Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs MarkGit

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

Head to head
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

About

MarkGit

A mobile application that combines a Git client with a code editor, offering touchscreen-friendly Git operations and text editing features. It supports various Git services and authentication methods, along with syntax highlighting and code execution.

Highlights
  • Git operations (clone, commit, push, pull, merge)
  • Support for GitHub, GitLab, Gitee, and self-hosted Git
  • OAuth, token, and SSH key authentication
  • Syntax highlighting and auto-complete
  • HTML and Markdown preview
  • Direct code execution for Python and JavaScript
Features
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A touchscreen-friendly git client and code editor. Features - Git operations: - clone, commit, fetch, pull, merge, push, rebase, stash, file history, add/remove remote ... - supports github, gitlab, gitee and your self-hosted git services; - various authentication: oAuth, token and SSH key; - sync submodules; - Text editor: - syntax highlighting; - auto-complete for Python, javascript/Typescript, HTML; - simple and fast text search; - touchscreen-friendly; - preview html and markdown documents; - Working together with other apps: - open file system, can be opened in files and other apps; - can open repositories created by other apps as well; - Able to run code directly in a few programming languages including Python, javascript/typescript;

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
MarkGit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Runestone Text Editor at Free against MarkGit's $2.99. Runestone Text Editor also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). MarkGit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads, device support 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

Runestone Text Editor is free to download; MarkGit costs $2.99 up front. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MarkGit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MarkGit 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Runestone Text Editor's written reviews are positive against 80% of MarkGit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, MarkGit monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Runestone Text Editor versus MarkGit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorMarkGit
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (2K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#26 — better#196
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB240 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. Støvring淑敏 孙

Customer experience

Runestone Text Editor

All ratings1,962 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews353 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative14.2%

MarkGit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and 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

MarkGit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

MarkGit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkGit free?
MarkGit costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Runestone Text Editor or MarkGit?
MarkGit is rated higher. Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while MarkGit averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Runestone Text Editor or MarkGit have ads?
Neither Runestone Text Editor nor MarkGit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Runestone Text Editor or MarkGit?
Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and MarkGit monthly. Most recently, Runestone Text Editor was updated on October 10, 2026 and MarkGit on October 5, 2026.
Which is more popular, Runestone Text Editor or MarkGit?
Runestone Text Editor currently peaks at #26 in the App Store charts, and MarkGit at #196. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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