Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs DevTime

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

DevTime

Features
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DevTime is the essential date converter, timestamp calculator, and time toolkit designed specifically for developers. Paste any timestamp, date string, or duration — DevTime instantly converts it across every format you work with. Whether you need a reliable unix timestamp converter, an epoch converter, or a tool to parse complex date-time strings, DevTime handles it all in real time. SMART INPUT DETECTION Type or paste anything into the date converter: • Unix seconds or milliseconds • ISO 8601 & RFC 2822 strings • Natural-language expressions (e.g., "Monday", "3 weeks") • Durations (e.g., "90 minutes") 9 LIVE RESULT CARDS • Unix Timestamp Converter: Instantly switch between seconds, milliseconds, and relative time. • Date Converter & Parsing: Convert to ISO 8601, RFC 2822, SQL, HTTP Cookie, US, EU, and custom patterns. • Date Components: View year, month, day, weekday, hour, minute, second, quarter, and week number. • Ordinal Date: ISO ordinal, day of year, and ISO week. • Julian Date: Julian Day Number (JDN). • Date Arithmetic & Calculation: Add or subtract any combination of time units with live cumulative results. • World Clock & Timezone Converter: Compare your datetime across any global timezone. • Alternate Calendars: Convert dates to Hebrew, Persian (Solar Hijri), and Islamic (Tabular) formats. • Duration Converter: Convert any duration to milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and years. COPY & LOOP-BACK Every value has a one-tap copy button. The loop-back button sends any conversion result back into the input field so you can chain your date-time conversions without retyping. DESIGNED FOR DEVELOPERS • Monospace values for easy reading • Sleek dark interface • No account required • Core features work entirely offline • Privacy-focused: analytics are used solely to improve app stability and performance

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
DevTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DevTime at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. Runestone Text Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#34 vs unranked). On price 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. DevTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Runestone Text Editor versus DevTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorDevTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#34 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. StøvringEnrico Morotti

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

DevTime

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

DevTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DevTime free?
DevTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Runestone Text Editor or DevTime have ads?
DevTime shows ads; Runestone Text Editor does not.

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