Code Splenda vs Gexed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Code Splenda
A mobile text editor for static web development, allowing users to create and preview HTML, CSS, and JavaScript projects on the go. Build and test websites directly from your device before sharing them.
- Static web code editing (HTML, CSS, JS)
- In-app web view for previewing
- On-the-go website creation
- Simple and easy to use interface
- Code and test websites
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Code Splenda is a text editor for static web code such as html, css, js, and jquery. You can code websites and test them in a web view to preview before release. With this app you can create beautiful websites and show them off to the world. We want it to be simple to code a website so we made this app to code on the go with ease.
Gexed
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Gexed is a regular expression workbench for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Write a pattern, paste in some text, and watch it match as you type. EVERY GROUP IN ITS OWN COLOR Each capture group gets its own color, carried from its parentheses in the pattern to what it captured in the test text and its row in the results, so even long patterns with named and nested groups are easy to follow. MATCHES AS YOU TYPE • Match count, group count and timing update with every keystroke • Matching runs in the background with a time limit, so a runaway pattern can't freeze the app • Select a match to find it in the text, or move the cursor to find it in the list • Clear explanations when a pattern is invalid, with the problem underlined • Toggles for ignore case, multiline, dot matches newlines and ignore whitespace REPLACE, WITH A LIVE PREVIEW Write a replacement using $1, $2 and so on, and see the result as you type. TESTS FOR YOUR PATTERNS Give a pattern examples it should match, match entirely, or not match. Gexed checks them on every edit, so you know the moment a change breaks something. YOUR LIBRARY, EVERYWHERE • Save patterns with notes, mark favorites, and search them all • Start from a built-in library of common patterns, from email addresses and dates to URLs and colors • Your library syncs through iCloud between your Mac, iPhone and iPad • Import and export patterns to share them COPY AS CODE Copy any pattern as Swift Regex, NSRegularExpression, JavaScript or Python, with flags and escaping taken care of. AND MORE • A cheat sheet beside the editor: choose an entry to insert it at the cursor • Shortcuts actions: Find Matches, Replace Matches and Run Saved Pattern • On Mac, test any selected text from the Services menu • On iPhone and iPad, regex symbols in a row above the keyboard • Open a text file to use as the test text Gexed uses ICU regular expressions, the same engine as NSRegularExpression and Swift, so a pattern that works in Gexed works in your app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Code Splenda at Free against Gexed's $7.99. Code Splenda also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months). Gexed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Code Splenda is free to download; Gexed costs $7.99 up front. Code Splenda sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gexed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Code Splenda ships an update every 2 days, Gexed every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Code Splenda | Gexed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Winter Bagley | smol farm LLC |
In-app purchases
Code Splenda
- Code Splenda$1.99
Gexed
No in-app purchases









