Simple Hex Editor vs Dos View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Hex Editor
Easily view and modify the raw byte data of any file with a straightforward interface. This tool is designed for developers and tech enthusiasts who need a quick and efficient way to perform hex editing without unnecessary complexity.
- View file byte data
- Edit files in hex
- Simple interface
- Quick file access
- Developer-focused
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Need to peek inside or tweak any file? Hex Editor's got you covered! With a super simple interface, you won't get bogged down by extra features you don't need. It's perfect for developers and tech lovers who want a quick and easy way to edit files in hex. Give it a try and see how easy hex editing can be!
Dos View
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Dos View shows what is really inside a file. Open anything — a document, a photo, an app bundle, a log, a disk image — and read it byte by byte, in the look of a classic DOS text-mode viewer. THREE VIEWS • HEX — offsets, bytes and their characters side by side • BIN — every byte as eight bits • TXT — the file as text, with line wrap and record formatting dosview guesses the right view and code page from the file's first bytes, and you can switch with one tap. 20 CODE PAGES CP437, CP850, CP852, CP866, CP1250, CP1251, CP1252, ISO-8859-1, -2, -5 and -15, KOI8-R, KOI8-U, MacRoman, MacCyrillic, UTF-8, UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE. Old DOS texts with box-drawing frames and Cyrillic finally look right. SEARCH AND NAVIGATION • Find text, or bytes with an x: pattern — x:89 ?? 4E 47, where ?? matches any byte • Go to any offset, in hex or decimal • Format: split the data into records by a separator and see its bytes marked • Highlight of matches, the byte under the cursor always shown below FILES OF ANY SIZE The viewer core is written in Rust and reads only what is on screen, so a file of many gigabytes opens at once and scrolls to its end without waiting. MADE FOR TOUCH Drag to scroll, pinch to zoom, drag the offset column to narrow it, drag the text column to set the bytes per line, tap a byte to put the cursor on it, hold for the code page list. Everything you set is remembered. With a hardware keyboard you get the classic keys: F7 Find, F8 next match, F5 Go to and more. OPEN FROM ANYWHERE Open from Files, or pick a photo or video from the gallery. Or send a file to dosview from any app with "Open in…" and the share sheet — even plain text or a link, to see its UTF-8 bytes. ACCESSIBLE High-contrast palette, support for VoiceOver, Bold Text, Reduce Motion and larger text. Available in 46 languages. PRIVATE No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no network. Your files never leave the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dos View at none against Simple Hex Editor's 1. Dos View also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Simple Hex Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dos View asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Simple Hex Editor | Dos View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SEUNGWOO JO | Mike Nedosekin |
In-app purchases
Simple Hex Editor
- Simple Hex Editor Ad-free Lifetime$7.99
Dos View
No in-app purchases
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