Comparison

Script 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

Script

Write and execute JavaScript and TypeScript code directly on your iPhone or iPad. This app offers a clutter-free environment with syntax highlighting and customizable settings for efficient coding on the go.

Highlights
  • Write and run JavaScript & TypeScript
  • File management (create, rename, delete)
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Customizable editor settings
  • Light and dark mode
  • Full iPad support
Features
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Script is a clean, focused editor for writing and running JavaScript and TypeScript on iPhone and iPad. Write code, run it, and see the output — all without leaving the app. No accounts, no setup, no clutter. Just open it and start coding. What you can do: - Write and run JavaScript & TypeScript on device - Create, rename, and delete files - Syntax highlighting for JavaScript and Typescript - Customize editor settings - Switch between light and dark mode - Full iPad support Whether you're testing an idea on the go, learning JavaScript or TypeScript, or just want a lightweight editor that's always in your pocket — Script keeps things simple and focused on the code.

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

Script4 screens
Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Script at 67% against Text Editor's 0%. Text Editor's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Editor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Script's written reviews are positive against 0% of Text Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Script versus Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScriptText Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings513 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas GliddenDevashy Rangpariya

Customer experience

Script

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Text Editor

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Script

No in-app purchases

None

Text Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Script free?
Script is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Script or Text Editor?
Text Editor is rated higher. Script averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Text Editor averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do Script or Text Editor have ads?
Neither Script nor Text Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Script or Text Editor?
Script ships an update monthly, and Text Editor monthly. Most recently, Script was updated on October 8, 2026 and Text Editor on October 9, 2026.

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