Comparison

Iodine Code vs zeds

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

Head to head
About

Iodine Code

A mobile code editor and Git tool that allows you to code, stage, commit, and push directly from your iPhone or iPad. It features syntax highlighting, code suggestions, and a diff viewer for a seamless coding experience.

Highlights
  • Powerful Git tool
  • Multi-tab code editor
  • Diff viewer
  • Project file manager
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Code suggestion
Features
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Iodine Code is a powerful git tool and beautiful code editor. With syntax highlighting and code suggestion, it offers you a fluent experience similar to coding on PC. Coding, staging, committing, pushing and viewing logs, every thing will be done just in your iPhone / iPad. • Powerful git tool (clone, pull, push, branch, tag, log, status, commit...) • Beatiful multi-tab code editor • Splendid diff viewer • Handy project file manager with Quick-Opener and Drag & Drop • iPad Pro smart keyboard shortcuts • Great syntax highlighting (Objective-C only so far) • Context awareness code suggestion (Objective-C only so far)

About

zeds

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Prerequisite: understanding how Git (the distributed version control system) works. zeds is a helper to "git commit --allow-empty --message={your note}" on a git repository, which only commits {your note} as the commit message without tree changes from it's parent's. Nothing can be modified or deleted in zeds. zeds shows your git logs in a long list. zeds do the following for you, - clones your repository from remote in the first place - pulls and pushes if necessary You can, - create a new commit log (text only) - create a new commit log (text only) referencing an existing one (as commit parent) - search Home screen quick action support: - Compose - New With Clipboard Share extension support: - Link (in Markdown link format) - Image or file (store as a file blob in an unrelated commit) - Safari selected text (in Markdown quote format) URL scheme support: - zeds:///commit/{sha} - zeds:///create?text={text}&title={title}&url={url} Solarized theme

Screenshots

Iodine Code4 screens
zeds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: zeds at Free against Iodine Code's $4.99. zeds also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

zeds is free to download; Iodine Code costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Iodine Code ships an update every 7 months, zeds monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Iodine Code versus zeds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIodine Codezeds
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer典 熊晨 郭

In-app purchases

None

Iodine Code

No in-app purchases

None

zeds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Iodine Code free?
Iodine Code costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is zeds free?
zeds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Iodine Code or zeds have ads?
Neither Iodine Code nor zeds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Iodine Code or zeds?
Iodine Code ships an update every 7 months, and zeds monthly. Most recently, Iodine Code was updated on October 25, 2026 and zeds on October 25, 2026.

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