luai5.2.1 vs PHP Recipes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
luai5.2.1
Learn, run, and share Lua scripts with code completion, syntax highlighting, and a built-in browser. Customize your learning environment and share code easily via various platforms.
- Autocompletion and auto-indent
- Code coloring and syntax highlighting
- Built-in browser for learning materials
- File system support for various formats
- Customizable interface and appearance
- Code sharing via email and social media
- Generate QR codes for scripts and materials
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This is an ios lua5.2.1 app,you can learn,run,share lua5.2.1 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 enter lua code by keyboard, then you can execut the lua code,support the io.read() function. *You can use the file system to supports txt, pdf, chm, mp3,m4v,zip, gif, png, html, lua ,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 lua 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 lua knowledge , the system provides some basic learning materials . *You can use lua 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.
PHP Recipes
Access a curated collection of standard PHP and SQL code examples for quick reference. This app provides tested, ready-to-use "recipes" to save developers time, and is useful for exam preparation and interviews. All content is available offline and searchable.
- Directory of PHP and SQL operations
- Tested code "recipes"
- Offline access
- Quick search by code or topic
- Useful for exams and interviews
- Cross-platform iOS and MacOS support
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Tap Run and the real output appears right under the code, so you know what it does before it goes into your project. No PHP to install, no IDE, no setup, no account. 360+ short examples, one task each. Over 95% run on PHP 8.5. You know what you need, but not the exact syntax: • How do I pass values into an SQL query without concatenating strings? • How do I add a month to a date? • How do I build a random string from a given set of characters? Each has a working example here. • 21 sections, including arrays, classes and interfaces, enums, closures, exception handling, regular expressions, files, JSON and XML, databases, algorithms, and design patterns. • What changed from PHP 7.0 to 8.4, with before-and-after code: match expressions, named arguments, constructor property promotion, readonly properties, property hooks. • Reference, 150+ entries: keywords, magic methods, superglobals, and functions for strings, arrays, and files. Tap a word in the code to look it up. • 200+ SQL queries: JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, window functions; more than half run on a practice database. • Search looks inside the code: type array_map to find every example that uses it. • Edit an example and run your version, or write your own. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Everything except running code works offline. Free version: 200+ PHP examples and 120+ SQL queries, the full reference, and 12 runs and 12 edits a day (PHP and SQL runs share one limit). Full version: all examples and queries, unlimited edits and examples of your own, and up to 30 PHP and 80 SQL runs a day. One-time purchase, no subscription. Built by a developer for developers. The project behind it has been in active development since 2015.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PHP Recipes at 5.0 against luai5.2.1's 4.4. PHP Recipes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). luai5.2.1's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. luai5.2.1 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and PHP Recipes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PHP Recipes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of luai5.2.1's written reviews are positive against 100% of PHP Recipes's.
luai5.2.1 ships an update every 3 months, PHP Recipes every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | luai5.2.1 | PHP Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小文 黄 | Fedor Obraztsov |
Customer experience
luai5.2.1
PHP Recipes
In-app purchases
luai5.2.1
- To remove ads$0.99
- Password Service$0.99
- Horizontal screen development$0.99
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- Simple Vedio$0.99
- Encryption Compression$0.99
- Text Search$0.99
- Autocomplete$0.99
PHP Recipes
- Оperations with example$0.99
- PHP Samples$0.99
- SQL queries$0.99
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- Full version (no restrictions)$2.99
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