Comparison

REPL vs Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

REPL

Features
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REPL is a native code runner for Python and JavaScript — built for the AI era. When your favorite AI gives you code, where do you test it? REPL lets you paste code directly from AI conversations, run it instantly, and copy the results back. No laptop required. FEATURES - Native Python 3.11 — Real CPython running locally on your device, not a web interpreter - JavaScript Engine — Powered by iOS JavaScriptCore - Persistent State — Variables survive between runs, like a true REPL - Share Sheet — Send code from any app directly to REPL - History — Access your last 50 code runs - Smart Parsing — Automatically extracts code from markdown fences - Offline — Everything runs locally, no internet needed - Dark Mode — Easy on the eyes BUILT FOR AI WORKFLOWS Copy code from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any AI assistant. Paste into REPL. Tap Run. See results. Copy output back to your conversation. Iterate faster than ever. TECHNICAL DETAILS Python: Full CPython 3.11 interpreter embedded natively JavaScript: Apple's JavaScriptCore engine Storage: Code history saved locally Privacy: No data leaves your device

About

Text Editor

A professional code and text editor for developers, students, and creators. It offers fast performance, extensive language support, and advanced editing features for a smooth and reliable coding experience on Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Professional code and text editing
  • Fast and lightweight performance
  • Tree-sitter powered syntax highlighting
  • Smart autocomplete and code suggestions
  • Built-in snippets for popular languages
  • Format code with Prettier
  • 30+ professionally designed themes
Features
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Text Editor is a fast, modern, and powerful code editor built for developers, students, and creators who want a professional coding experience on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Write, edit, and manage code with support for many popular programming, scripting, and markup languages all in one lightweight and easy-to-use editor. Whether you are building websites, editing configuration files, writing scripts, learning programming, or taking technical notes, Text Editor provides a smooth and reliable workspace designed for productivity. Supported Languages: Swift, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX, Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua, Perl, Bash, SQL, HTML, CSS, SCSS, JSON, JSON5, YAML, TOML, Markdown, Astro, Regex, Elixir, Haskell, Plain Text, and many more. Features: - Professional code and text editing - Fast and lightweight performance - Tree-sitter powered syntax highlighting - Smart autocomplete and code suggestions - Built-in snippets for popular languages - Context-aware suggestions with fuzzy matching - Auto-close brackets, quotes, and tags - Find and replace - Go to line - Undo and redo support - Duplicate and move lines quickly - Advanced keyboard editing controls - Format code with Prettier - Support for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, YAML, Markdown, and PHP formatting - Adjustable tab width, line length, quote style, trailing commas, prose wrap, and more - Beautiful built-in light and dark themes - 30+ professionally designed themes included - Popular themes inspired by One Dark Pro, Dracula, Monokai, Solarized, Nord, GitHub Dark, Tokyo Night, Material, Paper, and more - Import and export custom themes - App-wide adaptive color scheme - Fully customizable keyboard accessory bar - Quick access coding symbols and actions - Powerful editing actions including indent, outdent, duplicate lines, move lines, and cursor navigation - Searchable advanced font picker with support for custom fonts - Adjustable font size, line height, and letter spacing - Multiple text encodings with automatic detection - Choose between UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, and many more encodings - Line ending detection and preservation (LF and CRLF) - Enable or disable auto-correction - Enable or disable auto-capitalization - Enable or disable spell-checking - Hardware keyboard shortcuts for save, find, format, comments, and navigation - Auto-save and unsaved changes protection - Native Files app integration - Open, edit, and share files easily - Share Sheet support - Print documents directly from the app - Optimized for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro Built for Productivity: Text Editor is designed to help you stay focused with a clean interface, responsive performance, and powerful developer tools that make coding easier anywhere. Perfect for web development, mobile app development, backend scripting, configuration editing, Markdown writing, learning programming, technical notes, and everyday text editing. Simple enough for beginners. Powerful enough for professional developers.

Screenshots

REPL3 screens
Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

REPL and Text Editor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
REPL versus Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREPLText Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJesus SoledadDevashy Rangpariya

In-app purchases

None

REPL

No in-app purchases

None

Text Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is REPL free?
REPL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do REPL or Text Editor have ads?
Neither REPL nor Text Editor shows ads.

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