Comparison

Rust Recipes vs Architects Pocket Guide

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

Head to head
About

Rust Recipes

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A reference of everyday Rust, from strings and collections to ownership and borrowing, traits, error handling with Result and safe concurrency. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. β€’ 24 sections: simple types, arrays and collections, structs and enums, traits and generics, functions and closures, error handling, regular expressions, threading, files, serialization, algorithms, patterns. β€’ Run in the app: the example really executes and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection. β€’ What changed in new versions: 17 sections from Rust 1.26 to Rust 2024, with "before" and "after" code side by side. β€’ Keyword and function reference: 270 articles, fully open with no daily counter. β€’ SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database - JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types. β€’ Edit examples and add your own - they stay in the app and are always at hand. β€’ Search runs over the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. β€’ Everything except running works offline. No account needed. WHAT THE FREE VERSION INCLUDES 12 runs and 12 edits a day - the counter resets every morning. The keyword reference is open without limits. Up to 5 examples of your own. Copying in the free app is blocked after five attempts. The full version opens every example, removes the daily limits and raises running to 30 launches a day. One purchase, no subscription. Made by a developer for developers. In development since 2015.

About

Architects Pocket Guide

Features
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This app is useful for software engineers, architects and AI engineers. It provides a catalog of software patterns including agentic AI patterns. Further it enables engineers to create recordings from meetings and discussions, take text notes and pictures from whiteboards and store it to your IT project.

Screenshots

Rust Recipes4 screens
Architects Pocket Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Architects Pocket Guide at none against Rust Recipes's 4. Architects Pocket Guide also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). Rust Recipes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Rust Recipes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Architects Pocket Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rust Recipes ships an update every 7 months, Architects Pocket Guide monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Rust Recipes versus Architects Pocket Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRust RecipesArchitects Pocket Guide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better18.5
Further details β€” not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFedor ObraztsovErhard Dinhobl

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Rust Recipes

One-time4
  • Оperations with example$0.99
  • SQL queries$0.99
  • Rust Samples$0.99
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  • Full version$2.99
None

Architects Pocket Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rust Recipes free?
Rust Recipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Architects Pocket Guide free?
Architects Pocket Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rust Recipes or Architects Pocket Guide have ads?
Neither Rust Recipes nor Architects Pocket Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rust Recipes or Architects Pocket Guide?
Rust Recipes ships an update every 7 months, and Architects Pocket Guide monthly. Most recently, Rust Recipes was updated on October 13, 2026 and Architects Pocket Guide on October 15, 2026.

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