Textastic Code Editor

So… to use even the most basic feature of a TEXT EDITOR I have to pay. I don’t think so. I will continue using Runestone as it’s generous on the free tier and really good on premium plan.

Can’t view or edit a files without paying £70? Why not just have it as a paid app instead of trying to lure people in with a free app? All that happens then is that you get 1-star reviews for having a useless app. Well done.

As a code editor on iOS its actually good, let down by an abysmal pricing strategy and cut and paste responses to concerns here. Having everything behind a paywall is a terrible marketing ploy in my opinion free trial or not. So 4 stars for product 1 star for marketing and pricing

Great app. For anyone out there test this out. It’s awesome and it have boosted my productivity on so many levels. But for the devs can you guys please add TOML support (thank you)

Everything is now behind a paywall even viewing my own local files. OK for certain features I can understand but file viewing??

Lots of functions are locked out

Close integration with the Working Copy app gives me access via this great editor to all my GitHub repo’s. Together with SSH I have all I need for the websites I manage when away from my iMac

You can do nothing — nothing — with this app without paying money.

£2.99/month just to OPEN a file!? That’s completely ridiculous. I would maybe understand basic editing being free and then everything else requiring a subscription but this current model is absolutely ludicrous and borderline predatory. You rely on someone starting a free 7 day trial to get basic functionality, and then them forgetting to cancel to be charged £60. I had the app open for 10 seconds and I immediately deleted it. Words cannot describe how utterly ridiculous your pricing model is. How the hell do you expect to get any users when you use such disingenuous practices? No wonder you’re not even on the first 20 results when you search for “text editor”

This editor is great in many ways. I particularly like the close integration with the file system of the iPad, enabling the user to edit in place documents that are stored in other apps like Documents. I was wondering, though, about the possibility of adding newlines at the end of each line-break forced by the screen width. E.g. if I adjust the screen width to be 70 characters, would it be possible to add in a newline at each apparent break, making it a real break, instead of having the whole paragraph be one long line. I’m thinking of writing LaTeX documents that I then export back to my Linux box for final editing with Vim, where, of course, it is traditional and useful to have a series of short lines of about 70 characters.