Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler vs Secrets of Your Device
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler
Write and execute VB.NET code on your mobile device. Ideal for learning and testing code snippets with features like syntax highlighting and a custom keyboard. Requires an internet connection for compilation.
- Compile and run VB.NET programs
- View program output and errors
- Custom keyboard for special characters
- Advanced source code editor
- Syntax highlighting and line numbers
- Import, export, and share files
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Write VB.NET code directly on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! This app is ideal for learning and testing code snippets! Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language, implemented on the .NET Framework. Microsoft launched VB.NET in 2002 as the successor to its original Visual Basic language. Along with Visual C#, VB.NET is one of the two main languages targeting the .NET framework. Features: - Compile and run your program - View program output or detailed error - Custom keyboard for easy input of frequently used characters - Optimized for connecting with external physical/bluetooth keyboard - Advanced source code editor with syntax highlighting, bracket completion and line numbers - Open, save, import and share VB.NET files. Limitations: - Internet connection is required for compilation - Maximum program running time is 20s - One file can be run at a time - Some file system, network and graphics functions may be limited - This is a batch compiler; interactive programs are not supported. For example, if your program provides an input prompt, enter the input in the Input tab prior to compilation.
Secrets of Your Device
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Secrets of Your Device is a museum of what the device in your hand is sensing right now. Every number on screen is a live reading taken at that moment. There is no simulation and nothing computed to stand in for a measurement. Which means nothing happens in this app unless you physically move the device. ■ Nine rooms • Accelerometer: why it reads 1.0 G while sitting still. Tilt to settle the ball in the centre • Gyroscope: it measures the rate of turning, not the direction. Turn exactly 90 degrees • Barometer: height from the weight of the air. Measure a building's height per floor • Magnetometer: hunt for magnets in the room, and see why a heading needs gravity too • Depth camera: how far away is that. How LiDAR and TrueDepth differ • Light: the ambient light sensor is out of reach, so the camera's exposure becomes a light meter • Radio: the Bluetooth signals in the air. Pick one device and walk towards it • Positioning: how finely a position can be fixed, and which digits of it mean anything • Neural Engine: hand it any prompt and measure how fast the answer arrives Each room runs in four stages: a 30-second brief, free observation of the raw values, a mission you complete by moving, and a card explaining why the readings come out that way. ■ The panel Every sensor on one screen, with the readings that come from a single part kept separate from the ones that only appear when parts work together. Each instrument shows which parts it uses. Arrange and hide them as you like. ■ Your device chart Walking the rooms fills in a record of your device: the parts it carries, how much each sensor wanders at rest (and therefore how many digits you can trust), and the trips you have measured up and down. ■ "Not in this model" is an exhibit too Two devices running the same iOS can hold different parts. Rooms your device cannot run are never hidden — what is missing is shown as well, because the differences between devices are part of the subject. ■ No network No account, no ads, no analytics. Camera images, device names and coordinates are never stored or sent. The app has no networking at all and works entirely offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Secrets of Your Device at none against Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler's 1. Secrets of Your Device also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Secrets of Your Device asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler ships an update every 2 months, Secrets of Your Device fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler | Secrets of Your Device |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketan Appa | Naoki Chiba |
In-app purchases
Visual Basic (VB.NET) Compiler
- Upgrade$2.99
Secrets of Your Device
No in-app purchases
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