--- title: "Runestone Text Editor Revenue & Downloads" description: "Runestone Text Editor: Edit plain text and code. Revenue: $9K. Download estimates and developer tools rankings, updated daily." url: https://trendapps.dev/app/ios/1548193893/ markdown: https://trendapps.dev/app/ios/1548193893/index.md platform: iOS updated: 2026-10-09 source: TrendApps license: CC BY 4.0 --- # Runestone Text Editor *Edit plain text and code* by Simon B. Støvring · iOS · Developer Tools ## Key metrics | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Monthly revenue (store, estimated) | $9K | | Monthly downloads (estimated) | 20K | | Revenue per download | $0.45 | | Rating | 4.7★ (<3k ratings) | | Price | Free | | In-app purchases | Yes | | Category | Developer Tools | | Top free rank | #43 in Developer Tools | | Top grossing rank | #46 in Developer Tools | | First seen on the store | May 5, 2022 | | Last data update | 2026-10-09 | ## Summary Currently sitting at #43 in free developer tools charts and #46 in revenue rankings, Runestone Text Editor iOS app has established itself as a seasoned player with proven staying power in the developer tools category. Monthly download estimates are tracked daily, and the app shows very low profitability on a revenue-per-download basis, with estimated monthly revenue of $9K. Over 4 years since launch, it has accumulated 2K reviews and built its current revenue stream. The app maintains a 4.7-star rating, operating within a relatively uncrowded market space. This Denmark application demonstrates a volume-focused growth approach – learn more at their official website. ## Briefing Runestone Text Editor is an iOS app (Free) by Simon B. Støvring in the developer tools category, holding #43 in the free developer tools charts and #46 in the grossing rankings. It draws an estimated 20K downloads a month and holds a 4.7-star rating. - Monetizes through in-app purchases priced at $9.99. - Ships new versions about one a week. - Latest version is 1.6.1, released September 15, 2025. - 88% of ratings are five-star. - Available in 1 language. - Strongest in JP, US, CN. - Downloads at 63.9 MB and requires iOS 15.0+. - Rated 4+. ## Specs | Spec | Value | | --- | --- | | Version | 1.6.1 | | Release status | Worldwide | | Age rating | 4+ | | Requires | iOS 15.0+ | | Size | 63.9 MB | | Languages | English | | Price | Free | | First seen | May 2022 | | Top markets | JP, US, CN | | Publisher country | Denmark | | Website | [Visit website](https://runestone.app) | | Support | [Visit support](https://runestone.app) | ## What's new | Version | Date | | --- | --- | | 1.6.1 | September 15, 2025 | | 1.6 | September 10, 2025 | | 1.5.2 | October 1, 2024 | | 1.5.1 | September 30, 2024 | | 1.5.0 | September 27, 2024 | ## In-app purchases | Item | Price | Duration | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium | $9.99 | — | ## Featured reviews - **5★ · I wrote this review in Runestone · May 6, 2022** — A good text editor is like a freshly sharpened chef’s knife. It just FEELS good to use, and it makes you happy. You know what a dull knife feels like and you can appreciate the perfect slicing motion you get from using the right tool for the job. Runestone is the right tool for text editing. It’s gorgeous, powerful enough to tackle editing huge files, and simple enough to jot down some quick notes or whip up a blog post for your static site. Combine this app with a git client, an SSH client, and you can manage your home software stack on the go. Finally, there’s not enough space here to say nice things about the developer, so I’ll leave it at - he’s incredibly thoughtful and responsive. If you have feedback on the app, hit him up on Twitter. Thanks Simon, for dedicating so much time to making this amazing app!! - **3★ · App is Sluggish Under iPadOS 18 · December 14, 2024** — I used to really like this editor. I've been using the free version for a few months now, and it's a nice, cozy, "no frills" alternative to Apple Notes. It's the closest thing to having NotePad++ on my machine as I can get, and I've been enjoying the features I do use. However, I recently updated to iPadOS 18 and, since then, the app has been kind of laggy and sluggish. Prior to getting iPadOS 18, the app would open quietly and go straight to the file selection menu. Now, however, it opens to this screen with a blown-up icon scrolling vertically upward, hangs there and lags my iPad for a couple of seconds, and then opens the file selection menu on the bottom half of the screen rather than the entire screen. This makes me not want to use this particular app, anymore, since I can no longer quickly hop in, jot something down, and hop out. I have no real complaints beyond that. It crashes on occasion when deleting, undoing, or redoing… but that's more acceptable than this new startup sequence. I