Comparison

Code App vs ViRE

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

Head to head
About

Code App

This app offers a desktop-class code editing experience on iPadOS. It includes built-in runtimes for popular languages like Node.js, Python, and Java, along with advanced features such as autocompletion and Git integration.

Highlights
  • Desktop-class code editor
  • Built-in Node.js, Python, C, C++, PHP, Java runtimes
  • Autocompletion and language features
  • Local file system support
  • SSH/FTP remote connection
  • Embedded terminal
  • Git version control
Features
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Code App is a MIT-licensed desktop-class code editor for iPadOS with built-in Node.js, Python, C, C++, PHP and Java runtime. We built it because there is nothing else on the App Store provides all these features in one app: * A robust, high-performance text editor (Monaco Editor from Visual Studio Code) * Autocomplete, static code analysis and other language features for Python & Java * First class local file system support * Extensive local language support * SSH / FTP remote connection support (Files and terminal) * Embedded emulated terminal * Git Version Control * Package manager support (pip and npm) * Markdown, themes, server-side snippet execution and more Read Code App's documentation: code.thebaselab.com See the project's source code, roadmap, discussion on GitHub: github.com/thebaselab/codeapp Send us an email: support@thebaselab.com Privacy Policy: thebaselab.com/privacypolicies Terms of Use (EULA): www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ViRE

This tool helps you visualize and test regular expressions with a playground environment. It offers features like code completion, interactive cheat sheets, and a powerful replace system with real-time previews. Easily debug and modify text with step-by-step search and replace functionality.

Highlights
  • Readable regex visualization
  • Code complete for operators
  • On-the-go regex unit tests
  • Powerful replace system with preview
  • Step-by-step search and replace
  • Regex scheme visualization
  • Multi-level history
Features
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ViRE is a Visual Regular Expressions tool. Find your perfect way to visualize regular expressions (RegEx), to accomplish RegEx unit tests within the playground environment, to search and replace particular RegEx components with code complete feature, to benefit from interactive RegEx cheat sheet, multi-level RegEx history, and more. We offer a free seven days trial of the app for you to explore all the features mentioned above without limitation. We hope that you’ll love the app. After the trial we offer three subscription options (one month, one year, lifetime) for you to choose to continue using the app. Main Features of ViRE: 1. Regex is finally really readable 2. Code Complete helps to find or recall the right operator (especially over the time) 3. Unit Tests allows to test your regex on the go 4. Replace System is super powerful. It has realtime content preview and allows not only to replace or to reuse capture groups, but also to do unit conversion, number formatting, date conversion, UUIDs insertion, indexes insertion, string capitalization, and others 5. Step-by-Step Search & Replace makes it easy to clean/modify text and debug regex at every step 6. Regex Scheme perfectly visualizes regex flow 7. ViRE History stores as many ViREs as you need ViRE is available on Mac and iPad. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy http://www.invoodoo.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use http://www.invoodoo.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ViRE at Free against Code App's $6.99. Code App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (301 vs 15). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

ViRE is free to download; Code App costs $6.99 up front. ViRE sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Code App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Code App against 4.1 for ViRE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Code App has 301 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Code App's written reviews are positive against 71% of ViRE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Code App versus ViRE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCode AppViRE
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (301 ratings)4.1 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings301 — better15
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size963 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerthebaselab LtdInVooDoo LLC

Customer experience

Code App

All ratings301 ratings
Positive73.4%
Neutral8.3%
Negative18.3%
Written reviews349 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral12.3%
Negative23.8%

ViRE

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Code App

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

ViRE

Subscriptions3
  • Almighty Version: 1-Month$3.991 Month
  • InVooDoo One$5.991 Month
  • Almighty Version: 1-Year$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Almighty Version: Lifetime$199.99

Questions

Is Code App free?
Code App costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ViRE free?
ViRE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Code App or ViRE?
ViRE is rated higher. Code App averages 4.0 out of 5 from 301 ratings, while ViRE averages 4.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Code App or ViRE have ads?
Neither Code App nor ViRE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Code App or ViRE?
Code App ships an update monthly, and ViRE monthly. Most recently, Code App was updated on September 22, 2026 and ViRE on September 19, 2026.

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