Comparison

Socode vs Azimuth

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

Head to head
About

Socode

View source code files on your mobile device with syntax highlighting for over 185 programming languages. Offers a wide selection of themes and import options from various sources, including GitHub repositories.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting for 185+ languages
  • Over 88 themes
  • Import from GitHub, AirDrop, iTunes, browser
  • Document outline and preview
  • File and text search
  • Sort files by date, size, name, type
  • View webpage source code in Safari
Features
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# What is Socode? Socode is a source code reader designed for iPhone, iPad devices. You can view the source code on your mobile device anytime, anywhere. # Features - Syntax Highlighting. View source code files, with native colors. - support 185 programming languages. - Over 88 themes to choose from. – Import from / export to other apps. - Import from AirDrop. - Import from iTunes. - Upload from browser. - Import repositories from GitHub. - Document Outline (class, function...). - Common Document Preview Support. - SQLite Database file Preview. - Support file, text search - Sort by file date, size, name, type - View Source Code of a Webpage in Safari # Supported Languages 1C, Abnf, Accesslog, Actionscript, Ada, ArcGIS, AngelScript, Apache, Applescript, Arduino, Armasm, Asciidoc, Aspectj, Autohotkey, Autoit, Avrasm, Awk, Axapta, Bash, Basic, Bnf, Brainfuck, Cal, Capnproto, Ceylon, Clean, Clojure, Clojure Repl, Cmake, Coffeescript, Coq, Cos, Cpp, Crmsh, Crystal, Cs, Csp, Css, D, Dart, Delphi, Diff, Django, Dns, Dockerfile, Dos, Dsconfig, Dts, Dust, Ebnf, Elixir, Elm, Erb, Erlang, Erlang Repl, Excel, Fix, Flix, Fortran, Fsharp, Gams, Gauss, Gcode, Gherkin, Glsl, Go, Golo, Gradle, Groovy, GML, Haml, Handlebars, Haskell, Haxe, Hsp, Htmlbars, Http, Hy, Inform7, isbl, Ini, Irpf90, Java, Javascript, Jboss Cli, Json, Julia, Julia Repl, Kotlin, Lasso, Ldif, Leaf, Less, Lisp, Livecodeserver, Livescript, Llvm, Lsl, Lua, Makefile, Markdown, Mathematica, Matlab, Maxima, Mel, Mercury, Mipsasm, Mizar, Mojolicious, Monkey, Moonscript, N1Ql, Nginx, Nimrod, Nix, Nsis, Objectivec, Ocaml, Openscad, Oxygene, pgSQL, Parser3, Perl, Pf, Php, Pony, Powershell, Processing, Profile, Prolog, Protobuf, Puppet, Purebasic, Python, .Properties, Q, Qml, Plaintext, R, Rib, Roboconf, Routeros, Rsl, Ruby, Ruleslanguage, Rust, ReasonML, Scala, Scheme, Scilab, Scss, Shell, Smali, Smalltalk, Sml, Sqf, Sql, Stan, Stata, Step21, Stylus, Subunit, Swift, SAS, Taggerscript, Tap, Tcl, Tex, Thrift, Tp, Twig, Typescript, Vala, Vbnet, Vbscript, Vbscript Html, Verilog, Vhdl, Vim, X86Asm, Xl, Xml, Xquery, Yaml, Zephir # Supported Themes Agate, Arduino Light, A11y Dark, A11y Light, An old hope, Arta, Ascetic, Atelier Cave Dark, Atelier Cave Light, Atelier Dune Dark, Atelier Dune Light, Atelier Estuary Dark, Atelier Estuary Light, Atelier Forest Dark, Atelier Forest Light, Atelier Heath Dark, Atelier Heath Light, Atelier Lakeside Dark, Atelier Lakeside Light, Atelier Plateau Dark, Atelier Plateau Light, Atelier Savanna Dark, Atelier Savanna Light, Atelier Seaside Dark, Atelier Seaside Light, Atelier Sulphurpool Dark, Atelier Sulphurpool Light, Atom One Dark Reasonable, Atom One Dark, Atom One Light, Brown Paper, Codepen Embed, Color Brewer, Darcula, Dark, Darkula, Default, Docco, Dracula, Far, Foundation, Github, Github Gist, GML, Googlecode, Grayscale, Gruvbox Dark, Gruvbox Light, Hopscotch, Hybrid, Idea, Ir Black, ISBL Editor Dark, ISBL Editor Light, Kimbie Dark, Kimbie Light, Lightfair, Magula, Mono Blue, Monokai, Monokai Sublime, Nord, Obsidian, Ocean, Paraiso Dark, Paraiso Light, Pojoaque, Purebasic, Qtcreator Dark, Qtcreator Light, Railscasts, Rainbow, Routeros, Shades of Purple, School Book, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Sunburst, Tomorrow, Tomorrow Night, Tomorrow Night Blue, Tomorrow Night Bright, Tomorrow Night Eighties, Vs, Vs2015, Xcode, Xt256, Zenburn # Supported document - Microsoft Office documents - .doc, .ppt., .xls, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx - Apple Pages、Numbers、Keynote - PDF、RTF、RTFD、MHT、Markdown - Common media format # Please send to us your feedback at aidevjoe@gmail.com

