Linux Basics vs RegEx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linux Basics
Learn essential Linux commands and concepts through an interactive, gamified mobile experience. Gain practical, day-to-day knowledge and discover useful tips presented in a fun and engaging format.
- Interactive learning
- Gamified approach
- Practical daily knowledge
- Cool tips
- Easy to learn
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Our new mobile interactive and gamified approach makes it easy and fun to learn Linux usage from the basic, the app gives practical day to day knowledge and cool tips in a gameful way.
RegEx
Master regular expressions with interactive lessons and real-world challenges. This app guides you from beginner to expert, offering hands-on exercises and a live tester to solidify your understanding of complex patterns.
- Step-by-step lessons
- Interactive exercises
- Live regex tester
- Comprehensive topics
- Real-world scenarios
- Progress tracking
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Unlock the full power of Regular Expressions with an interactive learning experience designed for all skill levels. Whether you're a beginner exploring basic patterns or an expert mastering advanced techniques, this app offers structured lessons, interactive exercises, and real-world challenges to build your regex skills. FEATURES: Step-by-Step Lessons – Progress through beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert levels. Interactive Exercises – Test your skills with hands-on regex challenges. Live Regex Tester – Instantly see your patterns in action. Comprehensive Topics – Covers literals, character classes, quantifiers, lookaheads, recursion, and more. Real-World Scenarios – Apply regex to practical coding problems. Progress Tracking – Monitor your learning and advance through levels. Whether you're a developer, data analyst, or just curious about regex, this app makes learning easy, fun, and practical. Download now and start mastering regex today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RegEx at 5.0 against Linux Basics's 4.4. RegEx also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Linux Basics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. RegEx sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Linux Basics asks for nothing beyond the download.
RegEx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Linux Basics's written reviews are positive against 100% of RegEx's.
Linux Basics ships an update every 2 months, RegEx fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linux Basics | RegEx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gabi Karasin | Lee Clayberg |
Customer experience
Linux Basics
RegEx
In-app purchases
Linux Basics
No in-app purchases
RegEx
- Complete the Course$4.99
- Advanced, Expert, Review$4.99
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