Comparison

Code vs Landline

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

Head to head
About

Code

This app provides a comprehensive developer suite on your mobile device, including a code editor with syntax highlighting and autocompletion, a file explorer, and integrated Git, SSH, and FTP/SFTP clients. It allows you to work on projects anywhere, transforming your device into a portable workstation.

Highlights
  • Code editor with themes and syntax highlighting
  • File explorer for easy navigation
  • Integrated Git for version control
  • Terminal with Bash support
  • SSH client for remote connections
  • FTP/SFTP support
Features
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Code, Work Anywhere! This app has an entire developer suite embedded in this app, and it's fully native! ## Code Editor - Various Themes - Colored Syntax - Autocompletion - Minimap - Row Diff indicator ## File Explorer Move between your file like if you were at your main workstation. ## Git - Clone - Commit - Fetch - Push - Pull - Tag and more! ## Terminal An integrated Shell that support most of the commands available ( Yes, Curl is supported ;-) ) ## SSH Connect to a remote machine with no problems ## FTP / SFTP Since some of you was needing this, we've added support for it! The only app that will allow you to use your device like a real workstation! Code! Privacy Policy: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/apppurchases-6fa17.appspot.com/o/PrivacyPolicy.html?alt=media&app=Code Terms of Service: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/apppurchases-6fa17.appspot.com/o/TermsAndConditions.html?alt=media&app=Code Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Landline

Features
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A terminal on your iPhone and iPad for the machines you already own, reached over your own Tailscale network. You run a small open source daemon on your Mac, Linux box or Windows machine. The app gives you a real shell on any of them. There is no VPN to configure, no port to open, no SSH key to manage, no account to create, and no server between you and your machine. WHAT IT IS NOT Terminal only, permanently. No file browser, no remote desktop, no cloud sync, no telemetry. One job. SESSIONS THAT SURVIVE A phone changes networks constantly. Your shell should not care. Sessions stay alive on the machine, so you can lock the phone, ride the metro through dead zones, and pick the session back up exactly where it was, scrollback intact. BUILT FOR TMUX Set your leader key per machine, C-a or C-b or anything else, and it becomes one key on the bar. Add one tap keys for new window, next, zoom, or jump straight to window 1 through 9. They follow whichever leader that machine uses, so one layout is correct everywhere. A KEY ROW YOU DECIDE Esc, Tab, sticky Ctrl and Alt, arrows, punctuation, control codes, and your own sequences. Reorder it, or define a key that sends exactly the bytes you want and see them in hex before you save. TERMINALS SHOULD LOOK RIGHT Nine schemes, matched to the published values: One Dark Pro, Catppuccin Mocha and Latte, Tokyo Night, Gruvbox, Dracula, Nord, Solarized, Rose Pine. True colour, 256 colour, and correct box drawing. Ships with a Nerd Font so prompt icons render instead of empty boxes, and can use any monospace font installed on your device with the bundled face filling in whatever glyphs yours is missing. YOURS, NOT OURS Traffic goes straight from your device to your machine: encrypted by WireGuard inside your tailnet, and again by TLS terminated on your own hardware. We run no relay and no backend. We cannot see your sessions, your commands, or your machines, because there is nowhere for them to reach us. The daemon is open source and MIT licensed. Read it, build it, run it: github.com/mhrsntrk/landline REQUIREMENTS Tailscale on your device and on each machine, and the landlined daemon installed there. One command with Homebrew, or one script otherwise. The daemon is free. TRIAL AND ONE-TIME UNLOCK Download free and try every terminal feature for seven days. The trial starts only when you choose to start it. After the trial, unlock Landline for $2.99 USD, paid once. Your local App Store price is shown before starting. No subscription. No automatic charge. After expiry, terminal connections require the unlock. Hosts, settings and snippets stay saved. Remote sessions detach without being killed by the app and follow your daemon's usual idle timeout. Existing App Store users keep full access. Restore purchases from Settings > Trial & purchase.

Screenshots

Code4 screens
Landline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Code at every 2 days against Landline's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Code sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Landline sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Code ships an update every 2 days, Landline every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Code versus Landline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeLandline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size743 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMorella FolesaniMahir Senturk

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Code

Subscriptions10
  • Code Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Code Pro3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Code Pro$2.997 Days
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  • Code Pro3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Code Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Code Pro$14.991 Year
  • Code Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Code Pro$19.991 Year
  • Code Pro$34.991 Year
  • Code Pro3 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Landline

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Unlock Landline$2.99

Questions

Is Code free?
Code is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Landline free?
Landline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Code or Landline have ads?
Neither Code nor Landline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Code or Landline?
Code ships an update every 2 days, and Landline every 3 weeks. Most recently, Code was updated on November 12, 2026 and Landline on November 10, 2026.

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