Brainf*ck vs Snippet Dev Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brainf*ck
This tool provides an integrated development environment for an esoteric programming language known for its extreme minimalism. It allows users to write and execute programs using only eight simple commands, challenging and amusing programmers.
- Minimalist command set
- Turing complete language
- Instruction pointer execution
- Byte cell array
- Data pointer movement
- Input/Output streams
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Brain***k IDE is an esoteric programming language created in 1993 by Urban Müller, and is notable for its extreme minimalism. The language consists of only eight simple commands and an instruction pointer. While it is fully Turing complete, it is not intended for practical use, but to challenge and amuse programmers. Brain***k simply requires one to break commands into microscopic steps. The language's name is a reference to the slang term Brain***k, which refers to things so complicated or unusual that they exceed the limits of one's understanding. History In 1992, Urban Müller, a Swiss physics student, took over a small online archive for Amiga software. The archive grew more popular, and was soon mirrored around the world. Today, it is the world's largest Amiga archive, known as Aminet. Müller designed Brain***k with the goal of implementing it with the smallest possible compiler, inspired by the 1024-byte compiler for the FALSE programming language. Müller's original compiler was implemented in machine language and compiled to a binary with a size of 296 bytes. He uploaded the first Brain***k compiler to Aminet in 1993. The program came with a "Readme" file, which briefly described the language, and challenged the reader "Who can program anything useful with it? :)". Müller also included an interpreter and some quite elaborate examples. A second version of the compiler used only 240 bytes. As Aminet grew, the compiler became popular among the Amiga community, and in time it was implemented for other platforms. Several Brainf*ck compilers have been made smaller than 200 bytes, and one is only 100 bytes. Language design The language consists of eight commands, listed below. A Brain***k program is a sequence of these commands, possibly interspersed with other characters (which are ignored). The commands are executed sequentially, with some exceptions: an instruction pointer begins at the first command, and each command it points to is executed, after which it normally moves forward to the next command. The program terminates when the instruction pointer moves past the last command. The Brain***k language uses a simple machine model consisting of the program and instruction pointer, as well as an array of at least 30,000 byte cells initialized to zero; a movable data pointer (initialized to point to the leftmost byte of the array); and two streams of bytes for input and output (most often connected to a keyboard and a monitor respectively, and using the ASCII character encoding). Privacy policy: https://static.macflash.ru/PRIVACY_POLICY_EN Terms of use: https://static.macflash.ru/TERMS_OF_USE_EN
Snippet Dev Tools
A native, cross-platform code snippet manager and developer utility for iOS development. It offers a robust code editor with extensive language support and various built-in developer tools, all while prioritizing user privacy and offline functionality. Data is securely saved locally and synced via iCloud across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
- Cross-platform code snippet management
- 110+ languages with syntax highlighting
- Offline functionality and iCloud sync
- Multiple developer tools (Base64, Hashing, JSON to Model)
- Markdown preview
- Organize snippets with folders and tags
- Status menu bar mode
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Codelime is a native cross platform snippet manager with many dev tools for iOS development. It is universal that works across Mac, iPhone and iPad. - Native first. Codelime is built with native Swift code for true platform experience. - Privacy focused. It works offline, your data remains on your machine and all logic is done offline. - Data is saved locally and synced via your iCloud - Ongoing list of dev tools Code snippet editing - Battle tested editor with over 110+ languages supported and 20 themes for light and dark mode - Advanced settings to adjust font size, line numbers, themes and wrapping - Name and add note to a snippet - Splendid syntax highlighting - Organize snippets into folders and tags - Customize tags with name and colors - Customize folders with name and default language - Create nested folders - Support GitHub markdown and preview markdown - Share snippet - Get summary about number of lines, characters, words in a snippet - Backup all snippets any time - Enable iCloud sync to sync snippets across devices Mac, iPhone and iPad - Quickly search snippets by name, tag and content - Status menu bar mode. You can create and save snippet on the go conveniently in the menu bar. Dev tools - Ongoing list of 7+ dev tools with focus on iOS development - Encode and decode for base64 - Hash with many popular hash functions - Encode and decode URL - Generate asset catalog AppIcon set - Generate model from JSON - Transform text into many cases - Convert number to different number bases For more information, visit https://indiegoodies.com/codelime Terms of use https://indiegoodies.com/codelime/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snippet Dev Tools at 4.9 against Brainf*ck's 2.9. Snippet Dev Tools also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 40%). Brainf*ck's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Brainf*ck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Snippet Dev Tools sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Snippet Dev Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Brainf*ck's written reviews are positive against 67% of Snippet Dev Tools's.
Brainf*ck ships an update every 2 weeks, Snippet Dev Tools monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brainf*ck | Snippet Dev Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | macflash.ru | Khuong Pham |
Customer experience
Brainf*ck
Snippet Dev Tools
In-app purchases
Brainf*ck
- Premium month$1.491 Month
- Premium year$4.991 Year
- Premium unlimited$9.99
Snippet Dev Tools
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$4.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
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