Runestone Text Editor vs TruuvAi³
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
TruuvAi³
This AI-powered tool leverages large language models to answer questions, generate creative content like plays, and even produce software code. It can interpret images and organize your Q&A history by subject and context.
- AI-powered Q&A
- Generative AI for content
- Image interpretation
- Software code generation
- Threaded Q&A tracking
- Tagging by subject and context
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TruuvAi is an AI-powered knowledge companion that helps you capture, organize, and expand your understanding across any domain. Whether you are a student, researcher, professional, or lifelong learner, TruuvAi gives you a structured way to build a personal knowledge base backed by the latest large language models. — THREE POWERFUL SECTIONS — SEARCH & TAG Ask any question and receive a rich AI-generated answer rendered in full Markdown — with code syntax highlighting, tables, and formatted lists. Every question-and-answer pair is automatically saved to the current Thread so you can revisit and build on it over time. Tag each response with a Subject, Domain, and Context label, then add a personal Note — turning a raw AI response into a structured piece of knowledge you actually own. A sliding Tag Panel keeps tagging quick and out of the way until you need it. Auto-tagging now extracts tags from any AI response in one tap, so your knowledge base stays organized without the manual effort. Threads keep your lines of inquiry separate and organized. Rename, merge, partially delete, or archive threads from the built-in Thread Manager. A Frame Editor lets you create knowledge frames — hierarchical topic structures that give your threads meaningful context. GENERATIVE AI Generate rich text and images in a single session. Enter a prompt, pick a model, and watch ideas take shape. Generated images can be shared directly from the app or copied to the clipboard alongside the accompanying text. Keyword extraction turns any AI response into a searchable tag set in one tap. CHAT A fully-featured AI chat interface with persistent conversation history. Switch between Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude without losing your session. Copy any exchange to the clipboard, share it via the system share sheet, or refresh a response you are not satisfied with. — KEY FEATURES — • Powered by Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude • Full Markdown rendering with code-block extraction • Auto-tagging — extract tags from any AI response in one tap • Thread management — organize questions into named, reusable threads • Knowledge Frame Editor — build topic hierarchies across threads • Tagging — annotate responses with Subject, Domain, Context, and Note • Image generation and image-aware chat • Share and copy — text, code, and images • Dark and Light mode • Adjustable font size (S / M / L / XL) — preference saved across sessions • Local encrypted database — your data stays on your device • Subscription management via RevenueCat TruuvAi is built by Treillint LLC in Silicon Valley, California. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy; https://treillint.com/privacy-policy Monthly Subscription US$2.99
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Runestone Text Editor at Free against TruuvAi³'s $1.99. Runestone Text Editor also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 1) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). TruuvAi³'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Runestone Text Editor is free to download; TruuvAi³ costs $1.99 up front. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TruuvAi³ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TruuvAi³ 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. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Runestone Text Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of TruuvAi³'s.
Runestone Text Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, TruuvAi³ every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Runestone Text Editor | TruuvAi³ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon B. Støvring | Jean Claude Zabaloff |
Customer experience
Runestone Text Editor
TruuvAi³
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
TruuvAi³
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Runestone Text Editor
- Premium$9.99
TruuvAi³
- Proquo31 Month trial$4.991 Month
- TruuvAi$4.99







