Pythonista 3

Name: Pythonista 3
Price: 9.99 USD
Rating: 4.5 (1525 reviews)
Author: omz:software

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Python IDE

Overview

Version:

3.4

Last updated: 2023-04-27

Features & Capabilities

Pythonista 3 is a complete Python 3.10 scripting environment for iOS, bringing a rich, offline‑first coding experience to iPad and iPhone. It ships with many standard libraries and popular third‑party modules like requests, numpy, pandas, and matplotlib, plus comprehensive offline documentation. The editor features syntax highlighting, code completion, an interactive prompt, a visual debugger, and a quick lookup tool, making it ideal for learning, prototyping, and production scripting on mobile.\n\nBeyond core coding, Pythonista integrates deeply with iOS: access to the clipboard, photos, contacts, reminders, and location data; share sheet and keyboard extensions; and seamless automation with Shortcuts and Siri. It includes a UI editor, PEP 8 checker, code formatter, and numerous examples, plus universal support for iPad and iPhone. Note that installing additional modules with compiled languages (C/C++) is not supported.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

omz:software

Rating:

4.50

(1,525)

Version:

3.4 Last updated: 2023-04-27

Version code:

837298947

Creation date:

2016-06-14

Compatible devices:

Size:

852.88MB

Price:

9.99

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-15

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 46,363 ▼ 103

Other rankings

#19 in Productivity (Paid) ▼ 10#75 in console keyword 15 ▲ #83 in script keyword 26

For Developers

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Developed by:

omz:software

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097

Website:

https://pythonista.app

User Reviews

Users praise Pythonista 3 as a portable, powerful Python IDE for iPhone/iPad that enables real coding on the go. They laud its versatility, ease of use, and features like the built-in StaSh terminal for shell access. Many reviews express strong satisfaction and loyalty. However, recurring downsides include stability issues (crashes on launch and during use), editor usability concerns (no line numbers, no search/replace, and a clunky UI), limited library/module support (some packages unavailable; older Matplotlib), and plotting limitations (no interactive plots). Overall, it's beloved but with reliability and feature gaps.

Pros

Portable Python IDE for iOS/iPad enabling real Python work on the go.
Easy to use and versatile with a broad toolset for quick projects on mobile.
Built-in StaSh terminal for shell access.
Strong user satisfaction and loyalty with Pythonista 3.

Cons

Stability issues: frequent crashes on launch and during use.
Editor usability limitations: no line numbers, no search/replace, and a counterintuitive UI.
Limited library support and compatibility: some modules unavailable (e.g., pygame), older Matplotlib, and difficulty adding new packages.
Plotting limitations: interactive plots not supported; only static plots.

Recent reviews

Useless on the iPad, both due to iOS security restrictions and do to incredibly poor, missing, or non-existent Pythonista documentation on how to actually develop anything on the iPad. Do not purchase if you want to do any real development work on the iPad (beyond 10-line programs).