Developer vs tldr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Developer
Access a comprehensive collection of cheat sheets for various development technologies and languages. Quickly find syntax, commands, and references for web development, programming, databases, and more.
- Extensive cheat sheet library
- Web development references
- Programming language guides
- Database syntax
- Developer tools shortcuts
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Collect some cheat sheet for developer. Cheat Sheet List: ASP CSS HTML JavaScript Microformats mod_rewrite MySQL PHP Python Regular-Expressions Ruby On Rails SQL Server Subversion HTML5 Canvas Cheat Sheet RGB Colour Codes Html Character Entities Ruby On Rails Web Applications Vim Graphical Cheat Sheet Prototype JavaScript Library jQuery JavaScript Library Git Cheat Sheet Firebird ActionScript 3 Drupal Cheat Sheet Mercurial Usage Mercurial QuickStart ASP.NET 2.0 life cycle Wordpress Cheat Sheet Smarty Cheat Sheet PHP Advanced Cheat Sheet PHP Basic Cheat Sheet GAE For Python Django Cheat Sheet Xcode 4 Keyboard Shortcuts Fedora 15 Cheat Sheet Flex 3 Blueprint CSS C Reference Core CSharp and .NET Quick Reference C++ Reference Design Patterns Erlang CheatSheet HTTP Response Code PostgreSQL Shell Cheat Sheet Ubuntu Reference Ruby HTML5 Cheat Sheet
tldr
This app provides a crowd-sourced collection of simplified command-line manual pages. It offers concise explanations for Unix commands, making them easier to understand than traditional man pages.
- Concise command explanations
- Crowd-sourced content
- Simplified man pages
- Easy-to-understand examples
- Offline access to pages
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"tldr-pages" is a crowd-sourced collection of concise man-pages, for when the traditional manuals are just too much. This app is a client for viewing those tldr-pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: tldr at 4.8 against Developer's 4.4. tldr also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 58%) and ratings volume (33 vs 9). Developer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
tldr holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Developer's written reviews are positive against 75% of tldr's.
Developer ships an update monthly, tldr every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Developer | tldr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 国强 钱 | Matthew Flint |
Customer experience
Developer
tldr
In-app purchases
Developer
No in-app purchases
tldr
No in-app purchases
