# Pythonista 3

> Python IDE

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1085978097](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1085978097)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1085978097`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** omz:software
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (1,525 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.4
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-27
- **First published:** 2016-06-14
- **Size:** 853 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pythonista-3/id1085978097)
- **Website:** [https://pythonista.app](https://pythonista.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://omz-software.com/pythonista/privacy.html](https://omz-software.com/pythonista/privacy.html)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #46,363 — Overall
- #19 — Productivity (Paid)
- #75 — console
- #83 — script

## Review summary

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.

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