Pyto IDE vs Codecell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pyto IDE
This app offers a powerful integrated development environment for Python, C, and C++ on iOS devices. It includes a Python interpreter with extensive libraries, a C/C++ compiler, a terminal, and a code editor with advanced features like code completion and debugging.
- Python 3.10 Interpreter
- C/C++ Compiler
- Code Editor with Completion
- Terminal with UNIX Commands
- Graphical Interface Builder
- Debugging Support
- Shortcuts and Picture in Picture
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Pyto is an IDE for iPhone and iPad with a Python 3.10 Interpreter and all of the standard libraries plus more than 100 third party packages, as well as a C & C++ compiler and bitcode interpreter. Includes a terminal with standard UNIX commands, a code editor with code completion, support for Shortcuts, Picture in Picture, a graphical interface builder and a debugger. * Full version exclusive third party modules * - Cython, cryptography, typed_ast, cv2, _cffi_backend, kiwisolver, matplotlib, numpy, pandas, lxml, Bio, sklearn, skimage, scipy, erfa, pywt, nacl, bcrypt, statsmodels, zmq, regex, gensim, astropy, emd, wasm3, yaml * Built-in UNIX commands * - alias, awk, cat, chflags, chmod, cksum, clang, compress, cp, curl, date, diff, dig, du, egrep, env, fgrep, find, grep, gunzip, gzip, head, host, ifconfig, link, lli, llvm-link, ln, ls, md5, mkdir, mv, nc, nslookup, open, openurl, pbcopy, pbpaste, ping, printenv, pwd, readlink, rlogin, rm, rmdir, say, scp, sed, sftp, sort, ssh, ssh-keygen, stat, sum, tail, tar, tee, telnet, touch, tr, unalias, uname, uncompress, uniq, unlink, uptime, wc, whoami, whois, wol Take advantage system features with the following modules: - pyto_ui - Build an user interface - widgets - Home Screen Widgets - file_system - iOS file system - notifications - Schedule notifications - remote_notifications - Receive remote notifications - background - Run code in background - pasteboard - Clipboard access - userkeys - Save values on disk - sound - Play sounds - music - Access the Apple Music library - photos - Accessing photos and the camera - location - Access user's location - motion - Motion sensors - multipeer - Peer to peer wireless connection - apps - Open third party apps - xcallback - Interact with other apps - sf_symbols - A list of SF Symbols names - watch - Complications and static user interfaces for the Apple Watch
Codecell
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Most code apps stop at "press run, read the output". Codecell starts there and then shows you what your program actually did, one line at a time. ONE LIBRARY, TWO LANGUAGES A script is Python or JavaScript, and both sit in the same library. The same tracer, the same variables inspector, the same REPL and the same assistant work on either one. There is no mode to switch and no second app to buy. REPLAY ANY RUN, WITH BREAKPOINTS Press Trace instead of Run and Codecell records the program as it executes: every line, every call and return, and the value of every variable at each step. Scrub back and forth, play it like a video, and watch a loop go wrong at the exact moment it does. Tap a line number to set a breakpoint; playback runs to it and stops, and Continue jumps to the next one. This is the pen-and-paper trace a teacher draws on a whiteboard, done by the interpreter itself. SEE THE VARIABLES After any run, the Variables tab lists every name your program defined, with its type and value — dicts, lists, objects, functions and classes included. No print statements, no console.log. A REPL THAT REMEMBERS Open the REPL from your script library and an interactive session stays alive between entries: define something, use it in the next one, restart when you want a clean slate. Expressions show their value; history is one tap away. AN ASSISTANT THAT RUNS YOUR CODE On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, the assistant reads the script you are looking at, runs it to see the real output or error, explains what went wrong, and offers a corrected version. Every suggestion is checked for syntax errors before you see it, and nothing is applied until you tap Apply. It uses Apple's on-device model — no account, no API key, and nothing you write leaves the phone. RUN FROM SHORTCUTS Every saved script is a "Run Script" action in the Shortcuts app. Transform text, compute a value, or process the output of another action — offline, with no server. IT ALL WORKS ON A PLANE CPython 3.14 is built into the app and JavaScript runs on the engine iOS already ships. Neither calls out to anything. The Python standard library comes along: json, sqlite3, re, datetime, hashlib, math, itertools, zlib and the rest. AN EDITOR MADE FOR A PHONE Syntax highlighting from the same tree-sitter grammars your desktop editor uses. Errors marked as you type, before you run anything. Auto-indent, bracket matching, a symbol row above the keyboard you can customise, snippets you can add to, a formatter, and syntax-tree views for when you want to see exactly how a line parsed. Scan code out of a photo with on-device text recognition. Keep as many scripts as you like, search them, and open .py and .js files from Files or iCloud Drive. FREE AND PREMIUM Running code is free with no daily limit: scripts, REPL entries and traces up to 200 steps. Formatting, code scanning, syntax trees, file export, watermark-free snapshots and the assistant use daily credits, and an optional ad adds more. Premium removes the credit count, traces whole programs, and unlocks the coding fonts, custom snippets and keys. Monthly, yearly, or a single lifetime purchase: your code runs on your device, so there is no server for us to keep paying for. Your code stays on your device unless you choose a cloud runtime yourself. PREMIUM OPTIONS - Premium Monthly: auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly - Premium Yearly: auto-renewing subscription, billed yearly - Premium Lifetime: one-time purchase, not a subscription Prices for your country are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Codecell Terms of Use: https://compilers.lodyworks.com/codecell/terms Privacy Policy: https://compilers.lodyworks.com/codecell/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pyto IDE at none against Codecell's shown. Pyto IDE also leads on chart position (#43 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Pyto IDE sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Codecell sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pyto IDE ships an update every 8 days, Codecell weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pyto IDE | Codecell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #43 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 922 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Develobile S.p.A. | LODYWORKS |
Bugs and requests
Pyto IDE
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to run scripts after a few executions
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
- Paywall issues - app asking to repurchase after prior purchase
Requested features
4 requests- Improved code editor with better keyboard support
- Ability to read/write external files (CSV, TXT, etc.)
- Support for more Python libraries like Selenium, Tensorflow
- Longer trial period for new users
Codecell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pyto IDE
- 3-day TrialFree
- Upgrade to Full Version$6.99
- Lite Version$7.99
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- Full Version$14.99
Codecell
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$39.99









