DevSwipe vs Devmaxx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DevSwipe
Practice coding challenges and learn algorithms on your mobile device. This app offers a fun and simple way to prepare for technical interviews and sharpen your programming skills with on-the-go problem-solving exercises.
- Mobile-first coding practice
- Learn algorithms
- Sharpen programming skills
- On-the-go problem solving
- Interview preparation
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DevSwipe makes coding practice simple, fun, and mobile-first. Prepare for interviews, learn algorithms, and sharpen your skills with challenges designed for on-the-go problem solving.
Devmaxx
This app provides a daily system design question to help software engineers master essential skills for interviews and career growth. It offers clear explanations, linked resources, and a private community for learning and practice.
- Daily system design questions
- Clear explanations and answer breakdowns
- Linked learning resources
- Access to previous questions
- Private developer community
- Progress tracking
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System design is becoming one of the most important skills for software engineers. Many companies now require a dedicated system design interview, and your career growth often depends on your ability to design large-scale systems. Devmaxx gives you one focused system design question every day across databases, infrastructure, APIs, theory, and product to help you learn these skills and stay sharp. Each question takes about two minutes, and includes a resource to learn more about the subject. What you’ll get: • A new system design question daily • Clear explanations for every answer • Breakdown of the correct answer • Access to previous questions • Linked resources to go deeper • Access to a private community of developers learning and building the same things as you • Progress tracking to monitor growth If you’re preparing for interviews, this builds daily momentum. If you’re already working as an engineer, this keeps your fundamentals sharp. Open the app. Answer one question. Land the offer. * All features described above require a subscription Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DevSwipe at 100% against Devmaxx's 19%. DevSwipe also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Devmaxx's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (518 vs 16). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Devmaxx sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. DevSwipe asks for nothing beyond the download.
DevSwipe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Devmaxx has 518 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of DevSwipe's written reviews are positive against 19% of Devmaxx's.
DevSwipe ships an update weekly, Devmaxx fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DevSwipe | Devmaxx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.3 (518 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 19.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 518 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kyan Kotschevar-Smead | Arjay McCandless LLC |
Customer experience
DevSwipe
Devmaxx
Bugs and requests
DevSwipe
Reported bugs
1 issue- Null error occurring
Requested features
1 request- Dark mode option
Devmaxx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DevSwipe
No in-app purchases
Devmaxx
- Monthly Devmaxx Subscription7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Annual Devmaxx Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year







