Hexer — Hex File Viewer
- Rating
- 4.04.0 out of 51 rating
- Best rank
- #12Germany
- Charts
- 1110 countries
- Price
- $3.99
- Size
- 6.1 MB
- Requires
- iOS 13.0or later
As of 10 Nov 2026, Hexer — Hex File Viewer is #12 in Paid · Developer Tools in Germany, its best of 11 chart positions across 10 countries. Over the last 7 days its biggest climb was 10 places, to #12 in Paid · Developer Tools in Germany. Its best rank in the last 7 days was #1 in Paid · Developer Tools in Japan. Appulse Index first saw Hexer — Hex File Viewer in a tracked chart on 8 Oct 2026. Since then it has charted on 34 days in 10 countries, with a best rank of #1 in Paid · Developer Tools in Japan on 5 Nov 2026.
Current rank
#12Germany · Paid · Developer Tools
- Was
- #227 days ago
- Change
- +10Up 10 placesover 7 days
- Best
- #5in 7 days
- Longest chart run
- 34 daysGermany · Paid · Developer Tools
- New ratings, 7 days
- 0Spain · since 31 Oct 2026
Chart record
Every tracked chart, country and day since Appulse Index first saw this app in a chart.
What's new
Version 2.1 · 5 years ago
This version brings new icons as well as many medium and small improvements including new features. Search Filters and Improvements: • Filter ASCII search with RegEx and select case sensitivity • Share search results • Select search results in the document Jump to Offset: • Jump to a given hexadecimal offset • Highlight the byte at the given index Codepages Support: • Select one of multiple codepages • Support for ASCII, ISO Latin, and EBCDIC • Select multiple syntax themes for each • Classic HexFiend and HexDump modes Metadata Information: • View metadata in analysis tab • Inspect UTI, creation date, modification date and Unix Permissions iPadOS Cursor Support: • Cursor snaps accurately to bytes • Cursor snaps to byte frequencies • Added secondary click options to many buttons Visual Improvements: • New app icons! • New “Shaded of Purple” theme • Alternating rows option • Indicate currently open sidebar • Change sidebar color to resemble iWork apps • Increase sidebar width • Removed sidebar slideover mode • Indicated byte in frequency grid • Changed some contrasts for accessibility • Linked new website and mail • Further small design tweaks Bug Fixes and Improvements: • Removed a bunch of crashes and memory leaks • Improved performance when scrolling and resizing in a variety of ways • Restored ability to launch on M1 Macs • Decreased app size
Ranking events
- Dropped #54 → #79 in Grossing · Developer Tools🇩🇪Germany
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #54🇩🇪Germany
- Climbed #58 → #20 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #26🇯🇵Japan
- Reached #1 in Paid · Developer Tools🇯🇵Japan
- Climbed #73 → #15 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
Show 6 earlier events
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #35🇦🇺Australia
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #99🇺🇸United States
- Climbed #67 → #22 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #52🇩🇪Germany
- Climbed #29 → #2 in Paid · Developer Tools🇩🇪Germany
- Climbed #58 → #12 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
About
Hexer is a desktop level hex viewer packed with features. It was developed from the ground up for iOS and iPadOS. It is natural and intuitive to use for everyone. It is integrated with the Files app. So you can browse Dropbox, Google Drive, your git repositories, your downloads, your documents in iCloud Drive or your desktop. Or you can just share any file to it. Bytes are highlighted in different colors: Printable characters are cyan, spaces blue, null bytes grey, control characters pink and…
Ranks come from Apple's public App Store charts, checked once a day. Appulse Index isn't affiliated with Apple.
Rank history
Higher on the chart is better: #1 is at the top.
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Germany · Paid · Developer Tools: best #5, latest #12, over 7 snapshots since 4 Nov.
