Comparison

rubyi vs Pocket Trailer

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

Head to head
About

rubyi

Learn, run, and share Ruby scripts with an iOS app offering code completion, syntax highlighting, and a built-in browser. Customize your coding environment and even run code on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Autocomplete
  • Auto Indent
  • Code coloring
  • Run selected text
  • Apple Watch code execution
  • Code templates
  • File system support
Features
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This is an ios ruby app,you can learn,run,share ruby script. Features : Autocomplate. Auto Indent. Code color. In(the built-in browser or the txt editor),Select the text to run. Horizontal screen development. Code templates,the contents of the new file is copy from contents of the template file. *You can run code on the Apple Watch! *You can enter ruby code by keyboard, and then you can execut the ruby code,support the gets function. *You can use the file system to supports txt, pdf, chm, mp3,m4v,zip, gif, png, html, rb ,doc... *You can adjust the code color and font size , and support to move the cursor left and right and up and down , easy to read and write. *You can find learning materials by the built-in browser . *You can save ruby code and learning materials, and can be modified to the save file and delete the save file . *You can control the background image and color, and execution voice , background animation, text color and shadow, switch interface animation , the number and the order of the main interface of the tab bar to create your learning software. *You can Learn ruby knowledge , the system provides some basic learning materials . *You can use ruby code or learning materials to generate two-dimensional code , for easy sharing . *You can share code by Email,Weibo,Twitter,Facebook. *You can use the counter,light in the Setting tab.

About

Pocket Trailer

Stay on top of your GitHub activity with real-time notifications for pull requests, issues, comments, and merges. This app offers extensive filtering and sorting options, direct links to GitHub, and Apple Watch integration for quick updates.

Highlights
  • Real-time GitHub notifications
  • Pull request and issue tracking
  • Extensive filtering and sorting
  • Direct GitHub links
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Mute and snooze notifications
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This is the iOS version of Trailer for the Mac, an app for tracking and getting notified about GitHub and GitHub Enterprise pull requests, issues, comments, assignments, and merges, across repositories and servers. • Link your account quickly & easlily by creating a GitHub API token, paste into quick-start and you're set. • Get info directly in-app, alerts in your notification centre, summaries in your today view, and now even through spotlight results. • Extensive display, filtering, and sorting options. • View comments and items directly in GitHub with just a tap. • View labels and track status items such as CI messages. • View and sync items from your GitHub watchlist, with options to sync only data which you are interested in. • Keep an eye on unread comments by glancing at Trailer's badge. There is also beta support for Reviews and Reactions. • Mute and "snooze" (temporarily hide) specific items to reduce notification clutter. • Takes advantage of the latest iOS features such as split-screen multitasking, background fetch and local notifications to keep you up-to-date. • Apple Watch app and complications to help you get a quick overview of new comments and status updates right on your wrist. • Optimised to be fast and light on memory, bandwidth, and battery use.

Screenshots

rubyi4 screens
Pocket Trailer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Trailer at none against rubyi's 7. Pocket Trailer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). rubyi's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. rubyi sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Trailer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Trailer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: rubyi has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of rubyi's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pocket Trailer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

rubyi ships an update every 3 months, Pocket Trailer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
rubyi versus Pocket Trailer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterrubyiPocket Trailer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer小文 黄Pavlos Tsochantaris

Customer experience

rubyi

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews153 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative14.4%

Pocket Trailer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

rubyi

One-time7
  • To remove ads$0.99
  • Password Service$0.99
  • Horizontal screen development$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Simple Vedio$0.99
  • Encryption Compression$0.99
  • Text Search$0.99
  • Autocomplete$0.99
None

Pocket Trailer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is rubyi free?
rubyi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Trailer free?
Pocket Trailer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, rubyi or Pocket Trailer?
Pocket Trailer is rated higher. rubyi averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Pocket Trailer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do rubyi or Pocket Trailer have ads?
Neither rubyi nor Pocket Trailer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, rubyi or Pocket Trailer?
rubyi ships an update every 3 months, and Pocket Trailer fortnightly. Most recently, rubyi was updated on August 31, 2026 and Pocket Trailer on June 7, 2026.

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