Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs Cosmo

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

Cosmo

Features
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We've been there. You need to execute a postman collection asap, but you're away from your desktop. You try the mobile web browser, but it's just not cutting it! Meet Cosmo, Postman's best friend. Cosmo integrates with your Postman account, giving you access to your Postman content on the go. Features include: ** Integration via API key. The key is store securely on your own device, and never leaves. ** Access all of your collections, across all workspaces. ** Modify collection and environment variables locally. ** Configure full or partial collection runs with support for nested folders. ** Or, trigger individual endpoint requests. ** View responses, complete with pass / fail test results. ** Pre and post request scripts will run seamlessly, and update local variable state. There are some tricks Cosmo hasn't learned yet: ** Create, edit, or delete collections and/or requests. ** Save variable modifications to the Postman servers. Only the local instances are updated. ** Team management. No inviting new members, managing members, etc. If you would like to see a new feature, just ask!

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
Cosmo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cosmo at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. Runestone Text Editor's advantage is chart position (#44 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cosmo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Runestone Text Editor versus Cosmo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorCosmo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#44 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. StøvringFetch Cosmo, LLC

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

Cosmo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

Cosmo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cosmo free?
Cosmo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Runestone Text Editor or Cosmo have ads?
Neither Runestone Text Editor nor Cosmo shows ads.

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