Comparison

HTML editor App vs HTML Designer Pro

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

Head to head
About

HTML editor App

Features
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Features - Preview(html) - Auto completion(html and css) - Auto Indent - Auto save - Highlighting - Undo Redo - Java Features

About

HTML Designer Pro

Edit text-based documents with syntax highlighting for various languages. Upload and close files directly from the app, supporting FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV. Includes live HTML preview for efficient file tweaking.

Highlights
  • Integrated text editor
  • Syntax highlighting
  • FTP, SFTP, WebDAV support
  • Live HTML preview
  • Multiple text file formats
Features
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HTML Designer is a complete web workshop for iPhone and iPad: write the code, watch the page render beside it, then publish straight to your own server. WRITE THE CODE • A real code editor, with syntax colouring for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP • Line numbers, re-indent, find and replace, and find across the whole project • Snippets with trigger keys: type a short key, press Tab, get the block • An HTML validator that lists what is wrong and takes you to the line SEE IT AS YOU TYPE • The preview serves your site from a real local web server, so relative links, images, stylesheets and scripts behave exactly as they will online • PHP pages render through that server too, and Markdown files get a properly rendered preview • Code, Split or Preview — panes side by side or stacked, whichever suits the screen • Inspect: tap an element in the preview and land on its tag in the source • Edit Text: retype wording on the rendered page and the source updates with it PUBLISH TO YOUR SERVER • FTP, FTPS and SFTP built in — no separate client, no export step • Every file shows its sync state: to upload, to download, in sync, or changed on both sides • Publish sends everything you changed in one go • Check Online tells you whether the live site is really answering AN ASSISTANT THAT WRITES FILES • Ask for a change in plain words; the assistant creates and updates real files in your project folder — HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SVG • Bring your own key: Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), or Apple Intelligence running entirely on-device • Keys are kept in the iOS Keychain and nowhere else THE TOOLBOX • DOM outline of the open document • Elements library: HTML tags, form controls, CSS properties, PHP and Markdown blocks, ready to insert • CSS Designer: every selector in the file, every declaration, editable • Snippets panel BUILT FOR iPad • Files, editor and preview side by side • Two projects open in two windows at the same time • Hardware keyboard shortcuts throughout A sample site ships with the app, so there is a real project to open the first time you launch it. Universal purchase: buy once, and the Mac version is included.

Screenshots

HTML editor App4 screens
HTML Designer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HTML Designer Pro at every 2 months against HTML editor App's every 17 months. HTML editor App's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HTML editor App ships an update every 17 months, HTML Designer Pro every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HTML editor App versus HTML Designer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHTML editor AppHTML Designer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeticia VilaRainbowFactory LTD

In-app purchases

None

HTML editor App

No in-app purchases

None

HTML Designer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HTML editor App free?
HTML editor App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HTML Designer Pro free?
HTML Designer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HTML editor App or HTML Designer Pro have ads?
Neither HTML editor App nor HTML Designer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HTML editor App or HTML Designer Pro?
HTML editor App ships an update every 17 months, and HTML Designer Pro every 2 months. Most recently, HTML editor App was updated on November 3, 2026 and HTML Designer Pro on November 3, 2026.

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