Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs Ads Report for Admob

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

Ads Report for Admob

This tool provides developers and publishers with a clear overview of their AdMob earnings. It offers simple reports and charts for analyzing daily and monthly revenue, utilizing official API data.

Highlights
  • AdMob Reports API integration
  • Revenue charts
  • Daily revenue tracking
  • Monthly revenue tracking
  • Raw data reports
Features
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This app is tool is intended for developers or publishers. You can see your net earnings from your apps. You can do simple analysis of the data and see it as simple reports and charts. Features - Supported data sources from AdMob Reports API - Revenue Charts - Daily revenue - Month revenue - Raw data report IMPORTANT: This is NOT official app for viewing AdMob. But it uses official API for both income sources. Please compare data in this app with your data and report any problem you see.

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
Ads Report for Admob4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Runestone Text Editor at 76% against Ads Report for Admob's 14%. Runestone Text Editor also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 and Ads Report for Admob sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Runestone Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Runestone Text Editor has 2.1K ratings behind it against 78, 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 14% of Ads Report for Admob's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, Ads Report for Admob every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Runestone Text Editor versus Ads Report for Admob: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorAds Report for Admob
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better4.0 (78 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews — better13.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.1K — better78
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. StøvringAn Banh

Customer experience

Runestone Text Editor

All ratings1,962 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews365 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative14.2%

Ads Report for Admob

All ratings78 ratings
Positive74.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive13.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative79.3%

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

Ads Report for Admob

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
1 purchases

Ads Report for Admob

One-time1
  • Pro Version$2.99

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ads Report for Admob free?
Ads Report for Admob is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Runestone Text Editor or Ads Report for Admob?
Runestone Text Editor is rated higher. Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Ads Report for Admob averages 4.0 from 78 ratings.
Do Runestone Text Editor or Ads Report for Admob have ads?
Ads Report for Admob shows ads; Runestone Text Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Runestone Text Editor or Ads Report for Admob?
Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ads Report for Admob every 3 weeks. Most recently, Runestone Text Editor was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ads Report for Admob on October 25, 2026.

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