Runestone Text Editor vs O
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
O
Monitor your home remotely with real-time video surveillance. Access cloud storage, receive alarm notifications, and communicate via two-way audio. Capture photos and videos for convenient home management.
- Real-time video monitoring
- Cloud storage playback
- Alarm push notifications
- Two-way voice intercom
- Photo and video capture
- Simple operation and design
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O-KAM Pro, feel home anytime, anywhere. A remote video surveillance software used with the camera can help you check the dynamics of your home at any time after adding the camera. With real-time video, cloud storage playback, alarm push, two-way voice intercom, as well as photo and video and other functions. APP has simple operation and simple design, which can help you manage and use it more conveniently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Runestone Text Editor at none against O's shown. Runestone Text Editor also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 63%). O's advantage is chart position (#6 vs #45) and ratings volume (8.6K vs 2K). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and O sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Runestone Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2K and 8.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Runestone Text Editor's written reviews are positive against 63% of O's.
Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, O fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Runestone Text Editor | O |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better | 62.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K | 8.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #45 | #6 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 366 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Simon B. Støvring | Shenzhen VeePai IoT Intelligent Technology LLC |
Customer experience
Runestone Text Editor
O
User reviews
Runestone Text Editor
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Excellent text editor
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive
- 🎨 Customizable themes and appearance
- 🔒 Secure file storage and sync
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🔍 Difficulty navigating files/folders
- 📝 Limited functionality without premium
- 🔌 Performance issues on older devices
- 🔒 Difficulty accessing files in cloud storage
O
From 8.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Great picture quality
- 🚀 Excellent value
- 🚀 Reliable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable motion detection
- 🔋 Battery life concerns
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate app
- 💸 Expensive subscription
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
O
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Inability to view recorded footage
- Inconsistent camera performance after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Easier cloud storage management
- Improved motion detection sensitivity
- More customization options
- Ability to disable microphone/speakers
- Smoother app performance
In-app purchases
Runestone Text Editor
- Premium$9.99
O
- monthly card-7(SA tryout)$0.99
- monthly card-7(tryout)$0.99
- monthly card-7(EU tryout)$0.99
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- monthly card-7(JP tryout)$0.99
- monthly card-7(AE tryout)$0.99
- monthly card$1.99
- monthly card2 variants$2.99
- monthly card(JP)-7$2.99
- monthly card- 7$3.99
- monthly card- 30$4.99
- monthly card2 variants$5.99
- monthly card(JP)- 30$5.99
- monthly card(SA)- 30$5.99
- half year card$6.99
- monthly card(AE)-30$7.99
- yearly card$12.99
- half year card$14.99
- yearly card$24.99
- half year card -7$28.99
- half year card$31.99
- yearly card$49.99
- yearly card - 7$49.99
- half year card -30$74.99







