Comparison

Buffer Editor vs Combine

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

Head to head
About

Buffer Editor

A powerful code and text editor for on-the-go development. Connect to various cloud services and Git repositories, with built-in terminal and extensive syntax highlighting. Offers advanced editing features for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Connect to cloud services and Git
  • Git operations and visual merge tool
  • Built-in SSH terminal
  • Extensive syntax highlighting
  • Live remote file editing
  • Code autocompletion and snippets
Features
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Buffer Editor is a POWERFUL code and text editor that lets you easily develop software, view code or take notes on the go. Enjoy an editing experience that is both versatile and intuitive, and take your productivity to the next level. • Connect to GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Custom Git, Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, SFTP, SSH, and FTP servers • Git Operations for easy repository management • Git Visual Merge Tool to resolve merge conflicts. • Git Visual Branch and Commits History. • Live editing—open, edit, and save files directly to remote services • Network monitoring for remote services (FTP, SFTP, SSH) • Built-in Terminal (SSH Client) with multiple terminals in tabs. • Syntax highlighting & code autocomplete: ASP, AWK, ActionScript, Ada, Arduino, Bash, C, C++, C#, Clojure, Cobol, CSS, D, Dart, Dockerfile, Erlang, F#, Fortran, Gherkin, Go, HAML, Haskell, HTML (4 & 5), INI, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Kotlin, LaTeX, Common Lisp, Lua, Markdown, MATLAB, MQL (4 & 5), NSIS, Objective-C, Org Mode, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Progress, Prolog, Pug, Puppet, Python, Q/kdb+, R, reStructuredText, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Solidity, SQL, Stata, Swift, Terraform, TypeScript, TypeScript React, Verilog, VHDL, Visual Basic, Vue, x86 ASM, XML • Vim mode support • Symbol navigator / document outline • Code autocompletion, with custom snippets. • Find & replace with regular expression support • Recursive file and content search—match and jump to any file at a specific line • Find references in file and jump to any file • Bracket matching and highlighting • Line and word wrapping • Unicode support • Multiple windows, Split View, and Slide Over support • Tabs with automatic restore—quickly switch between files and terminals • Full screen mode • Extended keyboard with coding keys • Bluetooth keyboard support with shortcuts manager • Customizable fonts, font sizes, and over 300 dark and light themes • Full iOS Files integration—link external folders, open multiple files, import from any supported cloud provider • Local and Remote Preview for websites(HTML,JS,CSS) • Preview images, PDFs, movies, and documents • Send files by email • iOS "Open In" support (to and from other apps) • Touch ID / Face ID protection SUBSCRIPTION: - You can subscribe for Pro access to all app’s features. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. By using the app, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://www.buffereditor.com/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Combine

