Notepad++ Alternatives for iPad

Notepad++ is not available for iPad but there are some alternatives with similar functionality. The best iPad alternative is Textastic. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Neon Vision Editor or Runestone. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Notepad++ and eight of them are available for iPad so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting iPad alternatives to Notepad++ are Koder Code Editor, Code Master, iText and WMHelp XMLPad.

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  1. Textastic icon
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    Textastic is an advanced code editor for iOS and macOS with support for syntax highlighting, remote file transfer, and SSH.

    74 Textastic alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. A native editor for Markdown, notes, and code across macOS, iPhone, and iPad. Minimal by design. Quick edits, fast file access, no IDE bloat.

    50 Neon Vision Editor alternatives

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Runestone icon
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    A performant, lightweight, and simple plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more.

    54 Runestone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. Koder is a code editor for iPad and iPhone. It does have many features including syntax highlighting, snippet manager, tabbed editing, find and replace code, editor theme, remote and local files connections, and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. The Code Master Programming Suite for the iOS platform provides a visual interface for creating and editing universal source code of any language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  6. iText icon
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    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!

    93 iText alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  7. WMHelp XMLPad icon
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    XMLPad is a XML editor, XML-Schema editor, validator and a lot more: -- Full XML Schema support. -- Project system with CVS support. -- XML Schema editor with color syntax highlighting, line numbers, element range navigation, and context-dependent source assistant wizard. -- Prev.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPad
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  8. GoCoEdit icon
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    GoCodeEditor is a Sublime Text like remote Code Editor optimized for fast opening and editing files on your iOS Device.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apple Watch
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