Comparison

TextCode vs Xlist

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

Head to head
About

TextCode

A versatile editor for text, code, and markup with syntax highlighting for numerous programming languages. It includes a file manager for organizing projects and integrates with popular version control services like GitHub.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting for multiple languages
  • Built-in file manager
  • Version control integration (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
  • Regex search and replace
  • Themeable interface
  • Support for various character encodings
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TextCode is a text, code and markup editor with syntax highlighting for developers. It compatible with nearly every programming languages. You can access and organize your files with the built-in file manager. # Text Editor # • Fully Themeable: Have dozens of themes and syntax highlighting for nearly all major languages. • Text Editor: Toggle line numbers, show the hidden characters liks tabs and line breaks, and configurable font. • Code Navigation: You can navigate symbols inside a file by tapping. • Support almost every character encodings: Unicode, Arabic, Baltic Rim, Celtic, Central European, Chinese, Croatian, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Nordic, Portuguese, Romanian, Thai and more. • Supports user defined file types for specified programming language. • Powerful Search: Regular expression search. • Text Replacement: Regex capture groups and back-references. # Version Control # • Integration: Use the built-in github, gitlab and bitbucket services, you can browser repositories and clone (download) repository. • Built-in Git: With the built-in source control manager, you can git push the local changes to your github, gitlab and bitbucket repository. # File Manager # • File creation, deletion, renaming and so on. • Drag and drop to select files and organzie them into folders. • Zip and unzip files locate the file or folder that you want to zip. • Preview markdown and HTML files. ---------------- *UNLOCK ALL FEATURES* One yearly subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices. - Unlock All Themes - Font Customization - Show Line Numbers - Keep the TextCode updates coming $9.49 annually ---------------- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ---- --- Privacy Policy: https://codesload.github.io/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://codesload.github.io/terms.html

About

Xlist

Manage and preview files from multiple Alist servers. Supports online viewing of various document and video formats, along with essential file operations like downloading and renaming.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple Alist servers
  • Online file previewing
  • Video and document format support
  • File download, rename, move, copy
  • Background download function
  • Subtitle plugin support
Features
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Xlist is an Alist client where you can configure multiple Alist servers for file management and previewing, supporting online previewing of multiple video formats and document formats. - Support downloading, renaming, moving and copying of files. - Supports online preview of files in doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf formats. - Supports online preview of most videos such as mp4, mkv, avi, flv, etc. Also supports srt and vtt subtitle plugins. - Support jpg, png, gif and other formats of pictures online preview. - Background download function, you can open the preview file with other apps after the download is completed.

Screenshots

TextCode4 screens
Xlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Xlist at 4.2 against TextCode's 3.0. Xlist also leads on ratings volume (42 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TextCode sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Xlist holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xlist has 42 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TextCode ships an update fortnightly, Xlist every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TextCode versus Xlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextCodeXlist
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.2 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings242 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文亮 马BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd.

Customer experience

TextCode

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Xlist

All ratings41 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TextCode

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.491 Month
  • Annually Subscription$9.491 Year
1 purchases

Xlist

One-time1
  • Xlist Premium$4.99

Questions

Is TextCode free?
TextCode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Xlist free?
Xlist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TextCode or Xlist?
Xlist is rated higher. TextCode averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Xlist averages 4.2 from 42 ratings.
Do TextCode or Xlist have ads?
Neither TextCode nor Xlist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TextCode or Xlist?
TextCode ships an update fortnightly, and Xlist every 11 days. Most recently, TextCode was updated on October 3, 2026 and Xlist on October 9, 2026.

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