Comparison

Face Mesh vs Runestone Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

Face Mesh

Visualize and interact with ARKit's 3D face mesh. Developers can see vertex indices, select specific parts of the face, and export index arrays for use in FaceTracking applications.

Highlights
  • Visualize vertex indices on 3D face mesh
  • Tap to select/deselect individual vertices
  • Select face outline and eyes
  • Export index arrays
  • Pinch to zoom, pan, and rotate gestures
Features
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Face Mesh app is for iOS developers who need to visually learn the vertex indices for the ARFaceGeometry face mesh provided by Apple Developer. These vertex indices are very important for working in ARKit and especially for developing FaceTracking apps. You will be able to see the actual location of each vertex in the 3D face mesh grid. Each vertex is labeled with its index as it exists in ARFaceGeometry.vertices() • Tap on individual vertices to select/deselect. • Use All, None & Invert options to easily build complex selections. • Easily select face geometry outline and individual eyes. • Export your selections as an array of indices with one tap. How to move around the face mesh? - Pinch to zoom in/out - Pan with one finger to rotate - Pan with two fingers to move - Rotate with two fingers to rotate on the z-axis

About

Runestone Text Editor

A powerful plain text and code editor for iPhone and iPad. Offers syntax highlighting, line numbers, find and replace, and extensive customization options for developers and writers.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting for many languages
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Advanced find and replace
  • Line numbers and cursor location
  • Code formatting with Prettier.js
  • Multiple windows on iPad
Features
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A plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more. It's like TextEdit but more powerful and optimised for iPhone and iPad. Runestone is made by a single person with a love for text editors and a vision of building the most lightweight text editor for iPhone and iPad that still has the core features for editing code. Features: - Syntax highlighting of many languages including HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, Swift, Python, PHP, YAML, and many more. - Select one of the twelve standard themes including popular themes like Tomorrow, Dracula, Solarized, and One Dark Pro. - Innovative find and replace for searching and modifying text while still viewing your file. - Choose font and font size, including support for custom fonts imported using another third-party app. - Show the line and column the cursor is located on. - Uses the standard document browser for an experience similar to the Files app. - Quickly navigate to a specific line. - Automatically close opening brackets and quotes. - Multiple windows on the iPad. - Format code using Prettier.js. Supported languages include CSS,HTML, JavaScript, JSON, PHP and more. - Choose text encoding between popular encodings like UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, and many more. - Enable or disable autocorrection, autocapitalization, and smart punctuation. - Set default file extension of new files. - Open files in Runestone from the Share Sheet. - Print documents. Premium features: - Choose between eight app icons. - Show line numbers. - Highlight the selected line. - Increase line height and letter spacing. - Disable line wrapping to allow horizontal scrolling. - Show tabs, spaces, and line breaks using a selected symbol. - Enable page guide at a specific column to easily tell when lines are getting too long. - Add vertical and horizontal overscroll. - Remember the selected language per file. - Save file extensions and filenames that should always be treated as plain text files. - Enable soft tabs and choose the width of the tab character. - Specify whether pressing the tab key should insert a tab or indent the line. - Adjust the scaling of Markdown headings and disable highlighting of code blocks in Markdown. Runestone was built on the open-source framework with the same name. Find more information on the Runestone framework at github.com/simonbs/runestone

Screenshots

Face Mesh3 screens
Runestone Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Runestone Text Editor at Free against Face Mesh's $19.99. Runestone Text Editor also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 33%) and rating (4.7 vs 3.4). Face Mesh's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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

Runestone Text Editor is free to download; Face Mesh costs $19.99 up front. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Face Mesh asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Runestone Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Runestone Text Editor has 2.1K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Face Mesh's written reviews are positive against 76% of Runestone Text Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Face Mesh ships an update every 38 months, Runestone Text Editor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Face Mesh versus Runestone Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFace MeshRunestone Text Editor
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (16 ratings)4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews76.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings162.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#174#37 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTech PositiveSimon B. Støvring

Customer experience

Face Mesh

All ratings16 ratings
Positive56.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Runestone Text Editor

All ratings1,962 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews365 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative14.2%

Bugs and requests

Face Mesh

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Runestone Text Editor

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Disappearing files
  • Difficulty pasting text
  • Scroll position not saved
  • Hangs on startup
  • Trouble opening large files
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  • Issues after iOS updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Markdown preview
  • Code folding
  • Syntax highlighting for more languages
  • Ability to run/execute code
  • Multiple file/window support
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  • Improved undo/redo functionality

In-app purchases

None

Face Mesh

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Face Mesh free?
Face Mesh costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Face Mesh or Runestone Text Editor?
Runestone Text Editor is rated higher. Face Mesh averages 3.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 from 2.1K ratings.
Do Face Mesh or Runestone Text Editor have ads?
Neither Face Mesh nor Runestone Text Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Face Mesh or Runestone Text Editor?
Face Mesh ships an update every 38 months, and Runestone Text Editor every 2 weeks. Most recently, Face Mesh was updated on November 6, 2026 and Runestone Text Editor on November 7, 2026.
Which is more popular, Face Mesh or Runestone Text Editor?
Face Mesh currently peaks at #174 in the App Store charts, and Runestone Text Editor at #37. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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