Developer Ideas vs Codable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Developer Ideas
Capture and organize all your app concepts, from minor tweaks to major projects. This tool allows you to add unlimited ideas, attach images and sketches, and outline project briefs with cost estimations.
- Add unlimited ideas
- Assign images & sketches
- Outline project briefs
- Estimate costs
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Keep track of all your app ideas with Developer Ideas! No matter how big or small your idea may be it’s always worth recoding. Developer Ideas has been designed for quick and easy use, and with this version you can: - Add unlimited ideas - Assign images & sketches - Outline project briefs - Estimate costs And more!
Codable
This app offers front-end web development tools optimized for mobile devices. It allows for basic debugging, rendering tests, and CSS editing of any web URL directly from your phone.
- Resizable viewport for device emulation
- View pre-rendered website source
- Inspect and edit CSS
- View and execute console commands
- Structured listing of rendered nodes
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Codable is a lightweight web developer toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Use the Safari extension to inspect pages where they already run. Select elements inline, browse the DOM tree, view HTML, inspect styles and node metadata, evaluate JavaScript, capture console output, view source, inspect resources, and review network activity. On supported devices, on-device Apple Intelligence can be used to find elements and perform edits. The main app has three tabs for development and testing: - Resize: a browser surface for testing responsive layouts with custom viewport width, height, scale, presets, and drag handles. - Scratchpad: a JavaScript editor and runner with syntax coloring, code-focused keyboard shortcuts, document support, and optional Apple Intelligence assistance on supported devices. - Extension: a small info page with instructions on how to enable the Safari extension, and a way to view a local demo page with CSS, JavaScript, resources, console logs, and network requests to try out the tools within Safari.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Developer Ideas at 100% against Codable's 0%. Developer Ideas also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.4). Codable's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Developer Ideas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Codable has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Developer Ideas's written reviews are positive against 0% of Codable's.
Developer Ideas ships an update fortnightly, Codable monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Developer Ideas | Codable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Valentin Kalchev | Jeremy Collins |
Customer experience
Developer Ideas
Codable
In-app purchases
Developer Ideas
No in-app purchases
Codable
No in-app purchases
