Comparison

iCodeEditor vs Text Editing

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

Text Editing

A simple and fast text editor for iOS that works offline, prioritizing user privacy by keeping all data local. It offers automatic resizing for notes and a stable editing experience.

Highlights
  • Simple notepad interface
  • Automatic note resizing
  • Offline functionality
  • Enhanced privacy
  • Local data storage
  • Fast and stable editing
Features
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This is a really simple notepad application which is as easy to use as a notepad. Just put your notes to the notepad which grows and shrinks automatically to fit your needs. You can work everywhere, stay productive. Text editor is a fast, stable and full featured text editor. It has been optimised for use on ios Text editor, our core priority is to give you privacy our app works offline and does not require any data sharing to format and make edits to your text file Security and user data safety is our primary concern All text files and data stay locally on your device. [Text Editing Pro Subscription] - Text Editing Pro subscription is billed monthly or annually at the rate corresponding to the selected plan. In addition, a one-time payment will be offered if needed, which is not one of the subscription plan. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - 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. [Terms of Use] https://skyinfotechdeveloper.com/terms_and_condition_ios.html [Privacy Policy] https://skyinfotechdeveloper.com/privacy_policy_ios.html

Screenshots

iCodeEditor4 screens
Text Editing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text Editing at Free against iCodeEditor's $19.99. Text Editing also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). iCodeEditor's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, 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

Text Editing is free to download; iCodeEditor costs $19.99 up front. Text Editing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. iCodeEditor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCodeEditor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Editing has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of iCodeEditor's written reviews are positive against 0% of Text Editing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, Text Editing every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iCodeEditor versus Text Editing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCodeEditorText Editing
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.6 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer斌 虞Laxay Gajera

Customer experience

iCodeEditor

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

Text Editing

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

iCodeEditor

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Text Editing

Subscriptions3
  • Text Editing Pro - Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Text Editing Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Text Editing Pro - Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is iCodeEditor free?
iCodeEditor costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Editing free?
Text Editing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCodeEditor or Text Editing?
iCodeEditor is rated higher. iCodeEditor averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Text Editing averages 3.2 from 6 ratings.
Do iCodeEditor or Text Editing have ads?
Neither iCodeEditor nor Text Editing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCodeEditor or Text Editing?
iCodeEditor ships an update every 3 days, and Text Editing every 13 months. Most recently, iCodeEditor was updated on September 23, 2026 and Text Editing on September 9, 2026.

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