Comparison

ReasonML vs LispPad Go

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

Head to head
About

ReasonML

This app serves as a playground for ReasonML, allowing users to convert code between ReasonML and OCaml. It also compiles code to JavaScript and displays the JS console output directly within the application.

Highlights
  • ReasonML to OCaml conversion
  • OCaml to ReasonML conversion
  • Compile to JavaScript
  • View JS console output
Features
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Playground for ReasonML * Convert between ReasonML and OCaml * Compile to JS * View JS console output

About

LispPad Go

This app is a lightweight development environment for writing and running Scheme code on iOS. It features a Scheme interpreter, a console for interaction, and a text editor with syntax highlighting and smart indentation. It supports R7RS standard Scheme with a wide range of libraries, including iOS-specific ones.

Highlights
  • Integrated Scheme interpreter
  • Read-eval-print loop console
  • Syntax highlighting text editor
  • R7RS standard Scheme support
  • iOS-specific libraries
  • Hygienic macros
  • Full numerical tower support
Features
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LispPad Go is a simple, lightweight, integrated development environment for developing and running Scheme code on iOS. The language supported by LispPad Go is based on the R7RS standard of the Scheme programming language. LispPad Go provides the following components: • A fully integrated Scheme interpreter • A console with a read-eval-print loop to interact with the interpreter • A text editor for writing Scheme code, supporting syntax highlighting, smart indentation, parenthesis matching, etc. • A large range of libraries, including iOS-specific libraries e.g. for networking, graphics, audio, databases, archival, text processing, etc. • Support for the Shortcuts app, allowing the execution of LispPad programs as standalone applications The Scheme dialect supported by LispPad Go provides the following features: • R7RS-compliant libraries • Hygienic macros based on syntax-rules • First-class environments • call/cc, dynamic-wind and exceptions • Dynamically-scoped parameters • Multiple return values • Delayed execution via promises and streams • Support for the full numerical tower consisting of arbitrary size integers, rationals, real numbers, and inexact complex numbers. • Unicode strings and characters • Vectors and bytevectors • Text and binary ports • R7RS-compliant extensible records • R6RS-compliant hashtables and enumerations • Threads

Screenshots

ReasonML4 screens
LispPad Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ReasonML at every 2 days against LispPad Go's every 2 months. ReasonML also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). LispPad Go's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ReasonML against 4.9 for LispPad Go. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LispPad Go has 37 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of ReasonML's written reviews are positive against 96% of LispPad Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReasonML ships an update every 2 days, LispPad Go every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ReasonML versus LispPad Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReasonMLLispPad Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better96.3% of reviews
Number of ratings337 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob ParkerMatthias Zenger

Customer experience

ReasonML

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LispPad Go

All ratings37 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ReasonML

No in-app purchases

None

LispPad Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReasonML free?
ReasonML is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LispPad Go free?
LispPad Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ReasonML or LispPad Go?
ReasonML is rated higher. ReasonML averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while LispPad Go averages 4.9 from 37 ratings.
Do ReasonML or LispPad Go have ads?
Neither ReasonML nor LispPad Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReasonML or LispPad Go?
ReasonML ships an update every 2 days, and LispPad Go every 2 months. Most recently, ReasonML was updated on September 20, 2026 and LispPad Go on September 20, 2026.

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