What's New

Air Code Enhancements
- Introducing auto-complete support!
- All your projects are now directly available in VSCode's explorer view. Create, rename projects, and collections straight from VSCode
- New Codea Reference section in the sidebar with a "Find reference..." command
- Ability to rename symbols and display Lua errors directly in VSCode
- Enhanced stability with fixes for crash issues, filename case sensitivity, saving large files, and more

Dropbox Update
- Support for the Dropbox asset pack and sync has been removed. Access your Dropbox.assets folder via the Files app.
- What replaces Dropbox? Well...

External Asset Folders
- Introducing "External folder references" for your assets. Seamlessly integrate top-level folders with assets from iCloud, local storage, Dropbox, and other locations

UI and Functionality Improvements
- Now with an option to disable warning messages in the output console using viewer.showWarnings = false
- Improved "Add To" menu with more destinations
- Case-insensitive search in references

App Description

"It’s kind of like the Garage Band of coding." – Wired

"Codea for iPad is a super slick way to write and run programs on your iPad." – Gizmodo

Codea lets you create games and simulations — or just about any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer.

We think Codea is the most beautiful code editor you'll use, and it's easy. Codea is designed to let you touch your code. Want to change a color, or an image? Tapping will bring up visual editors that let you choose exactly what you want.

Codea is built on the Lua programming language. A simple, elegant language that doesn't rely too much on symbols — a perfect match for iPad.

Here's how you use it: type your code. Press play to watch it run. Interact with it. Get creative.

FEATURES

• A fully featured 2D and 3D renderer
• Lots of great example projects to learn from, including games
• Touch your code: tap colors, images and sounds to adjust them
• Export your finished projects to Xcode to produce real apps
• Complete in-line reference documentation accessible from keyboard
• Intelligent syntax highlighting and auto-completing code editor
• Import your own assets from Dropbox
• Full 2D and 3D physics engines for complex motion
• Add parameters so you can tweak variables at runtime
• Interact with accelerometer and multi-touch on your device
• Generate retro-game sound effects
• GLSL Shader Language support with live shader editor
• Bluetooth keyboard support and keyboard shortcuts
• Air Code: code live from your PC using WiFi
• Much, much more

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Join the forums at https://talk.codea.io to ask questions, share ideas and get help when you need it

• If you need help or wish to get in contact with us, please use the support link on this page

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • April 24, 2012 Initial release
  • May 26, 2012 New version 1.4
  • June 23, 2012 New version 1.4.1
  • July 25, 2012 New version 1.4.3
  • August 16, 2012 New version 1.4.4
  • September 02, 2012 New version 1.4.5
  • September 21, 2012 New version 1.4.6
  • February 16, 2013 New version 1.5
  • February 16, 2013 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • February 18, 2013 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
  • March 02, 2013 New version 1.5.1
  • April 20, 2013 New version 1.5.2
  • June 30, 2013 New version 1.5.3
  • July 15, 2013 New version 1.5.4
  • September 10, 2013 New version 1.5.5
  • March 31, 2014 New version 2.0
  • December 08, 2014 New version 2.1
  • February 03, 2015 New version 2.1.1
  • February 26, 2015 New version 2.2
  • March 17, 2015 Price increase: $9.99 -> $14.99
  • March 21, 2015 New version 2.3
  • April 27, 2015 New version 2.3.1
  • December 05, 2015 New version 2.3.2
  • June 13, 2019 New version 2.7.6
  • June 19, 2019 New version 2.8
  • August 16, 2019 New version 2.8.1
  • September 24, 2019 New version 3.0
  • January 07, 2020 New version 3.0.1
  • July 15, 2020 New version 3.2.4
  • October 27, 2020 New version 3.2.6
  • December 10, 2020 New version 3.2.8
  • August 06, 2021 New version 3.4.2
  • September 16, 2023 New version 3.8
  • November 15, 2023 New version 3.9

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