional downloads, not bundled with the keyboard. In Languages, download only what you want, then enable each mode separately. Nothing downloads automatically. Conversion runs on your device. Choose converted text or tap your original spelling to insert it unchanged. While composing, Space confirms without adding a space, and Return confirms without submitting; press again for the normal action. Downloaded languages require Full Access so the keyboard can read language files shared by the app. This is local file access, not online typing. Direct Typing remains available without Full Access. Downloads require an internet connection. YOUR WORDS Add readings and preferred outputs in My Words, or preview and import a dictionary in Uniboard’s documented tab-separated text format. Imported dictionaries stay separate and can be enabled, disabled, exported or removed. Undo the last import without replacing your other dictionaries. Custom output preserves exact Unicode sequences, including emoji and combining accents. BROWSE AND INSPECT Search Unicode names, aliases, blocks or code points. Choose which emoji categories appear in the app and keyboard, including emoji search. Resize emoji in the app, and browse blocks from low to high or high to low code points. Hidden categories don’t remove saved favorites. Inspect the text visible in the keyboard preview: code points, names, normalization forms and UTF-8/UTF-16 values. Move the cursor within the text the typing app exposes. Inspection does not read the whole document, and available context depends on the app. FONTS AND IMAGES Compare font styles by weight and width. Download a single style where available, or a clearly labeled shared file containing several styles. Set preferred fonts for code points, ranges or blocks. These choices affect Uniboard’s rendering, not another app’s fonts. Copy visible preview text as an image with custom colors, transparency and resolution. Images paste as pictures where supported, not editable text. KEEP YOUR SETUP Export and import your configuration, or edit it in the app and validate before applying. Review replacements and resets, and undo the last configuration change. Language preferences and download references can be included, but dictionary and font files aren’t; missing downloads aren’t fetched automatically. Export custom dictionaries separately. Favorites and custom key text may be personal. No account, ads or analytics. Uniboard’s keyboard does not send your typing or custom words to a server. Enable Uniboard in iOS Settings under General > Keyboard > Keyboards. Some fields don’t allow custom keyboards. The interface and Unicode names are English. Font coverage, language resources and host-app behavior vary.

Screenshots

Codable4 screens
Uniboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Uniboard at none against Codable's 5. Uniboard also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Codable sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Uniboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Codable ships an update fortnightly, Uniboard every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Codable versus Uniboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodableUniboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB49 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJeremy CollinsKitta Co.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Codable

One-time5
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Thoughtful Tip$1.99
  • Wonderful Tip$2.99
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  • Incredible Tip$3.99
  • Extraordinary Tip$4.99
None

Uniboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codable free?
Codable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Uniboard free?
Uniboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Codable or Uniboard have ads?
Neither Codable nor Uniboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Codable or Uniboard?
Codable ships an update fortnightly, and Uniboard every 3 days. Most recently, Codable was updated on November 6, 2026 and Uniboard on November 1, 2026.

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