Comparison

BDUI Go vs 42 Editor

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

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About

BDUI Go

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BDUI Go opens mobile apps that are described in JSON: their screens, navigation and API requests. Authors create these apps in the BDUI web dashboard and share a link or a QR code. You open it in BDUI Go, and the screens render natively on your iPhone. Each app opens inside BDUI Go, so there is nothing extra to install. When the author publishes an update, you get the new version without reinstalling anything or waiting for an App Store update. A JSON description is data, not code: it lists which components to show and which requests to make. BDUI Go renders it with native Compose Multiplatform components — no webview, no downloaded executables. TRY IT RIGHT AWAY — NO ACCOUNT NEEDED • Component showcase: every building block, rendered live from JSON • Currency rates: live exchange rates from the Frankfurter API, pull down to refresh • Weather: city search and forecasts from the Open-Meteo API • Sign-in demo: an app that signs in to an API and keeps the session fresh automatically More demos with QR codes — a tea shop, a live earthquake feed, a cafe menu — at https://bdui.io HOW IT WORKS 1. An author describes an app in JSON in the BDUI web dashboard and publishes it 2. They share a link or a QR code 3. You open it in BDUI Go — the screens render natively on your iPhone Authors can try changes on a separate test channel before publishing them, and roll back to any earlier version in one click. FEATURES • Native rendering — no webview • Offline cache: previously opened apps launch even without a network • Recents list, with any app pinned as the default one that opens on start • Request controls: authors can limit which hosts an app's API requests may reach • Built-in sign-in support for apps that use an API with tokens • Universal Links: https://bdui.io/a/… opens directly in BDUI Go PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts in the app, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. The camera is used only to scan QR codes, entirely on your device. Privacy policy: https://bdui.io/privacy CREATE YOUR OWN Describe an app in JSON — screens, navigation, API requests — publish it and share a link. The web dashboard is in early access: request access at https://bdui.io

About

42 Editor

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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 • Open a file or a whole folder from any provider in the Files app. Your changes go back to the original. • Opened folders are remembered: create, rename, duplicate and delete files and folders inside them. • Recent files reopen with one tap. • 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 • Find and Replace, Go to Line, toggle comment, and indent or outdent a selection. • Format or minify JSON, keeping the order of the keys. • 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

BDUI Go4 screens
42 Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BDUI Go at 15.0 against 42 Editor's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
BDUI Go versus 42 Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBDUI Go42 Editor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuriy ZhelannovMohammed Shehada

In-app purchases

None

BDUI Go

No in-app purchases

None

42 Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BDUI Go free?
BDUI Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 42 Editor free?
42 Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BDUI Go or 42 Editor have ads?
Neither BDUI Go nor 42 Editor shows ads.

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