Comparison

CodeMate vs Nerd Font Installer

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

Head to head
About

CodeMate

A mobile code editor and viewer with syntax highlighting, customizable themes, and iCloud sync. It allows for quick edits and sharing of code files on iPhone and iPad. Optimized for readability and portability.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting for multiple languages
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Customizable themes and typography
  • Edit and view code on iPhone/iPad
  • Share and export code files
  • HTML preview with CSS/JS
Features
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CodeMate is a native code viewer and editor for iPhone and iPad—made for reading source code, learning from real projects, and making quick edits away from your desk. No desktop IDE complexity. Just fast, focused code viewing and editing designed for touch. Open more than 200 file formats with native syntax highlighting, including Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C/C++, Go, Rust, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, YAML, and Markdown. Access files from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, and other storage providers through the Files app. Key Features: • Native code viewing and editing on iPhone and iPad • Syntax highlighting for 200+ file formats • Multiple tabs and a minimap for navigating long files • Light and dark themes with adjustable fonts, spacing, and margins • Line numbers, current-line highlighting, word wrap, and no-word-wrap modes • Swift symbol list and jump to any line • HTML preview with linked CSS and JavaScript • Custom file extension rules • Share and print source files • Export polished code snapshots as images CodeMate is made for developers, students, and anyone who wants a focused, portable way to read, learn from, and edit code. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Nerd Font Installer

Features
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Nerd Font Installer puts your terminal and coding fonts on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Browse the catalog, preview the real glyphs, and install through the system's own consent sheet. No account. No analytics. Your data never leaves your device. THE CATALOG JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Hack, Cascadia Code, Iosevka, Monaspace, Zed Mono, OpenDyslexic, and the rest of the canon. The app ships the complete catalog, and each family is patched with the full Nerd Fonts glyph set, so Powerline arrows, Font Awesome, Material Design, Devicons, Octicons, and Weather icons render instead of showing tofu. The grid reads like a periodic table: every family gets a tile with its own designation, drawn in the font itself. PREVIEWS THAT TELL THE TRUTH Previews are rendered live in the real font: programming ligatures, Powerline segments, and syntax-highlighted code samples, alongside every icon set. What you see is what your prompt gets. THE INSTALL Installation goes through the font support Apple builds into iOS. iOS draws its own consent sheet, you approve it, and the font is available system-wide: in your terminal, your editor, wherever fonts are picked. Nothing installs behind your back, and removing a font is just as direct. AFTER THE INSTALL A quickstart shows where your new font turns up in the terminal and editor apps you already run, including the ones that keep their own font lists, and it coaches the exact family name to pick. FREE FOR MOST PEOPLE One font is free, and one is what most setups need. Installing more is a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Buy it once, keep it for good, and share it with your family. PRIVACY Nerd Font Installer has no user accounts and ships no analytics, telemetry, or advertising SDKs. There is no tracking SDK in it because there is no tracking. The privacy policy is short enough to actually read. CREDITS The fonts belong to their designers and to the Nerd Fonts project. Every family ships under its own open-source license, readable in the app. I built the installer; they built the fonts. Built by Rimrock Systems in Payson, Arizona.

Screenshots

CodeMate4 screens
Nerd Font Installer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nerd Font Installer at none against CodeMate's shown. Nerd Font Installer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. CodeMate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Nerd Font Installer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodeMate ships an update every 5 weeks, Nerd Font Installer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CodeMate versus Nerd Font Installer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeMateNerd Font Installer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS27.026.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer光 李Joseph Jones

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CodeMate

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99
1 purchases

Nerd Font Installer

One-time1
  • Unlock All Fonts$3.99

Questions

Is CodeMate free?
CodeMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nerd Font Installer free?
Nerd Font Installer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CodeMate or Nerd Font Installer have ads?
CodeMate shows ads; Nerd Font Installer does not.
Which is updated more often, CodeMate or Nerd Font Installer?
CodeMate ships an update every 5 weeks, and Nerd Font Installer every 9 days. Most recently, CodeMate was updated on October 10, 2026 and Nerd Font Installer on October 12, 2026.

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