Comparison

PureCode vs Code

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

Head to head
About

PureCode

Transform your code into visually appealing images for sharing on social media, presentations, or portfolios. Customize themes, backgrounds, watermarks, and styling for a polished look.

Highlights
  • 5 syntax highlight themes
  • 11 gradient backgrounds + transparent PNG
  • Customizable watermark
  • Supports 50+ programming languages
  • Auto language detection
  • High quality export
Features
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PureCode turns your code into beautiful, shareable images — perfect for social media, presentations, and portfolios. Choose from 5 stunning themes including Xcode Dark, Dracula, Monokai, VS Code and GitHub Light. Pick one of 11 gradient backgrounds or export with a transparent PNG. Add a personal watermark, adjust font size, padding, and shadow to get the perfect look. FEATURES • 5 syntax highlight themes • 11 gradient backgrounds + transparent PNG • Watermark with 4 corner position options • 50+ languages — Swift, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust, Kotlin and more • Auto language detection • High quality export • No ads. No watermarks. Ever.

About

Code

Features
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Coden is a remote control for a coding Agent that works on your own computer. You install the Server on the computer and start it over one project. The phone pairs with it by scanning a QR code — and from that moment you no longer have to be at the desk. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Give it a task and watch what the Agent does, line by line. • Approve or reject every change it wants to write. • Browse the project's files, images and Markdown included. • Run the tests and see what failed. • Open the running application in Preview, as if you were at the computer. • Switch a branch, write a commit, look through the history. THE WORK STAYS WITH YOU Neither the project nor the source code is uploaded anywhere. The Agent runs on your computer, under your account, over the directory you gave it. The phone is a window into it, not storage. The connection between the phone and the computer is end-to-end encrypted. When the two cannot see each other directly, our Service passes the traffic — but it cannot read it, because it has no key to it. NO ACCOUNT There is nothing to register and nothing to sign in to. Nothing to forget. WHAT YOU NEED • A computer with macOS, Windows or Linux, and the Server from coden-app.com • The Claude Code CLI and an Anthropic account — you pay for the Agent directly with them Without the Agent the Server still runs: Documents and Preview work, there is just nobody to give a task to. FREE Both the app and the Server are free. We sell nothing inside the app and collect no analytics.

Screenshots

PureCode4 screens
Code4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Code at 15.1 against PureCode's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PureCode ships an update every 2 weeks, Code fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PureCode versus Code: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPureCodeCode
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArseny KostyukMatej Zalmanek

In-app purchases

None

PureCode

No in-app purchases

None

Code

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PureCode free?
PureCode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Code free?
Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PureCode or Code have ads?
Neither PureCode nor Code shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PureCode or Code?
PureCode ships an update every 2 weeks, and Code fortnightly. Most recently, PureCode was updated on October 24, 2026 and Code on October 24, 2026.

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