Runestone Text Editor vs Tasks.md
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
Tasks.md
Manage your to-do list using plain text markdown files. This app offers smart task management, organization by categories and tags, and recurring task support. It emphasizes data ownership and privacy, with no subscriptions or ads.
- Markdown file integration
- Smart task management
- Customizable categories and tags
- Recurring tasks
- iCloud sync
- Native iOS and macOS apps
- Privacy-focused, no tracking
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Your Tasks, Your Way. Plain Text Power. Tasks.md is a beautiful, native task manager that works with your markdown files. Keep your tasks in a simple .md file that you own, control, and can access anywhere. WHY TASKS.MD? Own Your Data - Your tasks live in a plain text markdown file you control Zero Lock-In - Works with any markdown file, sync with iCloud, Dropbox, or Git Truly Portable - Open your tasks in any text editor, anywhere Privacy First - No accounts, no servers, no tracking Native & Fast - Built specifically for iOS and macOS with SwiftUI POWERFUL FEATURES Smart Task Management Quick add with categories Mark tasks complete with a tap Edit inline with natural text editing Organize Your Way Create unlimited categories Priority tags (high, medium, low) Due dates and reminders Notes and custom tags Recurring Tasks Daily, weekly, or monthly repeats Automatically recreate completed tasks Perfect for routines and habits Universal & Seamless Native iOS and macOS apps iCloud sync support Works with your existing markdown files Dark mode support PERFECT FOR Developers who love plain text Privacy-conscious users People who want to own their data Anyone who uses markdown already Teams using Git for task tracking Minimalists who value simplicity THE MARKDOWN ADVANTAGE Your tasks are stored in standard markdown format: Version control with Git Easy backup and archival Search with any tool Script and automate No proprietary formats NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED One-time purchase. Own it forever. No monthly fees, no feature paywalls, no ads. Tasks.md: Simple, powerful, and truly yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Runestone Text Editor at Free against Tasks.md's $2.99. Runestone Text Editor also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 2) and chart position (#40 vs unranked). Tasks.md's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On 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
Runestone Text Editor is free to download; Tasks.md costs $2.99 up front. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tasks.md asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tasks.md 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 2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Runestone Text Editor | Tasks.md |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #40 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon B. Støvring | Mason Earl |
Customer experience
Runestone Text Editor
Tasks.md
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
Tasks.md
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Runestone Text Editor
- Premium$9.99
Tasks.md
No in-app purchases
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