Sublime Text Alternatives for iPad

Sublime Text is not available for iPad but there are a few 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 Runestone. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Sublime Text, but unfortunately only two of them are available for iPad. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.

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Sublime Text alternatives are mainly Code Editors, but if you're looking for Text Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Sublime Text.
Sublime Text iconSublime Text
  2021
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Sophisticated text editor for code with sleek interface, multi-select tabs, side-by-side definitions, and swift variable renaming using multiple selections.

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Sublime Text alternatives page was last updated Feb 27, 2025
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  1. Textastic icon

    Textastic

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

    67 Textastic alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Textastic screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for FTP
    4.  Sync with iCloud
    5. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    6.  Support for SFTP
    7.  Local Storage

    Textastic VS Sublime Text

     

    • Almost everyone thinks Textastic is a great Sublime Text alternative.

    • Textastic is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Sublime Text.

    • Textastic is Paid and ProprietarySublime Text is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Runestone

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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.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Runestone screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Distraction-free
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Code Formatting
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Support for MarkDown
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No registration required

    Runestone VS Sublime Text

     
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