Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs OffSec ToolBox

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

OffSec ToolBox

Features
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OffSec Tool Box is a fast, fully offline reference for security professionals, students, and CTF players. Every command is copy-ready and comes with an info button that explains what it does and what each flag means, so you learn while you work. WHAT'S INSIDE - CipherBox: encode and decode Base64, URL, hex, ROT13 and more, plus screenshot OCR that auto-detects the encoding and decodes it for you. - Recon and Scanning: discovery, enumeration, vulnerability scanning and OSINT command references. - Payloads, Metasploit and an msfvenom builder for authorised testing. - PrivEsc and Post-Exploitation: Linux and Windows privilege escalation, Active Directory, pivoting. - API testing, password cracking, a subnet calculator, CVSS scoring and a password generator. - Pro+ arsenals: Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes), Red Team by phase, Defense and threat hunting, Wireless, and Exploit Development. BUILT FOR REAL WORK - 100% offline. Nothing is executed by the app and no data ever leaves your device. - An info button on every command with a man-page style synopsis and flag explanations. - Browse by OffSec Phase, by Assessment Type, or star your go-to tools as Favorites for quick reference. FREE, PRO AND PRO+ Start free with the core toolkit. Unlock Pro for the full web, mobile and API testing libraries, or Pro+ for cloud, red team, defense and exploit development. One-time purchases, no subscription. For authorised security testing and education only. Always get permission before testing any system you do not own.

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
OffSec ToolBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Runestone Text Editor at #42 against OffSec ToolBox's unranked. Runestone Text Editor also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and OffSec ToolBox sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Runestone Text Editor versus OffSec ToolBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorOffSec ToolBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. StøvringVinod Kumar Domatoti

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

OffSec ToolBox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
2 purchases

OffSec ToolBox

One-time2
  • OffSec Pro$9.99
  • OffSec Pro+$24.99

Questions

Is Runestone Text Editor free?
Runestone Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OffSec ToolBox free?
OffSec ToolBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Runestone Text Editor or OffSec ToolBox have ads?
Neither Runestone Text Editor nor OffSec ToolBox shows ads.

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