DevSnippets vs Xlist
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
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.
- Manage multiple Alist servers
- Online file previewing
- Video and document format support
- File download, rename, move, copy
- Background download function
- Subtitle plugin support
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DevSnippets at none against Xlist's 1. DevSnippets also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). Xlist's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and ratings volume (42 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DevSnippets asks for nothing beyond the download.
Xlist holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xlist has 42 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 71% of Xlist's.
DevSnippets ships an update every 4 days, Xlist every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DevSnippets | Xlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel ILLESCAS ROMERO | BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd. |
Customer experience
DevSnippets
Xlist
In-app purchases
DevSnippets
No in-app purchases
Xlist
- Xlist Premium$4.99
