Comparison

npm Registry vs JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

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

Head to head
About

npm Registry

Explore and track over 2 million JavaScript packages. Features smart search, GitHub integration, detailed package information, and download analytics. Save favorites and share with your team.

Highlights
  • Real-time search with autocomplete
  • GitHub repository stats
  • Full README rendering
  • Download trend charts
  • Package favorites and bookmarks
  • Share package links
Features
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The essential npm registry companion for JavaScript developers. Search, explore, and track over 2 million npm packages right from your iPhone and iPad. SMART SEARCH WITH SUGGESTIONS - Real-time search across the entire npm registry - Intelligent autocomplete suggestions as you type - Filter by quality, popularity, and maintenance scores - Find the best packages for your projects instantly GITHUB INTEGRATION - View repository stats including stars, forks, and open issues - Quality, popularity, and maintenance scores from npms.io - Quickly assess project health and community activity COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE DETAILS - Full README with markdown rendering and syntax highlighting - Complete version history with release dates - All dependencies at a glance (production, dev, peer) - Author, maintainers, and publisher information - Direct links to repository, homepage, and bug tracker DOWNLOAD ANALYTICS - Interactive charts showing download trends - View statistics for last week, month, or year - Track package adoption over time - Make informed decisions about dependencies FAVORITES & BOOKMARKS - Save packages for quick access - Build your personal package library - Swipe to remove - simple and intuitive SHARE WITH YOUR TEAM - Share package links directly from the app - Perfect for team discussions and code reviews BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS - Native iOS design - fast and responsive - Works with scoped packages (@org/package) - Tap dependencies to explore the entire ecosystem - Clean, distraction-free interface Whether you're evaluating packages for a new project, checking version compatibility, or researching the JavaScript ecosystem - npm Registry puts the entire npm database in your pocket. Perfect for: - Frontend developers working with React, Vue, Angular - Backend developers using Node.js - Full-stack JavaScript developers - Team leads evaluating dependencies - Students learning web development No account required. Just search and explore. --- npm is a registered trademark of npm, Inc. Data provided by npmjs.com

About

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

This app is a powerful offline IDE for JavaScript and TypeScript development. It features a built-in compiler, console, and DOM WebView, allowing you to write, run, and debug code anywhere. Enhance your skills with tutorials, coding challenges, and an AI assistant.

Highlights
  • Offline JavaScript and TypeScript execution
  • Built-in compiler and console
  • DOM WebView for web app development
  • AI assistant for code help
  • Syntax highlighting and code completion
  • Coding challenges and tutorials
  • Node.js runtime support
Features
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Run JavaScript and TypeScript on Node.js anywhere—100% Offline. The most powerful mobile IDE for JS and TS.  Features a built-in compiler, console, and DOM WebView. No server, no internet, no limits. Whether you are a professional developer, a student, or a hobbyist, JavaScript CodePad will help you practice and improve your coding skills anytime, anywhere. Built in tsc compiler transpiles your TypeScript code to JavaScript offline. Use the WebView mode to access the built-in Web Browser Window and DOM interface. Combine HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and learn building Web apps. Organise your code into modules and run multiple JS files using Node.js as a runtime (Internet connection required). You can run, execute, and evaluate JS code and programs from this app. Lightweight app with full JavaScript syntax highlighting, code completion and editor actions like undo, redo, comment lines, and indent selection to enhance your developer productivity. Enhanced productivity with live JS and TS code analysis as you type. Catch errors before you run the code. Built-in AI Assistant, whenever you get an error in your code, AI can suggest how to resolve it. AI Assistant can also refactor your code, clean it up, check it for bugs, write comments and documentation strings or just explain it. Blazing fast, all single script and Web View code is ran directly on the embedded node.js runtime or built in Web browser. Enhance your programming and JavaScript skills by solving built-in coding problems. Learn JavaScript with the MDN tutorial. Become a JavaScript coding master. Learn TypeScript with the official TypeScript handbook. Test your JavaScript and TypeScript knowledge, the app will tell you if you are writing valid JavaScript. With JavaScript CodePad, you can: - Write and execute JavaScript code with syntax highlighting and auto-indentation. - Run and compile TypeScript code and scripts - Test and debug your code with the built-in console and error messages. - Share and load your code snippets for later use - Customised keyboard with special keys and shortcuts for JavaScript and TypeScript - Code completion - Code formatting - Code linting - Solve built-in coding challenges - Access JavaScript and TypeScript tutorial and library reference from the app - Learn new concepts and techniques - Write HTML, CSS and JS code and run it in a built-in WebView - Run multiple JS files Download it today and unleash your creativity with the most popular programming language in the world. Note that certain features like Code completion, WebView mode and project mode require paid Developer upgrade.

Screenshots

npm Registry4 screens
JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: npm Registry at 86% against JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE's 42%. npm Registry also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE's advantage is chart position (#179 vs unranked) and ratings volume (97 vs 16). On price 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. JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. npm Registry asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

npm Registry holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE has 97 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of npm Registry's written reviews are positive against 42% of JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

npm Registry ships an update every 3 days, JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
npm Registry versus JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameternpm RegistryJavaScript Coding Editor & IDE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings) — better4.3 (97 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better42.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1697 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#179 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB188 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel SoglCloudbit d.o.o.

Customer experience

npm Registry

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

All ratings97 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

npm Registry

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

Subscriptions2
  • Developer Upgrade Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Developer Upgrade Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • Remove Ads$6.99
  • Developer Upgrade Offer$9.99
  • Developer Upgrade$19.99
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  • Developer Lite$39.99

Questions

Is npm Registry free?
npm Registry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE free?
JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, npm Registry or JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE?
npm Registry is rated higher. npm Registry averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE averages 4.3 from 97 ratings.
Do npm Registry or JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE have ads?
JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE shows ads; npm Registry does not.
Which is updated more often, npm Registry or JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE?
npm Registry ships an update every 3 days, and JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE every 3 weeks. Most recently, npm Registry was updated on September 11, 2026 and JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE on September 24, 2026.

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