Swifter for SwiftUI vs PSRayTracing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swifter for SwiftUI
This app provides developers with copyable code examples and UI previews to streamline SwiftUI app development. It aims to help users write cleaner code faster, making the most of SwiftUI's capabilities. Includes a note-taking area for project organization.
- Copyable code examples
- UI previews
- Note area
- Streamlined SwiftUI development
- Faster coding
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Swifter helps developers create great app in SwiftUI. By providing copyable code examples and corresponding UI previews, Swifter helps you write your code faster and cleaner. Get the most out of SwiftUI with Swifter. Key features: - Copyable code examples - UI previews - Note area - And a lot more... Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PSRayTracing
This application provides a graphical interface for a ray tracing engine, designed to render images faster than reference code. It includes features like threading and render progress visualization, based on "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" books.
- GUI frontend for ray tracing
- Faster rendering than reference code
- Threading support
- Render progress visualization
- Toggle-able features
- Based on "Ray Tracing in One Weekend"
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This is a GUI frontend for the PSRayTracing implementation of the "Ray Tracing in One Weekend" books by Peter Shirley (and others). Which renders the images in the book faster than the reference code, but also offers other features (e.g. threading, render progress, toggle-able and more). The source code for this program, as well as a report auditing all of the changes/improvements, is freely available at: https://github.com/define-private-public/PSRayTracing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PSRayTracing at 5.0 against Swifter for SwiftUI's 3.1. PSRayTracing also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Swifter for SwiftUI's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 30 months) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Swifter for SwiftUI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PSRayTracing asks for nothing beyond the download.
PSRayTracing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Swifter for SwiftUI's written reviews are positive against 100% of PSRayTracing's.
Swifter for SwiftUI ships an update weekly, PSRayTracing every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swifter for SwiftUI | PSRayTracing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #151 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wido | Benjamin Summerton |
Customer experience
Swifter for SwiftUI
PSRayTracing
In-app purchases
Swifter for SwiftUI
- All Access Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
- All Access Annually14 Days trial$9.991 Year
PSRayTracing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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