Replit: Idea to software, fast Reviews

by Timothi_banks

Replit has so much potential. No doubt the this app web app is incredible. I was so excited they had this for iPad…and then…I loaded it…and was filled with dread as it‘s not formatted for iPad. There‘s nothing bonkier than an iOS app, locked in portrait mode, with black bars along the sides of the screen for sucker punching productivity right in the kisser. Devs…I know this is probably a huge tech debt item…but this product NEEDS this to survive and would give you an INCREDIBLE competitive advantage in iPadOS space. There‘s so FEW good mobile IDEs and we truly need this ported to iPad. Please take this review seriously, I‘ll pay for premium if you deliver this!

by Ialnaseer

This is would be useful if you can read any of the text without it cutting into new lines or if we could at least be able to flip the device horizontally

by SmiteInfinity

I can only see one screen at a time. I can only view the file editor, or the console one by one on the mobile app. The browser is better, because by default, you are able to see them all at once.

by Lelepins

I used to LOVE this app. It made coding easier to understand and it usually gave a simple explanation as far as errors go. Loved using this as I’m in college because I preferred it over visual studio. Imagine my surprise when I open Replit and website and it was telling me I was now limited to three free repls unless I pay absolutely OUTRAGEOUS price for the monthly/yearly membership. I feel like they had something really good going when it was free and now they want to be charging like every other company to exist. Even if they wanted to make a profit, I feel like we could’ve gotten a more reasonable price. Need to find another app ASAP.

by Arnold121248

It used to be $20/month. c'mon, this is way too steep for a mobile app. Instead of charging a flat fee, why not charge for usage, its not like you have millions spending 7-8 hours a day on it? You already provide a free version, why not provide an option to charge per private repo instead of this extremely expensive mobile for a limited compute container. Im sure that most will just spend a few minutes in their repo, then go to a desktop and finish it cause its more practical than this. $25/mnth for a nitche, sure, $25/month for an IDE, I dont think so.

by The Reveiw Champion

I used to use this app up until roughly a year ago, and prior to that it was an incredible IDE. Free hosting, extras weren’t expensive, just overall a wonderful place to start programming. Sadly they since have removed the free hosting, and locked almost everything to a 20$ subscription. A shame that they killed themselves in such a way.

by Cctechwiz

You would think this would be the ultimate combo with the iPad and Magic Keyboard... But the iPad app is just a zoom iPhone app that only fills the middle 1/4 of the screen. Very disappointing. I'll check back later to see if this is fixed.

by 21Bomb33700squad

When I first began using this app it had everything I needed to test little ideas on the go. Recently they joined the subscription bandwagon and now I can only have 3 projects when all I need is an ide/compiler. I get needing money, but punishing long use customers and expecting us to pay you for it is ridiculous. At 25 dollars per month no less. No longer using but will check back to see when they realize their mistake.

by NFlex23

I was quite excited for this native version of this app until I realized it was designed for tiny phone screens. I suppose the web app will have to do for now.

by ClubA4

It’s missing one key feature for me to consider paying and using this seriously. If I could point at my own server/instance this would be perfect. I don’t want to rely on someone else’s servers. I want to run this on my own server stack.

The feedback feature isn’t work currently so I’m leaving this feedback here.

by I Out-pizza'd The Hut

Retains most of the website IDE’s functionality while also providing a clean, sleek interface. Very helpful for when you need to debug a program away from home but forgot to bring your laptop.

Just hope the devs add some GUI buttons for mobile-unsupported keys (e.g. Esc, Ctrl, Arrows) and maybe a menu for browsing public Community apps.

by Bigfatbigfatnoob

I already have an acount but when i put my password it says it was invalid so I reset it but every password that i tryed was taken so then I typed a bunch of letters and copyed it into a doc so i wont forget but it said it was already tooken.

by Cool_Bub413

I love programming on this app’s desktop website and I had a good experience with it. I decided to download the this app mobile app and give that a try. Sadly, I didn’t even get past the login screen. The page loaded and I typed in my credentials but when I clicked the login button, it wasn’t even loading the new page, it just stayed on the login screen. It wasn’t my internet because the connection was good (I tested it), maybe it’s a glitch? Do you guys know what the problem might be? Could you guys maybe fix that? Otherwise, this app is a great platform! Thank you guys!

by Icecre4m64

Decent app, but there are just too many issues that it’s just way too frustrating to work with. Will only use the website for now.

by Wyatt Mark Bivens

this app is good but has 1 major bug
I spent 2 or 3 hours on my script, it was pretty good, it had almost 80 lines. But this is the bad part, you see, when i was trying to copy a script, I accidentally ended up deleting it all. It wasnt a misclick either, it was a huge bug. If you dont fix this im quitting

by Kuribō

It’s good and all but I can’t download files and stuff I’m on a iPad. Edit: I’m just stupid, it saves to files but it’s kinda hard to tell if it has been saved or not. It should make a menu pop up where you can airdrop or send or save to files like normal. Edit 2: never mind. Still doesn’t work. Turns out It worked from another app :/

by (TG)ThrDude

The current layout is just zoomed phone layout…

by 1adhu111

It’s a great app, it has everything that website this app has just that you guys should make an iPad app too

by Aariv Bhalla

I love this app, yet I have found Replit to be a bit slow and laggy. When loading up projects, it can take up to 10 minutes. I would love if they could try making the software a bit faster. Other than that, great app!

by Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird

It has everything I want in a coding app except that I can’t zoom out on the output screen which is really annoying. Please fix this and it will be flawless!

by Pacifiky

Thanks for the dev response!
Let me correct, a ui bar at the bottom that allows find for a single file would be much cleaner (and with a replacement tool would be even better)

by OliverOxenfree

It’s obviously not the same as having a computer by you, but it’s cool to be able to test out an idea on the go, or on a long flight. A couple improvements could make it better: 1. Would really be nice to see a bar input above the text pad for convenient access to frequently used characters: # { } [ ] ‘ “ ! | : & @ + = * ^ % / ; Typing on a phone is already slow enough as it is without needing to go searching for special characters. 2. Also, pasting is a little faulty. You have to highlight an area to past something you’ve copied. So if you want to paste on an empty line, it doesn’t respond. So you have to type a bunch of letters and then highlight it to see the normal menu for options pop up.

by ChickenDude12

You guys should make an iPad app eventually.

by Sonardav

If SplitView support could be implemented, that would be amazing, would help me program with documentation on the side. A lot of the time the browser gives me issues on iPad with magic keyboard, especially with the arrow keys when I’m switching between tabs.

by GleamEyeBeast

The functionalities on desktop is almost perfectly adapted to a mobile setting, with easy shell usage and great package management system!

by Jahsbdndjdjdkdd

Blabbing is so tired so we don’t know how long you want me and so we do have it for us

by Yitzilitt

I’ve been poking around Replit despite not knowing much about coding, and found the interface to be surprisingly intuitive. Within minutes I created a nice looking spoof website from an open-source template, and for the most part it’s obvious what sort of things I can do. I would really appreciate a tutorial for beginners or at least some indication of what more technical words mean (what is “repls”? What does “shell” do?), but I understand that I’m not the target audience here and most who use Replit will already know such things. Regardless, for the most part I’m finding the experience to be quite intuitive. Kudos to the developers for making a coding interface so friendly to newcomers!

by IroncladDev

The way this app’s mobile team was able to get an entire IDE on such a small screen, so smoothly, and seamlessly, is astounding. The coding experience is mind-blowingly easy.

by Rafin Saleh

Amazing experience. Provides every feature a professional Coder needs. But Theme, Font, Color Customization should be implimented. Hope they will bring it soon. Still a Five Star.

by Vardowick

This is my first and last App Store review but I had to leave something good under Replit, thank you this is the best thing ever. Thank you. Don’t stop!!!

by Tealfox101

After playing around on the browser version on desktop, I thought I’d be disappointed by Replit . It’s actually really solid, and if I have ideas or want to show someone a project I have it handy right in my phone. Very happy to have found out that this app made an app that’s virtually the same as their website.

by Jpress93

This is awesome for writing real programs and hosting sites all from my phone. I pull this out now to show friends a new project or coding basics

by RAWAN~!!

I was trying to find the perfect app for me to use for coding and this is the one. All the other apps like needed money subscribtions and also did not have all the coding stuff i needed but this one is free and has all the stuff i need i recommend everyone use Replit! Replit encouraged me to start coding in the just few days of using this and now am becoming better and better. Thank you for realesing this wonderful app

by Djkid4lyfe

Please add the ability for the iphone keyboard to show while in the VM instance in the output section. I made a bank app with a login feature. I can’t even use it because the keyboard does pop up when i click the textfield.

by Asterofspace

I’ve tried about 10 other apps to try out and check out its syntax highlighting, UI, responsiveness,functionality, and Replit by far has more power,versatility,speed, and above all designes for mobile in mind. Looking forward to future improvements and implementations.

by DontKnowWhatToUseAsAUsername

I allways have loved this app ever since I used the website and this feels like a amazing dream that they made a mobile app I just use like flask and I can seem to find it so when I need to use a flask project on my phone I have to make one on my laptop and then I can edit it on my phone so I really hope some time in the future that this app can add spme more languages to the mobile app I’m still giving it 5 stars because of how awesome it is!

by Kam6702

Good. Just needs a way to publish a reply. Or I just can’t find it

by Orooftoto

I’ve been waiting for something like this for so long I’m so excited to use it!

by Adam Skjervold

I can literally set up a whole workspace just from my phone. This is one of the many places that the benefits of this app really shine.

by Jp111yu

Please add an option to keep the sidebar with the files open

by Awesome_Helper

I’ve been waiting for this ever since I started to use the website, and I can’t wait to finally have a great IDE on my phone!

by Darryl-hodges

I’m going back in a few

by TF2 Veteran

fr tho this app is amazing and this makes it more amazing. also, wait it started on v2.0? well wheres v1-

by Youngphil5

I am excited!🤘🏾

by Kjatt8

I didn’t know this was possible on a phone! Great job!

by Yoshi.Onimusha

haven’t used the mobile app yet but awesome job, i’m definitely going to be programming in my bed from now on :)