About

Azimuth

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Azimuth sends your iPhone's location to your own HTTPS endpoint, on a schedule you control. If you've ever wanted your phone to quietly report where it is to a server you run — for a self-hosted dashboard, a home automation trigger, a custom logbook, or anything else — this is a small utility for that, and nothing else. No third-party servers, no analytics, no accounts. Your data goes from your phone straight to the URL you set. WHAT IT DOES • Posts your current location to your endpoint as a GeoJSON Feature • Runs on a schedule: every hour, every 6 hours, every 12 hours, daily at a chosen time, or weekly on a chosen day and time • Keeps working when your phone is locked or the app is in the background • Optionally includes battery level/state and current speed • Adds a stable per-install device ID so your server can tell devices apart • Supports Bearer token authentication (token stored in the iOS Keychain) • Recent tab shows the last 50 sends with HTTP status and any error message • Notifies you if a send fails, so you can fix your endpoint WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No tracking, no advertising, no telemetry. The app talks to one host: yours. • No cloud account, nothing to sign up for. • No data leaves your phone except the request to your URL. PAYLOAD Each send is a single HTTPS POST with a JSON body containing a GeoJSON Feature. Properties include timestamp (ISO 8601), horizontal_accuracy, vertical_accuracy, altitude, device_id, and optionally speed, battery_level, and battery_state. WHY "ALWAYS" LOCATION? Azimuth needs the "Always" location permission so it can fire on schedule even with your phone locked — that's the whole point of the app. iOS uses Significant Location Changes to wake Azimuth for delivery. The app never streams continuous location and only reads your position at the moments it sends. GOOD FITS • Self-hosted location dashboards • Home automation users (Home Assistant, n8n, Node-RED, and similar) who want a periodic geo-ping • Developers prototyping location-aware services without paying for a tracking SaaS • Anyone who wants a simple, predictable device-to-server location pipe PRIVACY Your endpoint URL, schedule, and bearer token are stored locally on your device. Locations are not stored on Apple servers, our servers, or anywhere except your endpoint. We don't have servers. Setup: paste your URL in Settings, pick a schedule, tap Start.

Screenshots

Socode4 screens
Azimuth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Azimuth at Free against Socode's $4.99. Socode's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Socode versus Azimuth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocodeAzimuth
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuizhou Jiqu Technology Co., Ltd.Gabriele Scotto di Vettimo

In-app purchases

None

Socode

No in-app purchases

None

Azimuth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Socode free?
Socode costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Azimuth free?
Azimuth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Socode or Azimuth have ads?
Neither Socode nor Azimuth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Socode or Azimuth?
Socode ships an update every 3 weeks, and Azimuth every 3 weeks. Most recently, Socode was updated on September 20, 2026 and Azimuth on September 18, 2026.

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