Comparison

Code Browser vs Hex

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

Head to head
About

Code Browser

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Code Browser - The Exclusive Code Browser for Developers Browse and edit code efficiently anytime, anywhere! Code Browser is a lightweight browser specially designed for developers. It not only allows you to quickly access any URL, but also enables seamless exploration of GitHub repositories, highlights code in more than 100 programming languages, and even lets you modify the code in your private projects directly within the app using online editors such as vscode.dev and github.dev. Key Features - Exclusive Browser for Developers: Lightweight and efficient with fast loading speed, optimized specifically for code browsing, and supports access to any URL. - Deep GitHub Integration: Repository search, code retrieval, trend viewing, and private repository management. Take full control of your GitHub projects without switching tools. - Intelligent Syntax Highlighting: Automatically highlights code in over 100 programming languages, delivering a clearer and more comfortable code reading experience. - In-App Code Editing: Modify the code in your private repositories directly through online editors like vscode.dev and github.dev for efficient development anytime, anywhere. Target Users • Software Developers: Quickly view, search, and edit code • Tech Learners: Browse excellent open-source projects to enhance programming skills • Project Managers: Track GitHub trends and team code repositories • Programming Enthusiasts: Explore the world of code anytime, anywhere Code Browser - Making code browsing and editing simpler, and development more efficient!

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Hex

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Hex is a developer toolkit for iPhone and iPad: 21 small utilities for the jobs that interrupt real work, like decoding a token, pretty-printing a payload, testing a pattern or checking a file hash. Everything runs on your device. ENCODE • Base64: encode text, or decode standard, URL-safe (base64url), line-wrapped (MIME) and unpadded input. Bytes that aren't UTF-8 text are shown as a hex dump. • URL Encode: percent-encode a value so & = ? / # + : @ are escaped, or decode it (+ reads as a space). Malformed escapes are flagged. • HTML Entities: encode ampersands, angle brackets and quotes, or decode every HTML 4 named entity (nbsp, copy, mdash and the rest) plus decimal and hex references. • JWT Decode: header and payload as readable JSON, with claim order kept. • Hash Generator: MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 of any text. FORMAT • JSON Formatter: prettify, minify and validate. Your key order, numbers and escapes stay exactly as written, and top-level values like "text" or 42 are accepted. • XML Formatter: indents and validates. Comments, CDATA, processing instructions and the XML declaration are kept, and the output is re-escaped so it stays valid XML. • SQL Formatter: puts SELECT, FROM, WHERE, JOIN, GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses on their own lines and uppercases keywords. Strings, quoted names and -- or /* */ comments pass through unchanged. • Markdown Preview: headings, bullet and numbered lists, block quotes, fenced code blocks and rules, with bold, italic, inline code and links. • HTML Preview: renders your HTML offline. Remote images, scripts, styles and frames are blocked, and links don't navigate away. GENERATE • UUID Generator: version 4 UUIDs, 1 to 100 at a time, upper or lower case. • Lorem Ipsum: words, sentences or paragraphs. • Password Generator: 4 to 128 characters from uppercase, lowercase, digits and symbols, with at least one from each set you pick. The strength meter shows entropy in bits. • Color Converter: HEX (3 or 6 digits), RGB and HSL, each editable with sliders. • Checksum: MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 of a file from Files, read in chunks so large files work, and a check against an expected hash. TIME • Unix Timestamp: timestamp to date and back. Seconds, milliseconds and microseconds are recognised. • Cron Parser: standard five-field cron with ranges, lists, steps and month or weekday names, a plain-English description and the next five run times. • Timezone Converter: pick a time and the zone it's in, then see it in any of the listed zones. TEXT • Diff Checker: line-by-line comparison that lines up inserted and deleted lines. • Regex Tester: matches highlighted in your text, a numbered match list, and case-insensitive, multiline and dot-matches-newline options. • Text Inspector: characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs and UTF-8 bytes, with a character breakdown. WORKFLOW • Clipboard detection: copy JSON, a JWT, Base64, a URL, XML, HTML, a Unix timestamp, a hex color or SQL, and Hex offers the matching tool with your text already in it. iOS may ask permission before Hex reads the clipboard. • Deep links: hex://json, hex://jwt, hex://base64, hex://cron and the other tools open directly from Shortcuts or other apps. • Copy any result, or export it as a file (.json, .xml, .sql, .txt and more) through the share sheet. WHAT HEX DOESN'T DO • No network tools: no HTTP client, no API testing, no DNS lookups. • JWT Decode reads tokens but does not verify signatures. • Cron Parser doesn't support the L, W or # extensions or a seconds field. • The SQL Formatter changes layout only. It doesn't run or validate queries. • No sync and no history beyond your five most recent tools. PRIVACY Nothing leaves your device. Hex makes no network requests, has no analytics, no tracking and no accounts. Text you paste and files you hash stay on your iPhone or iPad. PRICE A one-time purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Made by SHYGUY LLC.

Screenshots

Code Browser4 screens
Hex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hex at $2.99 against Code Browser's $3.99. Code Browser's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Code Browser costs $3.99 and Hex $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Code Browser versus Hex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCode BrowserHex
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShanghai Dazhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.Chad Neal

In-app purchases

None

Code Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Hex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Code Browser free?
Code Browser costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hex free?
Hex costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Code Browser or Hex have ads?
Neither Code Browser nor Hex shows ads.

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