Developer Laboratory vs FTW CODE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Developer Laboratory
This app provides a collection of example code and UI components for iOS developers. It demonstrates various functionalities like app icon creation, image viewing, web page loading, and custom controls. Access the source code to learn implementation details.
- APP icon creation
- Imitation of WeChat Moments
- Web page loading
- Custom UI components
- QR code scanning
- Facial tracking
- Database operations
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iOS Technical Sharing (APP icon creation, imitation of WeChat Moments, imitation of WeChat image viewer, preventing @mentions on Sina Weibo, imitation of Alipay password prompt, imitation of Post Circle, tags, JS interaction + WK, loading web pages, adaptive cell height, embedding video player in TableView to prevent lag, custom beautiful popups, address selection, time selection, color selection, custom navigation control, carousel, QR code scanning, facial tracking, custom camera, ID card photo capture, iOS media player, AVPlayer encapsulation, dropdown selection popup, Snake game, marquee, adaptive height for TableView, native image download caching, folder operations, database operations, third-party login, sharing, payment, Apple installation agreement, data transfer between apps, acknowledgments for support) https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPLaboratory YPLaboratory is the source code for this project. If you want to see how it's implemented, you can click to view the source code. https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPUIKit-ObjC YPUIKit-ObjC is the framework for this project, providing many out-of-the-box functionalities. It includes in-app purchases, subscriptions, prompt dialogs, app info, user agent retrieval, device info, unique identifiers (persistent even after deletion), badges, useful buttons, common categories, MD5, hooks, regular expressions, hashed colors, image matrices, black-and-white images, base64 images, navigation settings, handy input fields, file management, floating draggable buttons, single-line input, multi-line input, loading dialogs, custom dialogs, local logs, marquee, waterfall flow, carousel, image preview, and more.
FTW CODE
Program your Hopper drone with visual block coding or a JavaScript editor. This app incorporates core functions from Google Workbench and aligns with updated FTW Robotics lessons.
- Visual block programming
- JavaScript editor
- Hopper drone compatibility
- Integration with FTW Robotics lessons
- Core functions from Google Workbench
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You can now program your Hopper drone using FTW Code on iPad! Choose between visual block programming or our javascript editor. FTW Code retains the core functions previously found in Google Workbench™ and our lessons at FTW Robotics have been updated to now incorporate FTWCode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FTW CODE at Free against Developer Laboratory's $0.99. FTW CODE also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Developer Laboratory's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads 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
FTW CODE is free to download; Developer Laboratory costs $0.99 up front. Developer Laboratory sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. FTW CODE asks for nothing beyond the download.
FTW CODE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.
Developer Laboratory ships an update monthly, FTW CODE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Developer Laboratory | FTW CODE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 恒盛 程 | FTW ROBOTICS LLC |
Customer experience
Developer Laboratory
FTW CODE
In-app purchases
Developer Laboratory
- 0 ice cola$0.99
- 1 ice cola$0.99
- A sip of iced cola$0.99
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- 一元商品$0.99
- 2 ice cola$1.99
- 3 ice cola$2.99
- 4.16 ice cola$3.99
- 16.5 ice cola$14.99
FTW CODE
No in-app purchases
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