Comparison

Hexer vs JSON Editor Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Hexer

Inspect any file with a powerful hex viewer designed for iOS and iPadOS. Features include customizable color highlighting, advanced search and analysis tools, and seamless integration with the Files app for easy access to your documents.

Highlights
  • Customizable byte highlighting
  • Advanced search with regex
  • File signature detection
  • Integer decoding
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Integration with Files app
Features
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Hexer is a desktop level hex viewer packed with features. It was developed from the ground up for iOS and iPadOS. It is natural and intuitive to use for everyone. It is integrated with the Files app. So you can browse Dropbox, Google Drive, your git repositories, your downloads, your documents in iCloud Drive or your desktop. Or you can just share any file to it. Bytes are highlighted in different colors: Printable characters are cyan, spaces blue, null bytes grey, control characters pink and so on. The colors appear across the binary, hexadecimal, and ascii column — or can just be turned off completely. ▶ Many advanced options • Many popular themes from text editors and terminals • Line numbers (offsets) • Overscroll • Complete control over the formatting of what you copy or share • Column counts in powers of two (8 bytes, 16, 32, ...) or in any number that fits • Interpret bytes as ASCII, ISO Latin 1 or EBCDIC • The UI is navigable by keyboard and there are keyboard shortcuts to toggle almost everything • Further features for you to discover ▶ Search • Search for content in the hexadecimal, ASCII or binary column • Preview results with context and jump to and highlight them in the document • Filter results with Regular Expression and based on case sensitivity • Jump between results with arrow keys ▶ Analysis • Get information about the selection or the entire document • Decode to integers • See byte frequencies • See detected file signatures (magic numbers) • Read metadata like creation date and Unix permissions ▶ The App is made by a real person out of love When you buy the app (no hidden in app purchases) the money goes straight to me to support development. If you have any questions or feature requests you can just write me an email and let me know. I will continue development with many more planned features like editing. ▶ The App is friendly There are no in app purchases, ads, tracking, nor is there any data collected. You buy it once and then use it. Nothing more. Nothing less.

About

JSON Editor Mobile

This application allows users to create, visualize, modify, and validate JSON data. It offers both outline and text modes for editing, with features like syntax coloring, auto-indentation, and find/replace functionality. Premium features, including saving documents, are available via a one-time in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • View and edit JSON in outline or text modes
  • Error-proof manipulation in outline mode
  • Syntax coloring and auto-indentation in text mode
  • JSON validation with error highlighting
  • Find and replace functionality
  • Undo and redo options
  • Customizable appearance and font settings
Features
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JSON Editor is a beautiful viewer and editor for JSON data. It allows you to create, visualize, modify, validate, format and save your JSON documents. The app has the smarts needed to make the minimum changes when editing a file, even in the "outline" mode. This is especially useful when you keep the files in a repository, because only the relevant changes will be shown when diff-ing the edited files. MAJOR FEATURES • View and edit your JSON documents in "outline" (aka "tree") or "text" modes • The "outline" mode offers a great and error proof way to manipulate your JSON, by allowing you to easily add, reorder, delete, copy & paste the items • The "text" mode offers a quick way to interact with the raw text which makes up the JSON and to investigate invalid JSONs OUTLINE MODE • Perform standard operations: cut, copy, paste, delete, reorder • Edit keys & values • Sort sibling items or the children of a parent item • Sort the entire JSON by tapping the "Key" or "Value" columns • Auto-detect if the document is human readable or compact, and preserve this format • Find & Replace - configure where the Find (and replace) will take place: in "Key" column or "Value" column or both. • Duplicate items • Change font & font size for better readability • Undo & redo • More customization options available in "More ->Settings -> Outline Editor" TEXT MODE • Syntax coloring, auto-indentation and line numbers • Customize the syntax colors, both for the light and dark appearances • Validate the JSON document • Highlight of the validation errors, along with a description of them • Make the JSON document human readable or compact, even if it is not entirely valid • Find & Replace • Change font & font size for better readability • Undo & redo • More customization options available in "More -> Settings -> Text Editor" IMPORTANT: JSON Editor is available as free to download, but a few features are disabled by default: Save documents, Find & Replace, Sort. In order to get the most out of the app, and to enable the aforementioned features, "Premium" is recommended to be purchased ("Premium" is a one-time in-app purchase).

Screenshots

Hexer4 screens
JSON Editor Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JSON Editor Mobile at Free against Hexer's $3.99. JSON Editor Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). Hexer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

JSON Editor Mobile is free to download; Hexer costs $3.99 up front. JSON Editor Mobile sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hexer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hexer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Hexer's written reviews are positive against 60% of JSON Editor Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexer ships an update every 10 months, JSON Editor Mobile every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hexer versus JSON Editor Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexerJSON Editor Mobile
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (26 ratings) — better3.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHans SchuleinVDT LABS S.R.L.

Customer experience

Hexer

All ratings26 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative29.2%

JSON Editor Mobile

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hexer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

JSON Editor Mobile

One-time2
  • Tip$1.99
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Hexer free?
Hexer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JSON Editor Mobile free?
JSON Editor Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hexer or JSON Editor Mobile?
Hexer is rated higher. Hexer averages 4.1 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while JSON Editor Mobile averages 3.9 from 11 ratings.
Do Hexer or JSON Editor Mobile have ads?
Neither Hexer nor JSON Editor Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexer or JSON Editor Mobile?
Hexer ships an update every 10 months, and JSON Editor Mobile every 3 months. Most recently, Hexer was updated on October 20, 2026 and JSON Editor Mobile on October 20, 2026.

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