CodingKeys vs MobileCode Code Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CodingKeys
Enhance your coding speed on iOS with a custom keyboard extension. Quickly insert code snippets and access special characters for supported languages. The keyboard intelligently switches back to alphanumeric input and smartly moves your cursor.
- Custom keyboard extension for iOS
- Quick code snippet insertion
- Support for Swift and Markdown
- Access to additional keywords and symbols
- Automatic alphanumeric keyboard switching
- Smart cursor movement
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CodingKeys is a productivity keyboard to speed up typing code in iOS. Quickly type your code snippets in Notes, iMessage, or any iOS app by installing the custom keyboard extension in your Settings. Currently supported languages are Swift and Markdown, with more to be added in the near future! Hold down keys to select additional keywords and symbols. CodingKeys automatically switches back to your Alphanumeric keyboard when the context is expecting a normally-typed word. CodingKeys also moves the cursor smartly to the next place you should be typing when inside of closures, parens or conditionals.
MobileCode Code Editor
This code editor redefines mobile coding with features like individual line wrapping, hierarchical collapsing, and a specialized keyboard. It allows you to import code from local files, URLs, or GitHub repositories, enhancing on-the-go productivity.
- Individual line wrapping
- Hierarchical code collapsing
- Keyboard extension with autocorrect
- Import from local files, URLs, and GitHub
- Regex search and replace
- Undo/redo functionality
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MobileCode is a code editor that completely rethinks how coding should work. Why are we tapping around on lines way too long for our screen? Why are we punished severely for typos? Why can't we fit more than one section of code on our screen at once? MobileCode answers all of these questions because it was born out of years of coding on our phone. In fact, MobileCode itself was completely written on a phone! Some of these innovations include: - individual line wrapping, prettified - hierarchical collapsing based on {} and empty lines - keyboard extension - tappable autocorrect - prompt for tapping the start of a line - etc: regex search, regex replace, undo, select, line select, cut/copy/paste Bring code in from local files, or paste a URL, with additional support for GitHub repositories and .zip files. Enough coding on your phone in a way that was designed for computers. Enter a world of new on-the-go productivity with MobileCode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CodingKeys at 5.0 against MobileCode Code Editor's 4.2. CodingKeys also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CodingKeys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CodingKeys ships an update every 6 days, MobileCode Code Editor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CodingKeys | MobileCode Code Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Frascello | Mark Mendell |
Customer experience
CodingKeys
MobileCode Code Editor
In-app purchases
CodingKeys
No in-app purchases
MobileCode Code Editor
No in-app purchases
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