Transform your mobile device into a professional coding studio. This app offers advanced code editing, live previews, and comprehensive Git integration for developers on the go. Work offline, debug efficiently, and manage your projects seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Expert syntax highlighting and code completion
  • Offline coding and live web preview
  • Advanced Git repository management
  • Smart auto-completion and code folding
  • Live element inspection and debugging tools
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Network monitor and web audit reports
Features
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Professional coding with zero compromises. Turn your iPhone or iPad into a professional development studio. Code offline anywhere, run code, preview web projects live, seamlessly manage Git repositories, and use advanced debugging tools to accelerate your workflow. CODE EDITOR • Expert syntax highlighting and intelligent code completion for over 85 programming languages. • Code completely offline: no account or internet connection needed. • Choose from 70 exclusive themes or create your own custom themes with over 200 customizable elements. • Smart auto-completion with auto-closing brackets/quotes/comments, auto-indent, auto-surround, and bracket pair colorization. • Choose from over 160 quick actions for your customizable toolbar including running code, undo, redo, character insertion, text transformation, and so much more. • Live web preview: render HTML, CSS, and Markdown with instant updates. Load CSS files directly from your device to see changes in real-time. • Smart element inspection: tap any element in the live preview for instant highlighting with size, role, and layout details. Long-press to dive deeper and review computed styles, bounding box data, and the complete DOM hierarchy. • Code execution: run JavaScript as a standalone script or within HTML previews for full DOM interactivity. Review real-time console logs, errors, and warnings as they happen. • Comprehensive web audit: get scored reports in live previews across four key categories - accessibility, best practices, PWA readiness, and SEO. • Network monitor: capture all HTTP requests with headers, timing, and response data. Export as Curl commands or HAR files for streamlined collaboration and debugging. • Share live previews as images and PDFs, and instantly transform Markdown to HTML. • Advanced find and replace with regex support, case matching, selection limiting, and search history. • Fully customizable with hundreds of settings synced across all your devices. • Real-time error detection and code validation with on-demand code review. • Multi-cursor support: use up to 100 cursors simultaneously for rapid text editing. • Intelligent code folding with customizable strategies. • Live minimap and slider, with real-time rendering of actual characters or color blocks. • Choose from 90 font families with dynamic sizing and endless colors. • Powerful diff editor with customizable algorithms and conflict resolution. • Use standard, interval, or relative line numbers, or none at all. • Real-time fading of unused code and strikethrough of deprecated code. • Optimized for large documents and high performance. • Advanced features: sticky/smooth scrolling, read-only mode, tab completion and sticky tab stops, and indentation detection. • Professional customization: placeholders, word-wrapping, encoding methods, whitespace rendering, variable line-height, and cursor styling. GIT CLIENT • Complete Git workflow: create, clone, fetch, push, pull, and manage repositories. • Secure authentication: use personal access tokens or SSH keys, securely stored in iCloud Keychain with end-to-end encryption. • Full branch management: view, checkout, merge, rebase, rename, and reset branches. • Advanced operations: stage and commit changes, stash work for later, and resolve conflicts. • Manage commits: view, amend, checkout, cherry-pick, and revert commits. • Powerful comparisons: compare branches, commits, and tags. • Repository insights: browse commit history, view diffs, create and manage tags, and configure multiple remotes. • Performance tools: prune references and view branch reflogs. FILE MANAGER • Native iOS Files integration: your documents and repositories work with any app and sync across all your devices. • Complete file operations: browse, add, delete, move, search, share, sort, and tag documents. Privacy Policy: https://www.combineeditor.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.combineeditor.com/terms

Screenshots

Buffer Editor4 screens
Combine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Combine at 100% against Buffer Editor's 56%. Combine also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and monetization model (freemium vs subscription). Buffer Editor's advantage is ratings volume (157 vs 7) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). 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. Buffer Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Combine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Combine holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buffer Editor has 157 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Buffer Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Combine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buffer Editor ships an update every 4 days, Combine every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Buffer Editor versus Combine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuffer EditorCombine
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (157 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings157 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#151 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlakzero OyMargins Technologies LLC

Customer experience

Buffer Editor

All ratings157 ratings
Positive69.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews221 reviews
Positive56.1%
Neutral14.9%
Negative29.0%

Combine

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Buffer Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when switching between apps
  • Losing work due to save issues
  • Incorrect parameter errors when editing files
  • Broken Bitbucket/GitHub authentication

Requested features

6 requests
  • Integrated terminal/Linux shell
  • GitHub/GitLab workflow integration
  • Ability to run/compile code
  • Better file management options
  • More keyboard shortcuts and customization
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  • Improved syntax highlighting and auto-complete

Combine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Buffer Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Combine

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Buffer Editor free?
Buffer Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Combine free?
Combine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Buffer Editor or Combine?
Combine is rated higher. Buffer Editor averages 3.9 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Combine averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Buffer Editor or Combine have ads?
Neither Buffer Editor nor Combine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buffer Editor or Combine?
Buffer Editor ships an update every 4 days, and Combine every 8 days. Most recently, Buffer Editor was updated on September 30, 2026 and Combine on September 23, 2026.

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