Comparison

iCodeEditor vs Scotsman Ice XWave

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Scotsman Ice XWave

Features
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Thanks to the XWave app you can easily control all your Scotsman ice makers, directly from your smartphone or tablet. The app exploits the potential of the Bluetooth connection to allow you to easily carry out various operations, including: • Starting or stopping ice production remotely, up to 10mt away; in this way you will always be able to control your machines, even if they are installed in places that are difficult to access • Check the operating status of your machines in real time • Set various configuration parameters • Check for faults or malfunctions Furthermore, if you are a technician or dealer, you will be able to have real-time access to all the information you need to best assist your customers, thanks to the possibility of making a remote diagnosis of the installed machines. The XWave app supports the following languages: • English • Italian

Screenshots

iCodeEditor4 screens
Scotsman Ice XWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scotsman Ice XWave at Free against iCodeEditor's $19.99. iCodeEditor's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Scotsman Ice XWave is free to download; iCodeEditor costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, Scotsman Ice XWave every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iCodeEditor versus Scotsman Ice XWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCodeEditorScotsman Ice XWave
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer斌 虞Topgraf

In-app purchases

None

iCodeEditor

No in-app purchases

None

Scotsman Ice XWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCodeEditor free?
iCodeEditor costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scotsman Ice XWave free?
Scotsman Ice XWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iCodeEditor or Scotsman Ice XWave have ads?
Neither iCodeEditor nor Scotsman Ice XWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCodeEditor or Scotsman Ice XWave?
iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, and Scotsman Ice XWave every 3 months. Most recently, iCodeEditor was updated on October 9, 2026 and Scotsman Ice XWave on October 8, 2026.

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