iEditor vs XmlPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iEditor
A fast and simple text and source code editor for iPhone and iPad. It allows users to create, import, edit, and manage various file types with features like syntax highlighting, search/replace, and export options.
- Create and import text/source code files
- Syntax highlighting for C, Java, HTML
- Search and replace functionality
- Export files to PDF or JPEG
- File management (add, delete, rename, sort)
- View multiple file formats
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Voted No. 1 text and source code editor on iPhone/iPad. Simple and fast. iEditor is a text file and source code editing tool on iPhone and iPad. You can use iEditor to: - Create a new text or source code file. - Import files from various locations through Document Browser. - Support Syntax Highlighting for C, Java, HTML files. - Edit text based files and source codes. Supported files include: TXT files, C source codes, HTML files, JAVA source codes, log files, Shell scripts, etc. - Support Search/Replace within a text file. - Support to export a text based file to a PDF or a JPEG file. - Support to Print a file. - Support to Email a file. - Support File Management including: Add/Delete/Rename/Sort files. - Support to view many file formats, including: DOC, EXCEL, PPT, PDF, image files, video files, etc. - Support to open a file in another App. - Support to save an image to your Photo Album. With its simple interfaces, iEditor provides the easiest way to edit text and source code files on iPhone and iPad. If you have any questions, please visit: http://www.comcsoft.com/Portfolio/our_apps/iEditor/iEditor_overview.php.
XmlPad
A professional XML editor for mobile devices, offering both text and tabular views for efficient document processing. It includes syntax highlighting, autocompletion, and validation against various schemas. Run XQuery and XSLT transformations directly within the app.
- Text editor with syntax highlighting
- Tabular view for XML processing
- XML validation against DTD, XSD, RelaxNG, Schematron
- XQuery and XSLT transformation support
- Built-in command console
- Synchronized text and table views
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XmlPad is a professional editor for XML docs processing which allows presenting the data in tabular style. It includes a text editor with syntax highlighting, string numeration, collapsing and element autocompletion options. It is integrated with full-function table editor which considerably simplifies the documents processing at the tablet device. It maintains autoformatting and XML validation under the specified DTD, XSD, RelaxNG, and Schematron schemas while representing errors in the documents text at the same time. It allows to run XQuery queries and XSLT transforms. Built-in command console lets to run curl and base file commands. The table editor allows creating xml docs at several touches, it has a content panning function and is synchronized with document textual view. You are also able to switch the table and the text views of the document while making alterations where it is convenient at the moment. Visit http://xmlpad-mobile.com website to see the video presenting XmlPad capabilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: XmlPad at none against iEditor's shown. XmlPad also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). iEditor's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 33%) and ratings volume (189 vs 7). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iEditor holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iEditor has 189 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of iEditor's written reviews are positive against 33% of XmlPad's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iEditor | XmlPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (189 ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 189 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ComcSoft Corporation | Semyon Chertkov |
Customer experience
iEditor
XmlPad
Bugs and requests
iEditor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to save edited files
- Text disappearing during editing
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Autosave functionality
- Support for more file formats
- Syntax highlighting for code
- Cloud/iCloud integration
XmlPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iEditor
No in-app purchases
XmlPad
No in-app purchases
