Comparison

Lua IDE vs Carnets

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

Head to head
About

Lua IDE

A mobile integrated development environment for writing and running Lua code. It offers syntax highlighting, module support, and an offline reference manual. Cloud storage integration is also available.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Module support
  • Offline reference manual
  • Works offline
  • Cloud storage support
Features
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• Lua IDE with syntax highlighting • Support requiring modules • Reference manual • Works completely offline • Cloud storage support, including iCloud

About

Carnets

This app offers a full Jupyter notebook experience on your device, ideal for education and research. It includes scientific computation packages like SciPy and scikit-learn, allowing you to write and run Python code offline. Notebooks can be shared and opened from other applications.

Highlights
  • Offline Jupyter notebook execution
  • Includes SciPy, scikit-learn, and Seaborn
  • Embedded Python interpreter
  • Markdown support for text
  • Package management with %pip
  • Notebook sharing and import
Features
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Jupyter notebooks are a powerful tool used in education and research. You can write small snippets of Python code and observe the result on screen, combine with paragraphs of text, using Markdown. Carnets provides a complete, stand-alone, implementation of Jupyter notebooks. Everything runs on your device, using the embedded Python interpreter; you do not need an internet connection. Compared to the standard version (Carnets), this app adds several packages targeted for scientific computation and learning: scipy, sklearn, seaborn and coremltools. You can switch between standard notebooks and the more modern jupyterlab using the Settings app. Of course, all the packages included with the standard app are present too: numpy, simply, matplotlib... To see the full list of installed packages, type "%pip list" in a code window. You can add more packages using "%pip install packageName", but only if they are pure Python. You can share your notebooks with other apps and also open notebooks or directories managed by other apps. Partial list of installed packages: astropy, babel, bokeh, cartopy, cryptography, cvxopt, Fiona, geopandas, geopy, gym, inequality, libpysal, lxml, mapclassify, matplotlib, networkx, nltk, numpy, openCV, pandas, parso, pillow, pyFFTW, pyproj, qutip, rasterio, regex, Rtree, scikit-learn, scipy, seaborn, segregation, shapely, soupsieve, spopt, statsmodels, sympy, wordcloud.

Screenshots

Lua IDE3 screens
Carnets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Carnets at 4.6 against Lua IDE's 3.4. Carnets also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 59%). Lua IDE's advantage is chart position (#210 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Carnets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 87 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Lua IDE's written reviews are positive against 82% of Carnets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lua IDE ships an update every 7 months, Carnets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Lua IDE versus Carnets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLua IDECarnets
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (22 ratings)4.6 (87 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2287 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#210 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2.1 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWenhuan LiNicolas Holzschuch

Customer experience

Lua IDE

All ratings22 ratings
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral14.8%
Negative25.9%

Carnets

All ratings87 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral9.6%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

Lua IDE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Carnets

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to create new notebooks
  • Incompatible with older iOS versions
  • Line breaking issues with external keyboard

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Tensorflow, XGBoost, LightGBM
  • Enable running code in .py files
  • Improve stability and performance
  • Add support for R kernel
  • Provide better file management options

In-app purchases

None

Lua IDE

No in-app purchases

None

Carnets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lua IDE free?
Lua IDE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carnets free?
Carnets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lua IDE or Carnets?
Carnets is rated higher. Lua IDE averages 3.4 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Carnets averages 4.6 from 87 ratings.
Do Lua IDE or Carnets have ads?
Neither Lua IDE nor Carnets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lua IDE or Carnets?
Lua IDE ships an update every 7 months, and Carnets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Lua IDE was updated on September 24, 2026 and Carnets on September 22, 2026.

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