Buffer Editor Downloads & RevenueBuffer Editor - Code Editor · App Store
Buffer Editor - Code Editor is #65 in Developer Tools Grossing in South Korea and charting in 8 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBlakzero Oy
CategoryDeveloper Tools
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 3.9 (158)
Version21.4
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50k+ worldwide
Buffer Editor - Code Editor update history & changes
Last change · 14 events since 1 Mar 2012Full timeline ↓📈Entered the top 100📈Charting in a new country🆕Its developer released another app: CodeSSH - Code Editor🆕First spotted by AppInsider📦Version 21.4
Full timeline · 14 events
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · GB
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 100Top Free · Developer Tools · AE
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 10Top Grossing · Developer Tools · SA
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 100Top Free · Developer Tools · RU
- 🆕Buffer Editor - Code Editor: its developer released another app: CodeSSH - Code Editor
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 100Top Free · Developer Tools · ID
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 100Top Grossing · Developer Tools · US
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Buffer Editor - Code Editor entered the top 100Top Free · Developer Tools · SA
- 🆕Buffer Editor - Code Editor first spotted by AppInsider#45 in Top Grossing · Developer Tools · Russia
- 📦Buffer Editor - Code Editor version 21.4No release notes
- 🆕Buffer Editor - Code Editor released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.9 ★
158 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#65
Developer Tools GrossingMeasured
Buffer Editor - Code Editor on the App Store
App details
App ID
502633252
Publisher
Blakzero Oy
On the store since
Mar 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
47 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Buffer Editor - Code Editor downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Buffer Editor - Code Editor's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | Developer ToolsGrossing | #65 |
 France | Developer ToolsGrossing | #80 |
| Russia | Developer ToolsGrossing | #57 |
 Italy | Developer ToolsGrossing | #62 |
 Canada | Developer ToolsGrossing | #91 |
 Australia | Developer ToolsGrossing | #98 |
| France | Developer ToolsFree | #119 |
 Indonesia | Developer ToolsGrossing | #90 |
 United Arab Emirates | Developer ToolsFree | #161 |
Apps near Buffer Editor - Code Editor on the chart
Developer Tools Grossing, around #65.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.9 ★
158 ratings
Measured
Ratings
158
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of Developer Tools apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Buffer Editor - Code Editor
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's core editing capabilities and responsive developer support but are frustrated by frequent crashes on iPadOS and broken Git/SSH integrations. Recent reviews highlight significant data loss incidents and licensing confusion that have lowered overall satisfaction.
Mixed (52% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “It makes for a great coding tool”
- Ease of use: “SIMPLE and has dedicated save”
- Speed & performance: “Was able to get my iPad setup and pulling from my repo super fast”
- Connection & sync: “GitHub chat / workflow sync”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Can I have my money back now?”
- Crashes & bugs: “The git integration is broken”
- Useful: “The app is no longer recommended - the current version should have never passed the App Store review”
- Design: “The git interface is abhorrent”
About Buffer Editor - Code Editor
Buffer Editor is a POWERFUL code and text editor that lets you easily develop software, view code or take notes on the go. Enjoy an editing experience that is both versatile and intuitive, and take your productivity to the next level.
• Connect to GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Custom Git, Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, SFTP, SSH, and FTP servers
• Git Operations for easy repository management
• Git Visual Merge Tool to resolve merge conflicts.
• Git Visual Branch and Commits History.
• Live editing—open, edit, and save files directly to remote services
• Network monitoring for remote services (FTP, SFTP, SSH)
• Built-in Terminal (SSH Client) with multiple terminals in tabs.
• Syntax highlighting & code autocomplete: ASP, AWK, ActionScript, Ada, Arduino, Bash, C, C++, C#, Clojure, Cobol, CSS, D, Dart, Dockerfile, Erlang, F#, Fortran, Gherkin, Go, HAML, Haskell, HTML (4 & 5), INI, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Kotlin, LaTeX, Common Lisp, Lua, Markdown, MATLAB, MQL (4 & 5), NSIS, Objective-C, Org Mode, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Progress, Prolog, Pug, Puppet, Python, Q/kdb+, R, reStructuredText, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Solidity, SQL, Stata, Swift, Terraform, TypeScript, TypeScript React, Verilog, VHDL, Visual Basic, Vue, x86 ASM, XML
• Vim mode support
• Symbol navigator / document outline
• Code autocompletion, with custom snippets.
• Find & replace with regular expression support
• Recursive file and content search—match and jump to any file at a specific line
• Find references in file and jump to any file
• Bracket matching and highlighting
• Line and word wrapping
• Unicode support
• Multiple windows, Split View, and Slide Over support
• Tabs with automatic restore—quickly switch between files and terminals
• Full screen mode
• Extended keyboard with coding keys
• Bluetooth keyboard support with shortcuts manager
• Customizable fonts, font sizes, and over 300 dark and light themes
• Full iOS Files integration—link external folders, open multiple files, import from any supported cloud provider
• Local and Remote Preview for websites(HTML,JS,CSS)
• Preview images, PDFs, movies, and documents
• Send files by email
• iOS "Open In" support (to and from other apps)
• Touch ID / Face ID protection
SUBSCRIPTION:
- You can subscribe for Pro access to all app’s features.
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
By using the app, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service:
https://www.buffereditor.com/privacy
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
• Connect to GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Custom Git, Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, SFTP, SSH, and FTP servers
• Git Operations for easy repository management
• Git Visual Merge Tool to resolve merge conflicts.
• Git Visual Branch and Commits History.
• Live editing—open, edit, and save files directly to remote services
• Network monitoring for remote services (FTP, SFTP, SSH)
• Built-in Terminal (SSH Client) with multiple terminals in tabs.
• Syntax highlighting & code autocomplete: ASP, AWK, ActionScript, Ada, Arduino, Bash, C, C++, C#, Clojure, Cobol, CSS, D, Dart, Dockerfile, Erlang, F#, Fortran, Gherkin, Go, HAML, Haskell, HTML (4 & 5), INI, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Kotlin, LaTeX, Common Lisp, Lua, Markdown, MATLAB, MQL (4 & 5), NSIS, Objective-C, Org Mode, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PowerShell, Progress, Prolog, Pug, Puppet, Python, Q/kdb+, R, reStructuredText, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Solidity, SQL, Stata, Swift, Terraform, TypeScript, TypeScript React, Verilog, VHDL, Visual Basic, Vue, x86 ASM, XML
• Vim mode support
• Symbol navigator / document outline
• Code autocompletion, with custom snippets.
• Find & replace with regular expression support
• Recursive file and content search—match and jump to any file at a specific line
• Find references in file and jump to any file
• Bracket matching and highlighting
• Line and word wrapping
• Unicode support
• Multiple windows, Split View, and Slide Over support
• Tabs with automatic restore—quickly switch between files and terminals
• Full screen mode
• Extended keyboard with coding keys
• Bluetooth keyboard support with shortcuts manager
• Customizable fonts, font sizes, and over 300 dark and light themes
• Full iOS Files integration—link external folders, open multiple files, import from any supported cloud provider
• Local and Remote Preview for websites(HTML,JS,CSS)
• Preview images, PDFs, movies, and documents
• Send files by email
• iOS "Open In" support (to and from other apps)
• Touch ID / Face ID protection
SUBSCRIPTION:
- You can subscribe for Pro access to all app’s features.
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
By using the app, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service:
https://www.buffereditor.com/privacy
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Latest updates
21.4
