Comparison

Codea vs Measurement Uncertainty GUM

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

Head to head
About

Codea

Create interactive games and visual ideas using a touch-friendly code editor. Build projects with 2D/3D rendering, physics, and export them to create real apps. Supports Lua and GLSL.

Highlights
  • 2D and 3D renderer
  • Touch-based visual editors
  • Lua programming language
  • Export to Xcode
  • Physics engines
  • GLSL shader editor
  • Import assets from Dropbox
Features
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"It’s kind of like the Garage Band of coding." – Wired "Codea for iPad is a super slick way to write and run programs on your iPad." – Gizmodo Codea lets you create games and simulations — or just about any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer. We think Codea is the most beautiful code editor you'll use, and it's easy. Codea is designed to let you touch your code. Want to change a color, or an image? Tapping will bring up visual editors that let you choose exactly what you want. Codea is built on the Lua programming language. A simple, elegant language that doesn't rely too much on symbols — a perfect match for iPad. Here's how you use it: type your code. Press play to watch it run. Interact with it. Get creative. FEATURES • A fully featured 2D and 3D renderer • Lots of great example projects to learn from, including games • Touch your code: tap colors, images and sounds to adjust them • Export your finished projects to Xcode to produce real apps • Complete in-line reference documentation accessible from keyboard • Intelligent syntax highlighting and auto-completing code editor • Import your own assets from Dropbox • Full 2D and 3D physics engines for complex motion • Add parameters so you can tweak variables at runtime • Interact with accelerometer and multi-touch on your device • Generate retro-game sound effects • GLSL Shader Language support with live shader editor • Bluetooth keyboard support and keyboard shortcuts • Air Code: code live from your PC using WiFi • Much, much more IMPORTANT INFORMATION • Join the forums at https://talk.codea.io to ask questions, share ideas and get help when you need it • If you need help or wish to get in contact with us, please use the support link on this page • Privacy policy https://codea.io/privacy • Terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ SUBSCRIPTION • Codea is free to use for projects up to 500 lines, after which you can subscribe to Codea Pro for access to advanced features and unlimited project size • Monthly and yearly plans available • Lifetime one-time purchase also available • Pricing may vary by region. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings.

About

Measurement Uncertainty GUM

Features
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Uncertainty budgets to the GUM (JCGM 100), with the validation record ISO/IEC 17025 asks for — between a home-made spreadsheet and a four-figure desktop licence. The mathematics is public; the pain is not. A self-built sheet invites the question every assessor asks: has it been validated (§7.11)? A desktop package costs more than a small laboratory can justify. And the ILAC P14 rounding is redone by hand every time. ▼ 30 days, every feature, free — no payment details ▼ The thinking behind it The result is never hidden: no blurred numbers, no capped component count. Nor does the app decide conformity — no "OK", no "pass". It gives the value, the reasoning and the dominant term. ▼ What it does Write the model as text — R_std * (1 + alpha * dT) + dR_res — and the app differentiates it for the sensitivity coefficients. No fixed templates, and the usual functions are supported. A syntax error points at the character instead of quietly returning zero. Type A: paste repeated observations for the mean, s, u = s/√n and n−1 degrees of freedom. Type B: U and k from a certificate, a half-width for a rectangular (a/√3), triangular (a/√6) or U-shaped (a/√2) distribution, or a standard uncertainty directly. Correlated inputs: enter r for any pair sharing a cause — the term home-made sheets most often omit. Welch–Satterthwaite effective degrees of freedom and k from the t-distribution, computed rather than read from a table. Coverage probability 68.27 % (k ≈ 1), 95 %, 95.45 %, 99 %, or any value a client specifies. Each component's share of the variance is shown. Monte Carlo (JCGM 101): propagate the distributions instead of linearising and compare both intervals; if the model is markedly non-linear, the app says so. Up to 5 000 000 trials, seed recorded. The reported line, rounded to ILAC P14: U to two significant figures, the measurand to the same decimal place, k and the coverage probability stated. ▼ The ISO/IEC 17025 §7.11 validation record Calculation software must be verified before use and the verification recorded. The app runs built-in cases from the GUM and ILAC P14 and issues a PDF: version, run time, and every case with its expected value, computed value, deviation and verdict, under your laboratory and operator names. Comparisons with published worked examples can be added; that data belongs to its publishers, so you enter it from your own copy. ▼ Outputs Budget PDF with every input value, the model, the sensitivity coefficients and the contributions, so a third party can re-derive the result. Certificate values as a separate short document. CSV with units in the column names. Excel with the formulas still live: change an estimate and the sensitivities, degrees of freedom and k recalculate. ▼ Who it is for Small calibration laboratories and technical managers; independent metrology consultants and quality auditors; laboratories working towards or holding ISO/IEC 17025; quality departments under IATF 16949 or ISO 9001. ▼ Also included Save, duplicate and rename projects, with a confirmation before deleting. Reuse components, models and units from history. Manual sensitivity coefficients. Disable a component temporarily. Free-text units. QR or transfer text moves a budget to another device. Light, dark or system appearance. Optimised for iPad. English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish. Offline; never asks for location, camera or microphone. Subscription (monthly or yearly), charged to your Apple ID and renewing automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. After the trial a subscription is required; there is no reduced free mode. Saved budgets stay readable and your data can always be exported. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://qconp.com/privacy A calculation aid: it does not replace engineering judgement or a conformity decision. Results must be verified by a competent person before use on a calibration certificate or test report.

Screenshots

Codea4 screens
Measurement Uncertainty GUM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Measurement Uncertainty GUM at 15.0 against Codea's 18.5. 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. Codea sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Measurement Uncertainty GUM sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Codea versus Measurement Uncertainty GUM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeaMeasurement Uncertainty GUM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (126 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings126 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwo Lives LeftQAEE CONPUUTENG

Bugs and requests

Codea

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when switching between documents
  • Xcode export not working with latest version of Xcode
  • Keyboard and cursor issues when using Bluetooth keyboard

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to import sounds and 3D models
  • Improve documentation and provide more tutorials
  • Add support for more programming languages beyond Lua

Measurement Uncertainty GUM

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Codea

Subscriptions2
  • Codea Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Codea Pro (Yearly)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Codea Pro Lifetime$99.99
2 purchases

Measurement Uncertainty GUM

Subscriptions2
  • Uncertainty Pro Monthly$15.001 Month
  • Uncertainty Pro Yearly$150.001 Year

Questions

Is Codea free?
Codea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Measurement Uncertainty GUM free?
Measurement Uncertainty GUM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Codea or Measurement Uncertainty GUM have ads?
Neither Codea nor Measurement Uncertainty GUM shows ads.

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