Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs March BMS

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

March BMS

Features
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一款专门为电池保护板开发的APP,主要用来读取锂电池各串电池电压,充放电电流、保护状态,以及电池保护板的参数设置功能,让用户能够清晰的了解电池的状态,保障电池的使用安全。通过加入仪表板、电量、温度显示等功能,让用户更好的了解状态。

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
March BMS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: March BMS at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. March BMS also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Runestone Text Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#44 vs unranked). On price and update cadence 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. March BMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, March BMS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Runestone Text Editor versus March BMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorMarch BMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#44 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. Støvring杰 王

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

March BMS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

March BMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is March BMS free?
March BMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Runestone Text Editor or March BMS have ads?
March BMS shows ads; Runestone Text Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Runestone Text Editor or March BMS?
Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and March BMS fortnightly. Most recently, Runestone Text Editor was updated on September 23, 2026 and March BMS on September 18, 2026.

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