Comparison

Linked List vs Runestone Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

Linked List

This app helps developers inspect and manage Apple App Site Association files for domains. It provides a clear view of linked apps, universal linking rules, and supports features like handoff and app clips. You can also create and test custom links, and the app validates your AASA file for potential issues.

Highlights
  • View AASA file contents in a digestible format
  • Identify linked apps and universal linking rules
  • Call outs for handoff, app clip, and shared web credentials
  • Build and maintain custom test links
  • Import test links from pasteboard
  • Validate AASA files on import and continuously
  • Create and modify AASA files within the app
Features
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Linked List lets you examine the contents and features enabled by the Apple App Site Association file for a domain! Features include: - View the outputs of an AASA file in a more digestible (non-JSON) format, including the full set of linked app, the universal linking rules, as well as call outs for handoff, app clip and shared web credential support. - Build and maintain a set of custom test links for each of the domains you’ve linked. Create them manually in app, or import them directly from the pasteboard. You can even share them with others. - Validates your AASA file on import, and continuously thereafter, to help diagnose possible current and future issues. - Background updates will keep your AASA files up to date without any user intervention - Create and modify an AASA file easily, right from the app!

About

Runestone Text Editor

A powerful plain text and code editor for iPhone and iPad. Offers syntax highlighting, line numbers, find and replace, and extensive customization options for developers and writers.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting for many languages
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Advanced find and replace
  • Line numbers and cursor location
  • Code formatting with Prettier.js
  • Multiple windows on iPad
Features
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A plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more. It's like TextEdit but more powerful and optimised for iPhone and iPad. Runestone is made by a single person with a love for text editors and a vision of building the most lightweight text editor for iPhone and iPad that still has the core features for editing code. Features: - Syntax highlighting of many languages including HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, Swift, Python, PHP, YAML, and many more. - Select one of the twelve standard themes including popular themes like Tomorrow, Dracula, Solarized, and One Dark Pro. - Innovative find and replace for searching and modifying text while still viewing your file. - Choose font and font size, including support for custom fonts imported using another third-party app. - Show the line and column the cursor is located on. - Uses the standard document browser for an experience similar to the Files app. - Quickly navigate to a specific line. - Automatically close opening brackets and quotes. - Multiple windows on the iPad. - Format code using Prettier.js. Supported languages include CSS,HTML, JavaScript, JSON, PHP and more. - Choose text encoding between popular encodings like UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, and many more. - Enable or disable autocorrection, autocapitalization, and smart punctuation. - Set default file extension of new files. - Open files in Runestone from the Share Sheet. - Print documents. Premium features: - Choose between eight app icons. - Show line numbers. - Highlight the selected line. - Increase line height and letter spacing. - Disable line wrapping to allow horizontal scrolling. - Show tabs, spaces, and line breaks using a selected symbol. - Enable page guide at a specific column to easily tell when lines are getting too long. - Add vertical and horizontal overscroll. - Remember the selected language per file. - Save file extensions and filenames that should always be treated as plain text files. - Enable soft tabs and choose the width of the tab character. - Specify whether pressing the tab key should insert a tab or indent the line. - Adjust the scaling of Markdown headings and disable highlighting of code blocks in Markdown. Runestone was built on the open-source framework with the same name. Find more information on the Runestone framework at github.com/simonbs/runestone

Screenshots

Linked List4 screens
Runestone Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Linked List at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. Linked List also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Runestone Text Editor's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 1) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Linked List asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Linked List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Runestone Text Editor has 2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Linked List ships an update fortnightly, Runestone Text Editor every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Linked List versus Runestone Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinked ListRunestone Text Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews—76.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#47 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam McGintySimon B. Støvring

Bugs and requests

Linked List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Runestone Text Editor

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Disappearing files
  • Difficulty pasting text
  • Scroll position not saved
  • Hangs on startup
  • Trouble opening large files
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  • Issues after iOS updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Markdown preview
  • Code folding
  • Syntax highlighting for more languages
  • Ability to run/execute code
  • Multiple file/window support
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  • Improved undo/redo functionality

In-app purchases

None

Linked List

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Linked List free?
Linked List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Linked List or Runestone Text Editor?
Linked List is rated higher. Linked List averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 from 2K ratings.
Do Linked List or Runestone Text Editor have ads?
Neither Linked List nor Runestone Text Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Linked List or Runestone Text Editor?
Linked List ships an update fortnightly, and Runestone Text Editor every 2 weeks. Most recently, Linked List was updated on October 21, 2026 and Runestone Text Editor on October 21, 2026.

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