In 11 charts now
| Chart | Rank | 24 h | 7 days | Best | Days on chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪Germany· Paid · Developer Tools · best #2 · 34 days · 7 days +10Up 10 places | #12 | −5Down 5 places | +10Up 10 places | #2 | 34 |
| 🇯🇵Japan· Paid · Developer Tools · best #1 · 34 days · 7 days +1Up 1 place | #18 | −2Down 2 places | +1Up 1 place | #1 | 34 |
| 🇨🇦Canada· Paid · Developer Tools · best #15 · 34 days · 7 days 0No change | #20 | +1Up 1 place | 0No change | #15 | 34 |
| 🇦🇺Australia· Paid · Developer Tools · best #3 · 34 days · 7 days −20Down 20 places | #25 | +1Up 1 place | −20Down 20 places | #3 | 34 |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom· Paid · Developer Tools · best #29 · 34 days · 7 days 0No change | #34 | −1Down 1 place | 0No change | #29 | 34 |
| 🇪🇸Spain· Paid · Developer Tools · best #30 · 26 days · 7 days −2Down 2 places | #35 | 0No change | −2Down 2 places | #30 | 26 |
| 🇫🇷France· Paid · Developer Tools · best #36 · 34 days · 7 days −2Down 2 places | #40 | 0No change | −2Down 2 places | #36 | 34 |
| 🇧🇷Brazil· Paid · Developer Tools · best #38 · 34 days · 7 days −2Down 2 places | #41 | −1Down 1 place | −2Down 2 places | #38 | 34 |
| 🇺🇸United States· Paid · Developer Tools · best #12 · 34 days · 7 days −38Down 38 places | #53 | −12Down 12 places | −38Down 38 places | #12 | 34 |
| 🇲🇽Mexico· Paid · Developer Tools · best #67 · 34 days · 7 days +2Up 2 places | #69 | 0No change | +2Up 2 places | #67 | 34 |
| 🇯🇵Japan· Grossing · Developer Tools · best #26 · 6 days | #82 | −13Down 13 places | —Not enough history yet | #26 | 6 |
Competitors
Compare with the top 3Full chartTop of Paid · Developer Tools in Germany. Hexer — Hex File Viewer is #12 there. Changes are over 7 days.
- #1 (number one)+31Up 31 places
Tanuki for GitLabFelix Schindler - #2+10Up 10 places
Inspect BrowserParallax Dynamics Inc. - #3+5Up 5 places
Shell KeyboardNguyen Nguyen - #4+7Up 7 places
Source Code ReaderAlexander Eichhorn - #50No change
Gaugely for GrafanaMACIEJ KEDZIORA - #6New entry
Web Inspector for SafariPierre Stanislas - #7—Not enough history yet
FileMaker Server AdminDavid Hind-Smith - #8—Not enough history yet
GatusPocketManuel Faderny e.U. - #9−8Down 8 places
Termix Pro: SSH & SFTP ClientSimon Zvara - #10−3Down 3 places
Harbour - Docker ManagerKacper Kaczmarzyk - #11+43Up 43 places
GitSync.md: Git ClientCody Russell Bontecou - #13+74Up 74 places
Vanta: Local AI & Self-HostedEZEL BAYRAKTAR - #14−4Down 4 places
SQLed - SQL Database ManagerAndreas Zimnas - #15−2Down 2 places
Code Appthebaselab Ltd - #16−2Down 2 places
ESP32 BLE TerminalGopi Gadhiya - #17−2Down 2 places
Echo - SSH + Mosh ClientReplay Software Limited - #18−2Down 2 places
SSH Tunnel: VPN & SOCKS5 proxyMobibean, LLC - #19−2Down 2 places
Continuous .NET C# and F# IDEKrueger Systems, Inc. - #20−2Down 2 places
DraftCode for PHP IDESolesignal Limited - #21−2Down 2 places
neightn remoteEnrico Becker
As of 10 Nov 2026, Hexer — Hex File Viewer is #12 in Paid · Developer Tools in Germany, its best of 11 chart positions across 10 countries. Over the last 7 days its biggest climb was 10 places, to #12 in Paid · Developer Tools in Germany. Its best rank in the last 7 days was #1 in Paid · Developer Tools in Japan. Appulse Index first saw Hexer — Hex File Viewer in a tracked chart on 8 Oct 2026. Since then it has charted on 34 days in 10 countries, with a best rank of #1 in Paid · Developer Tools in Japan on 5 Nov 2026.
Store listing
How the app presents itself on the App Store. Select a screenshot to open it full size.
App facts
What Apple publishes about this app. Ratings are from one country's App Store.
