Scarlet vs WebForge IDE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scarlet
A personal issue tracker designed for solo developers and hobby projects. It saves data locally to a file, eliminating the need for accounts, cloud services, or syncing. Easily manage and close project tasks with simple tagging for organization.
- Personal issue tracker
- Local file saving
- No accounts or cloud services
- Simple task management
- Tagging for organization
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Let's face it, there are a lot of developers who like the idea of an issue tracker, but find it too much effort to use & maintain for solo, indie or hobby projects. Enter Scarlet. Scarlet is a personal issue tracker that saves to a file that you can include in your project directory, or anywhere you prefer. No accounts, no cloud services, no syncing, no third-party integration. Just a simple place to file away your project's to-dos and close them when they're complete. Add tags to an issue to help organize things, and that's it — it really couldn't be simpler.
WebForge IDE
A comprehensive mobile environment for web development, allowing you to code, run, and debug projects directly on your device. It offers a powerful editor, built-in browser with dev tools, and full Git integration without requiring a cloud connection.
- Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting
- Built-in inspect browser with dev tools
- Complete Git support
- On-device NodeJS & PHP project execution
- Code checking with in-editor notices
- Local project cloning and iCloud integration
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A complete, powerful web development environment for iOS. WebForge includes everything you need to develop, run, and debug your web projects on your iPad or iPhone. No cloud needed. Includes: - Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting. - Inspect Browser built-in, providing extensive desktop-class browser dev tools. - Complete Git support - clone, branch, commit, pull, and push. - Run entire NodeJS & PHP projects on-device. Support for includes and a wide variety of extensions. Run on your device in the built-in browser. - Clone projects locally to your device or open code stored on iCloud. - Includes customizable and extensive code checking with in-editor notices to keep your code bug-free. - No cloud needed, everything runs on your device. Easily build fantastic web projects on your iPad and iPhone! Privacy Policy: https://apps.pdyn.net/webforge/privacy Terms of Service: https://apps.pdyn.net/webforge/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WebForge IDE at Free against Scarlet's $2.99. WebForge IDE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Scarlet's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 67%) and ratings volume (293 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
WebForge IDE is free to download; Scarlet costs $2.99 up front. Scarlet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WebForge IDE sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WebForge IDE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scarlet has 293 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Scarlet's written reviews are positive against 67% of WebForge IDE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Scarlet ships an update every 5 months, WebForge IDE fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scarlet | WebForge IDE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (293 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 293 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #88 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | Parallax Dynamics Inc. |
Customer experience
Scarlet
WebForge IDE
Bugs and requests
Scarlet
Reported bugs
4 issues- Data loss when browsing issues
- Added items not saved after closing and reopening
- Only original items persist after multiple sessions
- Permanent data loss during normal usage
Requested features
2 requests- Auto-open last used file on startup
- Support for popular apps and mods installation
WebForge IDE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scarlet
- Scarlet (Full Unlock)$3.99
WebForge IDE
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- SSH PluginFree
- JSHint Plugin$0.99
- Bookmarks Plugin$0.99
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- SQLite3 Plugin$1.99
- Git Plugin$3.99
- PHP Plugin$4.99
- Node.js Plugin$4.99
- Pro Lifetime$79.99
Questions
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