OCaml vs LispPad Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OCaml
Learn and practice OCaml programming with an integrated editor and interactive top-level interpreter. This app provides offline functionality and step-by-step learning modules for variables, conditions, and loops, with new content added regularly.
- Integrated OCaml editor
- Interactive top-level interpreter
- Offline code execution
- Step-by-step learning chapters
- Customizable editor settings
- Save and open .ml files
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The all-in-one OCaml bundle for iOS, iPadOS and macOS! Learn the language and practice with a powerful editor and interactive top level available in the app, working offline. CODE - Write OCaml code directly from the app, and execute it with an interactive top level - Save your code in .ml files to open again them later - No need to install additional tools, OCaml is shipped with the app, and works offline - Customize the editor settings to make it yours LEARN - Learn OCaml step by step with chapters about variables, conditions, loops, … - New chapters are added frequently - It’s quick and easy! Don’t wait, start learning and playing with OCaml for free now! Application developed by Nathan Fallet © 2021 Groupe MINASTE
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LispPad Go at none against OCaml's 3. LispPad Go also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 64%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). OCaml's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. OCaml sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LispPad Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
LispPad Go holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of OCaml's written reviews are positive against 96% of LispPad Go's.
OCaml ships an update monthly, LispPad Go every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OCaml | LispPad Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Groupe MINASTE | Matthias Zenger |
Customer experience
OCaml
LispPad Go
In-app purchases
OCaml
- Donation 1$0.99
- Donation 2$2.99
- Donation 3$4.99
LispPad Go
No in-app purchases