really dislike it that much. - **5★ · Best Text Editor · June 14, 2022** — I’ve tried so many text editors from Coda for iOS to Koder to Textastic. They’ve all been “ok”, but the problem I kept coming down to was the syntax highlighting. I’m a web developer and I use Atom on Mac every single day. I discovered this app and the syntax highlighting looked pretty good, but then I found where you can create your own theme and I immediately bought Premium and got to work replicating Atoms theme I use. I got it 90% of the way there and I’m in love. I’ve wanted this for years. THANK YOU. If I could ask for anything it would be tabs for multiple files open at once and maybe a tree view on the left to browse files and folder structure, but other than that I LOVE IT. ## About A plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more. It's like TextEdit but more powerful and optimised for iPhone and iPad. Runestone is made by a single person with a love for text editors and a vision of building the most lightweight text editor for iPhone and iPad that still has the core features for editing code. Features: - Syntax highlighting of many languages including HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Markdown, Swift, Python, PHP, YAML, and many more. - Select one of the twelve standard themes including popular themes like Tomorrow, Dracula, Solarized, and One Dark Pro. - Innovative find and replace for searching and modifying text while still viewing your file. - Choose font and font size, including support for custom fonts imported using another third-party app. - Show the line and column the cursor is located on. - Uses the standard document browser for an experience similar to the Files app. - Quickly navigate to a specific line. - Automatically close opening brackets and quotes. - Multiple windows on the iPad. - Format code using Prettier.js. Supported languages include CSS,HTML, JavaScript, JSON, PHP and more. - Choose text encoding between popular encodings like UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, and many more. - Enable or disable autocorrection, autocapitalization, and smart punctuation. - Set default file extension of new files. - Open files in Runestone from the Share Sheet. - Print documents. Premium features: - Choose between eight app icons. - Show line numbers. - Highlight the selected line. - Increase line height and letter spacing. - Disable line wrapping to allow horizontal scrolling. - Show tabs, spaces, and line breaks using a selected symbol. - Enable page guide at a specific column to easily tell when lines are getting too long. - Add vertical and horizontal overscroll. - Remember the selected language per file. - Save file extensions and filenames that should always be treated as plain text files. - Enable soft tabs and choose the width of the tab character. - Specify whether pressing the tab key should insert a tab or indent the line. - Adjust the scaling of Markdown headings and disable highlighting of code blocks in Markdown. Runestone was built on the open-source framework with the same name. Find more information on the Runestone framework at github.com/simonbs/runestone ## Questions about this app ### How does Runestone Text Editor iOS app make money? Runestone Text Editor iOS app monetises through in-app purchases. The current products and price points are listed in the in-app purchases table on this page. ### How much revenue does Runestone Text Editor generate? Runestone Text Editor iOS app generates an estimated monthly revenue of $9K. ### What are Runestone Text Editor iOS app's download statistics? Runestone Text Editor iOS app download estimates are updated daily. The app maintains a 4.7-star rating based on 2K user reviews, indicating strong user satisfaction in the developer tools market. ### Is Runestone Text Editor iOS app performing well in its category? Runestone Text Editor iOS app ranks #43 in the free developer tools charts and #46 in revenue rankings. The app's performance metrics suggest significant growth potential in a low-competition segment. ### Where can I download Runestone Text Editor iOS app? You can download Runestone Text Editor iOS app from the App Store for iOS devices, requiring iOS 15.0 or later. The app offers in-app purchases for enhanced functionality. ## Links - [App Store page](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1548193893) - [Developer website](https://runestone.app) - [Simon B. Støvring on TrendApps](https://trendapps.dev/publisher/423532907/) - [Top Developer Tools apps on iOS](https://trendapps.dev/top-trending-apps/ios/developer-tools/) - [App economics statistics](https://trendapps.dev/statistics/) Source: https://trendapps.dev/app/ios/1548193893/ · Markdown: https://trendapps.dev/app/ios/1548193893/index.md · Methodology: https://trendapps.dev/methodology/