DevSnippets vs Snippety
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DevSnippets
This note-taking application is designed for developers, offering a robust Markdown editor with syntax highlighting for code. It allows for easy export of notes and includes an online code playground for testing. Users can organize notes with folders and customize the appearance with various themes.
- Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
- Online code playground
- Export notes to multiple formats (TXT, MD, HTML, PDF)
- Folder organization
- Favorites section
- Customizable color themes and dark mode
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A notes app for developers! Markdown notes with code snippets and online code compilation. Features: - Markdown Editor with coloured code support, links, images, etc - Export snippets to plain text, Markdown, HTML or PDF - Folders - Code playground (online) - Favorites section - Multilanguage (English, Spanish) - Color Themes - Dark mode and light mode
Snippety
Boost productivity with instant access to reusable text templates and code fragments. Create smart snippets with an AI assistant for tasks like translation and email replies. Seamlessly integrate with any text field via a dedicated keyboard or share menu extension.
- Reusable text and code snippets
- Dedicated keyboard for instant access
- Share menu extension for snippet creation
- AI Assistant for text generation and editing
- Smart placeholders for dynamic templates
- iCloud synchronization across devices
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Stop wasting time typing the same things over and over. Snippety is a powerful text expander and snippet organizer designed to automate your workflow. Instantly access reusable templates for messages, documents, emails, code fragments, developer scripts, marketing details, and more - anywhere you type, paste directly from your keyboard. Snippety integrates seamlessly with every app and text field. Use the dedicated Snippety Keyboard to expand your shortcuts instantly while typing. Want to save something on the fly? Create new snippets directly from any selected text using the Share menu. With native iCloud sync, your entire snippet library is always up to date across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Install Snippety on all your Apple devices for a seamless and unified typing experience. Seamless Integration: • Dedicated Snippety Keyboard to let you access your snippets wherever you type. • Snippety Keyboard lets you easily switch between typing and expanding keywords. Select Snippet Expander, type a predefined keyword, and the snippet will expand automatically. • Snippety Keyboard supports QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, and Dvorak layouts, allowing you to search snippets and fill placeholders directly from the keyboard. • Share menu extension to create text snippets from any application. • Integration with Shortcuts app. • Minimalistic and beautiful design adjusted to light and dark mode. Smart Placeholders: • Create reusable templates by replacing customizable parts with smart placeholders. • Take advantage of 20 smart placeholders: auto-incrementing number, AI assistant, calculated date, calculated time, clipboard content, random value, hyperlink, note, selectable date, selectable value, multiselect, selected text, snippet reference, text transformation, text variable, text variable reference, and multiline text variable. MacOS application supports also script, clipboard history, and file content placeholders. • Avoid repeating the same parameters, with Snippety you can insert the same value into multiple places of your template. • Use conditional blocks to dynamically show or hide parts of your snippet based on provided conditions. • Build reusable parts of your snippets and reference them in other templates. AI Integration: • Enable AI features in all your applications by using AI placeholders. • Access AI directly from Snippety Keyboard without opening the app. • Ask Snippety to generate templates and insert placeholders using AI computing power. • Smart AI assistant placeholder is ready to perform any task for you using the selected text or clipboard content. iCloud Collaboration: • Share selected snippets with co-workers, friends, or across your personal devices, even if they use different Apple IDs. • The new collaboration is built using native Apple technologies, ensuring your data remains secure and never passes through third-party servers. • Control who can access each shared snippet and choose between read-only or write permissions. Flexible: • Syntax highlighting supporting 50+ formats. • Rich Text (RTF), HTML, and Markdown support (with images). Unlimited access: • Sync your snippets seamlessly across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. • Share snippets using secure links. Snippety is free to download and use with up to 8 active snippets. Upgrade to Snippety Pro to unlock: • Unlimited snippets & keyboard usage • iCloud Collaboration • Backup import • Shortcuts integration • Custom AI API integration NOTE: Snippety Keyboard works with snippets in any language, but the keyboard itself allows typing English letters + diacritics. Keyboard input is used to fill placeholders, search, or expand snippets by keyword, and these features are limited to the English alphabet. These limitations do NOT affect the app - only the Snippety Keyboard. Terms of Use: https://snippety.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://snippety.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snippety at 4.8 against DevSnippets's 4.0. Snippety also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ratings volume (71 vs 1). DevSnippets's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Snippety sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DevSnippets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Snippety holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snippety has 71 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of DevSnippets's written reviews are positive against 88% of Snippety's.
DevSnippets ships an update every 4 days, Snippety every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DevSnippets | Snippety |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 88.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 71 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel ILLESCAS ROMERO | Wojciech Kulik |
Customer experience
DevSnippets
Snippety
Bugs and requests
DevSnippets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Snippety
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent clipboard/paste behavior
- Issues with Japanese text input and conversion
Requested features
5 requests- Improved snippet organization (folders, tags, etc.)
- Live auto-suggest or searchable snippet menu
- Ability to insert dynamic file content
- More language support for AI integration
- Option to keep Snippety window open after pasting
In-app purchases
DevSnippets
No in-app purchases
Snippety
- Snippety Pro$2.991 Month
- Snippety Pro$19.991 Year
- Snippety Pro - Mobile$19.99
- Snippety Pro - Upgrade (lifetime)$29.99
- Snippety Pro (lifetime)$49.99









