# Userscripts vs Runestone Text Editor

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Userscripts at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. Runestone Text Editor's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and chart position there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Userscripts asks for nothing beyond the download.

Runestone Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Runestone Text Editor has 2K ratings behind it against 181, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Userscripts's written reviews are positive against 76% of Runestone Text Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Userscripts ships an update monthly, Runestone Text Editor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Userscripts | Runestone Text Editor |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.3 (181 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews) | **[4.7 (2K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/runestone-text-editor/id1548193893/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 181 | **2K** |
| Positive reviews | **78.1% of reviews** | 76.1% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Monthly | **Every 2 weeks** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | **#20** | #40 |
| Size | 2 MB | 64 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) | [Simon B. Støvring](https://appshunter.io/developer/423532907) |

## What reviewers say

### Userscripts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887)

**Currently charting:** #20 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.

**Highlights:** Run custom JavaScript, Inject custom CSS, Automatic page redirection, Website page manipulation, Custom ad-blocking, Open source, No user tracking

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now

**Reported bugs**

- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting

**Requested features**

- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both


### Runestone Text Editor

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/runestone-text-editor/id1548193893)

**Currently charting:** #40 Top Free · Developer Tools, #40 Top Grossing · Developer Tools (US App Store)

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:** Family Sharing

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium | $9.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 💎 Excellent text editor
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive
- 🎨 Customizable themes and appearance
- 🔒 Secure file storage and sync
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🔍 Difficulty navigating files/folders
- 📝 Limited functionality without premium
- 🔌 Performance issues on older devices
- 🔒 Difficulty accessing files in cloud storage

**Reported bugs**

- Disappearing files
- Difficulty pasting text
- Scroll position not saved
- Hangs on startup
- Trouble opening large files

**Requested features**

- Markdown preview
- Code folding
- Syntax highlighting for more languages
- Ability to run/execute code
- Multiple file/window support


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Userscripts free?

Userscripts is free to download, 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, Userscripts or Runestone Text Editor?

Runestone Text Editor is rated higher. Userscripts averages 4.3 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 from 2K ratings.

### Do Userscripts or Runestone Text Editor have ads?

Neither Userscripts nor Runestone Text Editor shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Userscripts or Runestone Text Editor?

Userscripts ships an update monthly, and Runestone Text Editor every 2 weeks. Most recently, Userscripts was updated on September 22, 2026 and Runestone Text Editor on September 23, 2026.

### Which is more popular, Userscripts or Runestone Text Editor?

Userscripts currently peaks at #20 in the App Store charts, and Runestone Text Editor at #40. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*