Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs Cookie

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

Cookie

Manage your web browser cookies with this open-source tool. Easily view, create, edit, and delete cookies, and import/export them in various formats. Ideal for web development, testing, and enhancing online privacy.

Highlights
  • List all cookies
  • Search cookies
  • Create, edit, delete cookies
  • Import/export cookies
  • Delete all cookies
  • Customizable interface
Features
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Cookie-Editor is designed to have a simple to use interface that let you do most standard cookie operations. It is ideal for developing and testing web pages or even manual management of cookies for your privacy. Be careful! Do not share your cookies with anyone you do not trust! Cookies can contain very sensitive information like your login information. If you share your cookies with someone, they could gain full access to your account and compromise it. Feature list: - List all cookies for the current tab. - Search your cookies. - Create, edit and delete your cookies. - Import and export your cookies in many formats (JSON, Netscape, Header string) - Quickly delete all cookies for the current tab. - Customizable: chose what extra data to see, what theme to use (light or dark), the amount of detail to see (advanced mode). Cookie-Editor can help you: - Develop web pages. - Improve your SEO work. - Manage your cookies for privacy. - Improve your browsing experience. Cookie-Editor believes in privacy. Your Cookies are safe and all of your data remains offline. For all feature requests or bug report, please visit the GitHub repository and fill an issue https://github.com/Moustachauve/cookie-editor

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
Cookie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Runestone Text Editor at 4.7 against Cookie's 3.4. Runestone Text Editor also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Cookie's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, chart position 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. Cookie asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Runestone Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Runestone Text Editor has 2K ratings behind it against 91, 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 40% of Cookie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, Cookie every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Runestone Text Editor versus Cookie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorCookie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2K ratings) — better3.4 (91 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews — better40.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2K — better91
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#35#33 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. StøvringChristophe Gagnier

Customer experience

Runestone Text Editor

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

Cookie

All ratings91 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive40.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative54.5%

User reviews

Runestone Text Editor

From 2K App Store ratings

What 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

Cookie

From 91 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Works for some users
  • 👍 Free and open source
  • 👍 Useful for data migration
  • 👍 Good for privacy control
  • 👍 Works on macOS

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Does not work on iOS 18
  • 🐛 Does not work on newer iOS versions
  • 🐛 Does not work on Sequoia update
  • 🐛 Does not work on MacOS updates
  • 🐛 Extension not loading

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

Cookie

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Extension cannot be loaded
  • Manifest version error
  • No cookies detected
  • Not working on iOS 18
  • Not working on MacOS updates
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  • Not working after Sequoia update
  • Not clearing cookies
  • Not exporting all cookies
  • Hacking/scam reports (potential security issue)

Requested features

6 requests
  • Update for iOS 18 compatibility
  • Update for newer MacOS versions
  • Fix extension loading issues
  • Remove intrusive advertising
  • Improve cookie parsing for import
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  • Add option to show all cookies

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

Cookie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cookie free?
Cookie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Runestone Text Editor or Cookie?
Runestone Text Editor is rated higher. Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Cookie averages 3.4 from 91 ratings.
Do Runestone Text Editor or Cookie have ads?
Neither Runestone Text Editor nor Cookie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Runestone Text Editor or Cookie?
Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cookie every 4 months. Most recently, Runestone Text Editor was updated on October 12, 2026 and Cookie on October 13, 2026.
Which is more popular, Runestone Text Editor or Cookie?
Runestone Text Editor currently peaks at #35 in the App Store charts, and Cookie at #33. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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