Comparison

Zonal vs BitEditor

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

Head to head
About

Zonal

Features
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Zonal is a tiny, focused time-zone buddy. Add the cities and people you care about and see at a glance, what time it is for each of them right now. Need to find a slot that works across zones? Drag the dial at the bottom to travel up to 24 hours forward or back and watch every clock move together. When you find the moment, you've found your meeting time. โ€ข Every card is tinted by the local time of day there โ€” night, dawn, day, dusk โ€” so you can feel the time, not just read it. Each card shows its own date, too. โ€ข Name your entries. The name starts as the city but you can call it anything โ€” "HQ", "Mom", "Tampa". Add the same zone more than once under different names. โ€ข Tap any card for its detail page: live time, UTC offset... Set it as your base and every offset is shown relative to it. โ€ข Smart search knows common cities that aren't official time-zone names โ€” Beijing, San Francisco, Antwerp, Mumbai, and over a thousand more โ€” plus UTC and GMT. โ€ข Share an entry as a link; the person you send it to gets a preview and confirms before it's added. No accounts, no subscriptions, no ads. Zonal works entirely on your device.

About

BitEditor

Features
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BitEditor is a simple text editor for working with text files (.txt) and Markdown files (.md). Open your own files and folders, view and edit text, and save changes directly. No proprietary file formats or accounts are required. Your files remain your files. A simple editor for writing and editing.

Screenshots

Zonal4 screens
BitEditor4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Zonal versus BitEditor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZonalBitEditor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvert De SpiegeleerEISAKU MAKI

In-app purchases

None

Zonal

No in-app purchases

None

BitEditor

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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