Comparison

Neon Vision Editor vs Web DevTools+

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

Head to head
About

Neon Vision Editor

A native, ultra-fast text editor for macOS, iPhone, and iPad. It's bloat-free and designed for focused editing without plugins or IDE overhead, supporting a wide range of file types and offering remote editing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Broad syntax highlighting
  • Fast navigation with Quick Open
  • Markdown preview and PDF export
  • Large-file editing support
  • Remote SSH session editing
  • Optional Vim-style keyboard workflow
  • Code Snapshot / Share Shot tools
Features
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Neon Vision Editor is a fast, native text editor for macOS, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Bloat-free. Readable. Built for focused editing without Electron, required plugins, or full IDE complexity. Edit notes, Markdown, code, configuration files, and large documents with an interface designed for each platform. Work with touch, hardware keyboards, and native editing controls. App Store editions do not include a local Terminal or shell-execution tools. HIGHLIGHTS • Broad syntax highlighting for Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, Go, Ruby, Rust, SQL, HTML, CSS, C/C++, Objective-C, JSON, XML, YAML, TOML, INI, Markdown, shell scripts, TeX/LaTeX, and more. • Open text files with unfamiliar extensions or no extension. Preserve tabs, Unicode characters, and text content when loading and saving. • Navigate with Quick Open, project browsing, folder trees, and Find in Files. • Write Markdown with live preview, GitHub Flavored Markdown support, syntax-colored code blocks, preview templates, and PDF export. Preview HTML and SVG alongside your editing workflow. • Expand markup and stylesheet abbreviations with built-in Emmet 2. Use optional Vim-style keyboard controls and export styled Code Snapshots. • Edit on iPad with adaptive controls, hardware-keyboard support, line wrapping, and horizontal scrolling for long lines. • Work with large documents using background preparation and viewport-based rendering. Files of 100 MB or more open as clearly marked, read-only partial previews. • Handle external changes with conflict-aware saving and improved change detection for network files on macOS. Failed or conflicted saves keep affected documents open instead of silently closing them. • Recover unsaved work with draft recovery and local recovery copies for external-document save payloads on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. • Preview supported source and Markdown files directly in Finder with the macOS Quick Look extension. • Choose whether the Welcome Tour appears automatically. Opening a document from Finder skips the tour, including after updates. OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANCE Use AI-assisted completion and saved chat conversations with Apple Intelligence on supported devices or an external provider you configure. Ask about a selected snippet, attach supported document context, or chat without including editor content. Available external providers include OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok, OpenCode Go, and custom OpenAI-compatible services. AI availability depends on your device and selected provider. Core editing works offline and does not require AI. PRIVACY Neon Vision Editor does not collect personal data for analytics or advertising. External AI features are optional. When you use them, requests go to your selected provider over HTTPS. Completion requests include relevant editing context, such as text near the cursor or an active selection. Chat requests include your messages and the context you explicitly choose, which can include selected text, a supported current file, or project structure. External AI providers process submitted content under their own terms and privacy policies. Provider API keys are stored securely in the system Keychain. Disabling AI features prevents AI-related requests; opening, saving, or previewing network-backed content may still communicate with the services you use. Built for developers, writers, students, sysadmins, and anyone who wants focused native editing. TERMS OF USE (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Web DevTools+

Inspect and edit web page elements with a DOM inspector. Analyze CSS, test rendering and media queries, and view network assets. Includes SEO, storage, device info, and accessibility tools.

Highlights
  • DOM inspector and editor
  • CSS analysis and quick tools
  • Rendering and media query emulation
  • Network asset viewer
  • SEO and meta tag inspection
  • Storage management
  • Accessibility audits
Features
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- Elements: A powerful syntax-highlighted DOM inspector and editor allows you to edit any page. - CSS Quick tools: Disabled CSS, background images, outline overflow issues, z-index and more - CSS Overview: Get a detailed look into the CSS on the page, stylesheets, colors, fonts and media queries - Rendering Tests: Emulate vision deficiencies such as color blindness, blurred version. Hide images to evaluate structure and fallback UX. Disabled modern image file formats such as AVIF and JPEG XL to test fallback UX for other/older browsers - Media query tests: Emulate how the page looks with print styles, prefers color-scheme, and prefers-contrast media queries. - Network - View all the assets on a page, tap on one to see info such as MIME-type, file-size, transfer times, Source allows you to see code for text-based assets with syntax highlighting, copy to clipboard and format options - SEO & meta: See meta tags such as title, descriptions, icons, Open Graph tags including previews of the images - Storage: with options to view or delete cookies, localStorage and Session storage and a detailed Web Manifest viewer. - Detailed Device Info panel with UserAgent, display and screen resolution, network speeds, connection type, ISP and more. - Accessibility audits, info and debug tools (ARIA inspect and img alt inspect). - Tools: one-tap quick audits from 8 popular, free services (Lighthouse, HTTP Observatory, SSL Labs, Wave Web Accessibility etc). No need to login or register, it'll open a new tab with your audit right there!

Screenshots

Neon Vision Editor4 screens
Web DevTools+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Web DevTools+ at none against Neon Vision Editor's 1. Neon Vision Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neon Vision Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Web DevTools+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Neon Vision Editor against 5.0 for Web DevTools+. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Neon Vision Editor ships an update every 2 days, Web DevTools+ every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Neon Vision Editor versus Web DevTools+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeon Vision EditorWeb DevTools+
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.7 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHilthart PedersenBeautification

Customer experience

Neon Vision Editor

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

Web DevTools+

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Neon Vision Editor

One-time1
  • Support the app$4.99
None

Web DevTools+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Neon Vision Editor free?
Neon Vision Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Web DevTools+ free?
Web DevTools+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Neon Vision Editor or Web DevTools+?
Neon Vision Editor and Web DevTools+ are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Neon Vision Editor or Web DevTools+ have ads?
Neither Neon Vision Editor nor Web DevTools+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Neon Vision Editor or Web DevTools+?
Neon Vision Editor ships an update every 2 days, and Web DevTools+ every 5 days. Most recently, Neon Vision Editor was updated on September 23, 2026 and Web DevTools+ on September 24, 2026.

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