Comparison

iCodeEditor vs JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

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

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

This app is a powerful offline IDE for JavaScript and TypeScript development. It features a built-in compiler, console, and DOM WebView, allowing you to write, run, and debug code anywhere. Enhance your skills with tutorials, coding challenges, and an AI assistant.

Highlights
  • Offline JavaScript and TypeScript execution
  • Built-in compiler and console
  • DOM WebView for web app development
  • AI assistant for code help
  • Syntax highlighting and code completion
  • Coding challenges and tutorials
  • Node.js runtime support
Features
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Run JavaScript and TypeScript on Node.js anywhere—100% Offline. The most powerful mobile IDE for JS and TS.  Features a built-in compiler, console, and DOM WebView. No server, no internet, no limits. Whether you are a professional developer, a student, or a hobbyist, JavaScript CodePad will help you practice and improve your coding skills anytime, anywhere. Built in tsc compiler transpiles your TypeScript code to JavaScript offline. Use the WebView mode to access the built-in Web Browser Window and DOM interface. Combine HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and learn building Web apps. Organise your code into modules and run multiple JS files using Node.js as a runtime (Internet connection required). You can run, execute, and evaluate JS code and programs from this app. Lightweight app with full JavaScript syntax highlighting, code completion and editor actions like undo, redo, comment lines, and indent selection to enhance your developer productivity. Enhanced productivity with live JS and TS code analysis as you type. Catch errors before you run the code. Built-in AI Assistant, whenever you get an error in your code, AI can suggest how to resolve it. AI Assistant can also refactor your code, clean it up, check it for bugs, write comments and documentation strings or just explain it. Blazing fast, all single script and Web View code is ran directly on the embedded node.js runtime or built in Web browser. Enhance your programming and JavaScript skills by solving built-in coding problems. Learn JavaScript with the MDN tutorial. Become a JavaScript coding master. Learn TypeScript with the official TypeScript handbook. Test your JavaScript and TypeScript knowledge, the app will tell you if you are writing valid JavaScript. With JavaScript CodePad, you can: - Write and execute JavaScript code with syntax highlighting and auto-indentation. - Run and compile TypeScript code and scripts - Test and debug your code with the built-in console and error messages. - Share and load your code snippets for later use - Customised keyboard with special keys and shortcuts for JavaScript and TypeScript - Code completion - Code formatting - Code linting - Solve built-in coding challenges - Access JavaScript and TypeScript tutorial and library reference from the app - Learn new concepts and techniques - Write HTML, CSS and JS code and run it in a built-in WebView - Run multiple JS files Download it today and unleash your creativity with the most popular programming language in the world. Note that certain features like Code completion, WebView mode and project mode require paid Developer upgrade.

Screenshots

iCodeEditor4 screens
JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE at Free against iCodeEditor's $19.99. JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 14%) and ratings volume (97 vs 1). iCodeEditor's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On 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

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE is free to download; iCodeEditor costs $19.99 up front. JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. iCodeEditor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCodeEditor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE has 97 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of iCodeEditor's written reviews are positive against 42% of JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
iCodeEditor versus JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCodeEditorJavaScript Coding Editor & IDE
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (97 ratings)
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews42.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings197 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#153 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB188 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer斌 虞Cloudbit d.o.o.

Customer experience

iCodeEditor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

All ratings97 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

iCodeEditor

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE

Subscriptions2
  • Developer Upgrade Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Developer Upgrade Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • Remove Ads$6.99
  • Developer Upgrade Offer$9.99
  • Developer Upgrade$19.99
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  • Developer Lite$39.99

Questions

Is iCodeEditor free?
iCodeEditor costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE free?
JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCodeEditor or JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE?
iCodeEditor is rated higher. iCodeEditor averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE averages 4.3 from 97 ratings.
Do iCodeEditor or JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE have ads?
JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE shows ads; iCodeEditor does not.
Which is updated more often, iCodeEditor or JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE?
iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, and JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE every 3 weeks. Most recently, iCodeEditor was updated on September 23, 2026 and JavaScript Coding Editor & IDE on September 24, 2026.

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