Comparison

Runestone Text Editor vs Nightwatch for Agents

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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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

Nightwatch for Agents

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Nightwatch는 Mac에서 실행 중인 Claude Code와 Codex 세션을 iPhone에서 보여 줍니다. 충전 중인 iPhone을 가로로 세워 두면 조용한 침대 옆 대시보드가 되고, 자리를 비우면 세션이 끝나거나 사용자가 필요할 때 알려 줍니다. 보이는 정보 • 모든 세션의 상태: 작업 중, 응답 필요, 완료, 실패 • 에이전트가 지금 하는 일(예: "Bash: npm test"), 현재 턴이 진행된 시간, Claude의 작업 목록 진행률 • 어두운 방에서는 흐린 빨간색으로 바뀌는 밤하늘 시계 스탠바이 대시보드 • 홈 화면, 잠금 화면, 스탠바이 위젯 • 잠금 화면과 Dynamic Island의 실시간 현황 iPhone에서 승인 자리 비움 모드를 켜면 Claude Code의 권한 요청이 iPhone에서 사용자를 기다립니다. 잠금 화면에서 바로 허용하거나 거부할 수 있고, 앱이나 알림에서 '항상 허용'을 선택하면 그 명령에 대해 다시 묻지 않습니다. 연결 방식 Nightwatch는 Mac용 무료 앱 Nightwatch Relay와 연결됩니다(nightwatch-daily.app에서 다운로드). QR 코드를 한 번만 스캔하면 됩니다. 세션 정보는 사용자의 네트워크를 통해 암호화되어 Mac에서 iPhone으로 전달되며, iPhone은 사용자 Mac의 인증서만 신뢰합니다. 계정이나 가입이 필요 없습니다. Mac 없이도 내장된 데모 세션으로 먼저 체험해 볼 수 있습니다. Nightwatch는 독립 개발 앱이며 Anthropic 또는 OpenAI와 제휴 관계가 없습니다.

Screenshots

Runestone Text Editor4 screens
Nightwatch for Agents4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nightwatch for Agents at none against Runestone Text Editor's 1. Runestone Text Editor's advantage is chart position (#42 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 1). On price and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Runestone Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nightwatch for Agents asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Runestone Text Editor versus Nightwatch for Agents: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunestone Text EditorNightwatch for Agents
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon B. Støvringsungmin Hong

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

Nightwatch for Agents

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Runestone Text Editor

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

Nightwatch for Agents

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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