iCodeEditor vs Debotha
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCodeEditor
This app is a compact and powerful code editor and file manager. It allows for parallel file editing with diff operations, direct execution of Ruby and Lua code, and efficient file organization. It also offers advanced searching and navigation features for source code and documents.
- Parallel file editing with diff
- Direct Ruby and Lua code execution
- Fast indexing and searching of code
- Advanced file management
- Markdown live preview
- Unicode and UTF-8 inspection
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Ultra small, strong will. Enjoy edit code with an ultra small code editor. Write your code and immediately syntax checking, run and debugging, regardless they're written with JS, TS, Python, PHP, Ruby, Lua, Perl, Tcl, Java, OC, Clojure, Kotlin, Swift, Erlang, OCaml, Haskell, ...., almost any programming language. Fav Features --------------- * Parallelly edit files side by side. * Fast goto arbitrary file and scroll to particular line. * Side by side edit files with remote terminal and AI code assistant. * Record live log from remote device or server for fast inspect runtime issues. * Indexing all kinds of source code file and documents for fast autocompletion and jumping. * High performance search with Perl regular expression and powerful file filters. * Fast switch between multiple searched results and locating code lines. * Fast download and upload big folders from server or load into editor from other apps. * Efficiently organise and manage folders and files, add, duplicate, cut, paste etc. * View coloured file changes with diff operation and revert to particular version. * Automatically detecting text encoding of a file and it's a binary file or not. * Directly run diff and patch operation on file or folders. * Directly run JavaScript, Ruby and Lua code within the editor, the app is scriptable. * Inspect unicode codepoint and UTF-8 sequences of a single character. * Show invisible characters and efficiently edit them. * Write markdown document and instantly live preview with each typing in. * Add comments and print coloured file changes to pdf file or print as paper. .... mruby supports 3.4.0. Lua supports 5.4.x. *** Release Note *** More than just a code editor, but also a file manager, universal document viewer and multimedia player. In fact, emphasise the app is also a highly efficient file manager is never too much. Since 2012, the app was originally developed as a code editor for iPad for code review, and later, iPhone also supported, while reading code and viewing files on an iPhone is certainly convenient and useful, but editing text file on iPad is even better. Today's iCodeEditor is almost brand new after years of continuous development, reliable, small and fast. Large software is considered harmful, this small code editor also follows the design philosophy, making software as small as possible, pursue terseness and performance, all operations including source code parsing and autocompletion are locally executing except file download and upload requires a network connection, making the app independent of network is another unmentioned key feature. People should have independent thinking to find good stuff by themselves, but not by those prompt feeds, ad video, picture, article, comments and ranks.
Debotha
Convert text and numbers between various bases, including decimal, binary, octal, and hexadecimal. Features include a text scanner, live activities, widgets, and iCloud sync for seamless access across devices. Enhance security with Face ID/Touch ID lock and screenshot protection.
- Text Scanner
- Live Activities
- Widgets
- Conversion History
- iCloud Sync
- Siri Shortcuts
- App Lock (Face ID/Touch ID)
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Debotha is a simple, useful base and text converter with awesome features such as: - Text Scanner - Live Activities - Widgets - Conversion History - iCloud Sync - Siri Shortcuts - Change Theme and Icon - Lock the App with Face ID or Touch ID - Protect your Conversions from Screenshots and Screen Capture - Apple Watch App Supported Bases: - Decimal - Binary - Octal - Hexadecimal - Text - ASCII
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Debotha at Free against iCodeEditor's $19.99. Debotha also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). iCodeEditor's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On 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
Debotha is free to download; iCodeEditor costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iCodeEditor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of iCodeEditor's written reviews are positive against 0% of Debotha's.
iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, Debotha every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCodeEditor | Debotha |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 斌 虞 | Juan Williman |
Customer experience
iCodeEditor
Debotha
In-app purchases
iCodeEditor
No in-app purchases
Debotha
No in-app purchases
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