LibTerm vs Code Runner App Compiler & IDE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LibTerm
This app provides a powerful command-line interface for iOS devices, enabling users to run various shell commands. It includes tools for coding in C, Python, and Lua, and allows for text file editing with syntax highlighting.
- Command line interface
- Coding in C, Python, Lua
- Text file editor
- Syntax highlighting
- Install third-party commands
- Run C code
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LibTerm is a command line interface for iPhone and iPad. Includes what you need for coding C programs! Commands: ls, lli, ifconfig, ping, readlink, id, chmod, clang, telnet, host, du, link, dig, egrep, bc, date, gzip, nslookup, python2, fgrep, mv, python3, md5, say, luac, ssh-keygen, xargs, diff, cd, tee, chksum, lua, touch, dc, tar, chflags, rm, sort, uniq, awk, printenv, chgrp, find, mkdir, tail, df, pwd, opt, chown, gunzip, compress, llvm-link, nc, uptime, sed, setenv, stat, uname, sum, head, wc, cat, echo, unsetenv, unlink, pbpaste, rmdir, uncompress, curl, ln, cp, whoami, rlogin, tr, env, whois, pbcopy, python, grep, nm, jsc, clear, sh, help, exit, open, package, edit Edit text files and code with a graphical editor and syntax highlighting with the 'edit' command. Not enough commands? You can code your own scripts with Python 2.7, Python 3.7, Lua 5.3, install third party commands or even compile and run C code with the 'clang' and 'lli' commands!
Code Runner App Compiler & IDE
This app is a mobile coding editor and compiler supporting over 30 programming languages. It offers features like syntax highlighting, code completion, an AI assistant for refactoring and bug checking, and GitHub integration for managing repositories. It's designed for learning, practicing, and working on programming projects anywhere.
- Supports 30+ programming languages
- Full programming code syntax highlighting
- Code completion and editor actions
- AI Assistant for refactoring and bug checking
- GitHub integration for repositories
- Compile and execute code
- Instant coding feedback
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Code Runner is the ultimate app for coding enthusiasts, programmers and developers. Whether you want to learn a new programming language, practice your developer skills, or work on your programming projects, Code Runner has you covered. Code Runner is a versatile coding editor and compiler on your mobile device. This customizable editor has full programming code syntax highlighting. Code completion and editor actions like undo, redo, comment lines, and indent selection enhance your developer productivity. Built-in AI Assistant can refactor your code and check it for bugs. With this app, you can compile and execute code in more than 30 supported programming languages. Connect to GitHub and checkout, edit, run, and commit files from your repositories. Whether it's C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Swift, Java, or any of our supported programming languages, our powerful compiler ensures smooth execution and instant coding feedback. You can use this app to: Write and edit code with full programming syntax highlighting Compile the code Execute the code Get AI help with errors Refactor your code with AI Assistant Connect to GitHub Edit code and commit files to your GitHub repositories Run the code with a single tap and see the output instantly Test your coding ideas with various input and output options Share your coding work with others Elevate your coding skills This is a perfect app for coding on the go. Whether you want to test a coding idea, debug a problem, or showcase your programming work, this is the app for you. Connect to GitHub and turn this app into your cloud based IDE and compiler that supports more than 30 programming languages. Download it today and unleash your coding creativity! Complete list of supported programming languages: Assembly Bash Basic C C# C++ Clojure COBOL Common Lisp D Elixir Erlang F# Fortran Go Groovy Haskell Java JavaScript Kotlin Lua OCaml Octave Objective-C PHP Pascal Perl Prolog Python R Ruby Rust SQL Scala Swift TypeScript
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LibTerm at 70% against Code Runner App Compiler & IDE's 24%. LibTerm also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Code Runner App Compiler & IDE's advantage is chart position (#137 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Code Runner App Compiler & IDE sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. LibTerm asks for nothing beyond the download.
LibTerm holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibTerm has 804 ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of LibTerm's written reviews are positive against 24% of Code Runner App Compiler & IDE's.
LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, Code Runner App Compiler & IDE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibTerm | Code Runner App Compiler & IDE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (804 ratings) — better | 4.0 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better | 23.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 804 — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #137 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 428 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Develobile S.p.A. | Cloudbit d.o.o. |
Customer experience
LibTerm
Code Runner App Compiler & IDE
Bugs and requests
LibTerm
Reported bugs
5 issues- SSH complains about keys when the remote machine does not require key auth
- Can't even do simple ssh on iOS 16
- Can't ssh, port option doesn't work, and if only it were possible to cd into private/mobile/Applications
- When attempting to append a file (cat test.txt >> sort.txt) it reads the second > as the file name and creates a file called > instead of appending the second file in the command
- Bus Error after ~10 DNS DIG queries
Requested features
10 requests- Странно. Можно добавить?
- Add git clone
- Please add nano
- Please add pip
- Please add bash
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- Please add traceroute
- Please add GCC/Clang support
- Please add more commands like natmask, natstat
- Please add dark theme
- Please add ability to install PyPi modules and pip
Code Runner App Compiler & IDE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LibTerm
No in-app purchases
Code Runner App Compiler & IDE
- Developer Upgrade3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Pro Monthly Plan$6.991 Month
- Developer Montlhy Plan$11.991 Month
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- Developer Yearly Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Yearly Plan$49.991 Year
- Developer Lite Upgrade$39.99
Questions
Is LibTerm free?
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