Comparison

Octrix vs 42 Editor

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

Head to head
About

Octrix

Features
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Octrix lets you securely access the AI coding agents running on your own Mac from your iPhone. Install Octrix Host on your Mac, sign in with the same Octrix account, and continue conversations and tasks while your Mac stays in the background. With Octrix, you can: β€’ Connect to an authorized Mac through Octrix Cloud β€’ View and continue AI conversations from your iPhone β€’ Work with supported AI coding agents β€’ Manage individual chats and multi-agent collaboration groups β€’ Use voice input to draft messages β€’ Review task status and outputs remotely Your Mac remains the process owner and does not need an inbound public port. Octrix requires a Mac running Octrix Host and a supported AI CLI.

About

42 Editor

Features
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42 Editor is a code and text editor for iPhone and iPad. It opens the files you already have, in the Files app, iCloud Drive, Working Copy, Dropbox or any other file provider, and saves your changes back to the same file. There is nothing to sign in to and nothing is uploaded. Sometimes the file that needs fixing is a config file, a script or a spreadsheet export, and the only device to hand is a phone. 42 Editor is made for those moments. EDIT IN PLACE β€’ Open a file or a whole folder from any provider in the Files app. Your changes go back to the original. β€’ Opened folders are remembered: create, rename, duplicate and delete files and folders inside them. β€’ Recent files reopen with one tap. β€’ Open in 42 Editor from the Files app and the share sheet. SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING FOR 29 LANGUAGES Python, Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, C, C++, Objective-C, C#, Java, Kotlin, Go, Rust, PHP, Ruby, Dart, Lua, R, JSON, YAML, TOML, INI, XML, HTML, CSS, Markdown, Shell, SQL, Makefile and Dockerfile, in light and dark. Line numbers with the current line marked, and long lines that wrap or scroll sideways. A KEYBOARD ROW FOR CODE Tab and outdent, a comment toggle, cursor keys, undo and redo, and the brackets and symbols the iOS keyboard hides. Auto-indent, optional closing of brackets and quotes, and tabs or spaces at 2, 4 or 8 wide. FIND, REPLACE AND FORMAT β€’ Find and Replace, Go to Line, toggle comment, and indent or outdent a selection. β€’ Format or minify JSON, keeping the order of the keys. β€’ Markdown and HTML preview, a tap away. CSV AND TSV AS A TABLE A grid with a pinned header row. Edit cell by cell; add, duplicate or delete rows and columns; sort, filter and undo. The raw text is one tap away. CAREFUL SAVING 42 Editor keeps each file's text encoding (UTF-8, UTF-16 or Windows-1252), its line endings and its final newline. It autosaves two seconds after you stop typing, and if another app changed the file in the meantime it stops and asks which version to keep. iPHONE AND iPAD System, light or dark appearance, font size from 9 to 32 pt, and ⌘S to save on a hardware keyboard. PRIVATE No account, no ads and no analytics. Your files stay on your device and in the providers you choose. 42 Editor is an editor, not a place to run code: it doesn't compile or run anything.

Screenshots

Octrix4 screens
42 Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 42 Editor at Free against Octrix's $24.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

42 Editor is free to download; Octrix costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 4 level
Octrix versus 42 Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOctrix42 Editor
Price$24.99Free β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperθΏͺ远 ηŽ‹Mohammed Shehada

In-app purchases

None

Octrix

No in-app purchases

None

42 Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Octrix free?
Octrix costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 42 Editor free?
42 Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Octrix or 42 Editor have ads?
Neither Octrix nor 42 Editor shows ads.

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