A performant, lightweight, and simple plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more.




BBEdit is not available for iPad but there are a few alternatives with similar functionality. The best free iPad alternative is Runestone. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to BBEdit and three of them are free and available for iPad so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free iPad alternatives to BBEdit are CodeBrew and iText.
A performant, lightweight, and simple plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more.




Unleash the power of Java coding on your iPhone or iPad with CodeBrew - the ultimate Java Integrated Development Environment designed for developers on the go. Dive into the world of seamless coding, whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting your programming journey.




iText is an intuitive and refined text editor with word processing completely rewritten in Cocoa (so works with Afloat), and is suitable for both Power PC and Intel Macs. iText provides the simplest way to make gorgeous manuscripts on your Mac!



