Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs StealthOp

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

StealthOp

This app allows you to hide encrypted text messages and images within seemingly normal text. It uses advanced zero-width character technology and military-grade encryption to ensure your communications are invisible and secure.

Highlights
  • Hide encrypted text messages
  • Embed encrypted images in text
  • Zero-width character steganography
  • RSA 2048-bit encryption
  • Dual contact system with QR key exchange
  • Automatic detection of hidden content
  • End-to-end encryption
Features
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StealthOps - Invisible Secure Messaging StealthOps is an advanced steganography app that allows you to hide encrypted messages and images inside normal-looking text using cutting-edge zero-width character technology. Your secret communications remain completely invisible to anyone without the proper decryption keys. What It Does StealthOps transforms ordinary text like "Hey, how's your day going? Hope you're doing well!" into the exact same looking text that secretly contains hidden encrypted content. The text appears identical, but contains a hidden encrypted message or image that only the intended recipient can reveal. How It Works Zero-Width Steganography: Uses invisible Unicode characters (zero-width spaces, joiners, etc.) to embed data. The hidden content is completely invisible to the human eye and text appears normal in any messaging app, email, or social media. Can be copied, pasted, and shared like regular text. Military-Grade Encryption: RSA 2048-bit encryption protects all hidden content. Public/Private key pairs ensure only intended recipients can decrypt. Each contact has unique encryption keys for maximum security. Messages are encrypted before being hidden in the text. Dual Contact System: Sender Contacts are people who can send you encrypted messages. Receiver Contacts are people you can send encrypted messages to. Easy QR code sharing for exchanging public keys with automatic key management and validation. Key Features Hidden Text Messages: Encrypt secret text inside innocent-looking messages. Perfect for sensitive communications that need to appear normal. Supports any length of hidden content. Hidden Image Encryption: Hide entire images inside plain text messages. Images are compressed, encrypted, and embedded invisibly. Share photos securely without anyone knowing. Contact Management: Add contacts by scanning QR codes or importing public keys. Visual indicators show contact types with secure key exchange process. Smart Detection: Automatically detects if received text contains hidden content. Identifies whether hidden content is text or images with one-tap decryption and viewing. Modern Interface: Clean, intuitive design with dark mode support. Segmented tabs for sent/received content. Real-time encryption status indicators and haptic feedback. Security Features End-to-End Encryption ensures messages are encrypted on your device before hiding. Zero Knowledge means the app never stores or transmits your private keys. Plausible Deniability makes hidden messages completely undetectable. Forward Secrecy uses unique key pairs for each contact. Tamper Detection safely rejects invalid or corrupted hidden content. How to Use Setup: Add contacts by scanning QR codes or importing public keys. Share your key by generating and sharing your public key via QR code. Verify keys to confirm key exchange with your contacts. Sending: Select a receiver contact, enter your secret message or select an image, add innocent-looking cover text, then encrypt and share the normal-looking text anywhere. Receiving: Paste suspicious text into the decode screen, select the sender contact for decryption, tap decode to reveal hidden content, then view the secret message or image. Privacy & Security No Cloud Storage keeps all data on your device. No Analytics means zero telemetry or user tracking. Offline Capable works without internet connectivity. Secure Deletion properly cleans up sensitive data. StealthOps represents the cutting edge of digital steganography, combining advanced Unicode manipulation techniques, robust cryptographic implementations, user-friendly interface design, and cross-platform text compatibility. The app makes military-grade steganography accessible to everyone while maintaining the highest security standards. StealthOps: Where your secrets become invisible.

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
StealthOp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StealthOp at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. StealthOp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Runestone Text Editor's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 1) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). On price and ads 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. StealthOp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StealthOp 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 2.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Runestone Text Editor versus StealthOp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorStealthOp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#39 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. StøvringGrey LLC

Customer experience

Runestone Text Editor

All ratings1,962 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews363 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative14.3%

StealthOp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

StealthOp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

StealthOp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StealthOp free?
StealthOp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Runestone Text Editor or StealthOp?
StealthOp is rated higher. Runestone Text Editor averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while StealthOp averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Runestone Text Editor or StealthOp have ads?
Neither Runestone Text Editor nor StealthOp shows ads.

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