- Price
- $3.99
- Rating
- 4.0 / 5 stars1 rating 🇪🇸Spain
- Released
- 1 Oct 2019
- Last update
- Version 2.1
- Requires
- iOS 13.0or later
- Size
- 6.1 MB
- Languages
- 1
Chart record
Every tracked chart, country and day since Appulse Index first saw this app in a chart.
Rank history
Higher on the chart is better: #1 is at the top.
Sign in to see 30 days, 90 days and all history.
Germany · Paid · Developer Tools: best #5, latest #12, over 7 snapshots since 4 Nov.
Current rankings
Every chart this app is in right now, best position first.
| Chart | Rank | 24 h | 7 days | Best | Days on chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪Germany· Paid · Developer Tools · best #2 · 34 days · 7 days +10Up 10 places | #12 | −5Down 5 places | +10Up 10 places | #2 | 34 |
| 🇯🇵Japan· Paid · Developer Tools · best #1 · 34 days · 7 days +1Up 1 place | #18 | −2Down 2 places | +1Up 1 place | #1 | 34 |
| 🇨🇦Canada· Paid · Developer Tools · best #15 · 34 days · 7 days 0No change | #20 | +1Up 1 place | 0No change | #15 | 34 |
| 🇦🇺Australia· Paid · Developer Tools · best #3 · 34 days · 7 days −20Down 20 places | #25 | +1Up 1 place | −20Down 20 places | #3 | 34 |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom· Paid · Developer Tools · best #29 · 34 days · 7 days 0No change | #34 | −1Down 1 place | 0No change | #29 | 34 |
| 🇪🇸Spain· Paid · Developer Tools · best #30 · 26 days · 7 days −2Down 2 places | #35 | 0No change | −2Down 2 places | #30 | 26 |
| 🇫🇷France· Paid · Developer Tools · best #36 · 34 days · 7 days −2Down 2 places | #40 | 0No change | −2Down 2 places | #36 | 34 |
| 🇧🇷Brazil· Paid · Developer Tools · best #38 · 34 days · 7 days −2Down 2 places | #41 | −1Down 1 place | −2Down 2 places | #38 | 34 |
| 🇺🇸United States· Paid · Developer Tools · best #12 · 34 days · 7 days −38Down 38 places | #53 | −12Down 12 places | −38Down 38 places | #12 | 34 |
| 🇲🇽Mexico· Paid · Developer Tools · best #67 · 34 days · 7 days +2Up 2 places | #69 | 0No change | +2Up 2 places | #67 | 34 |
| 🇯🇵Japan· Grossing · Developer Tools · best #26 · 6 days | #82 | −13Down 13 places | —Not enough history yet | #26 | 6 |
Ranking events
Entries, big moves, #1s and new versions we've recorded, by day.
- Dropped #54 → #79 in Grossing · Developer Tools🇩🇪Germany
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #54🇩🇪Germany
- Climbed #58 → #20 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #26🇯🇵Japan
- Reached #1 in Paid · Developer Tools🇯🇵Japan
- Climbed #73 → #15 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #35🇦🇺Australia
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #99🇺🇸United States
- Climbed #67 → #22 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
- Entered the Grossing · Developer Tools chart at #52🇩🇪Germany
- Climbed #29 → #2 in Paid · Developer Tools🇩🇪Germany
- Climbed #58 → #12 in Paid · Developer Tools🇺🇸United States
Competitors
Compare with the top 3Full chartTop of Paid · Developer Tools in Germany. Hexer — Hex File Viewer is #12 there. Changes are over 7 days.
- #1 (number one)+31Up 31 places
Tanuki for GitLabFelix Schindler - #2+10Up 10 places
Inspect BrowserParallax Dynamics Inc. - #3+5Up 5 places
Shell KeyboardNguyen Nguyen - #4+7Up 7 places
Source Code ReaderAlexander Eichhorn - #50No change
Gaugely for GrafanaMACIEJ KEDZIORA - #6New entry
Web Inspector for SafariPierre Stanislas - #7—Not enough history yet
FileMaker Server AdminDavid Hind-Smith - #8—Not enough history yet
GatusPocketManuel Faderny e.U. - #9−8Down 8 places
Termix Pro: SSH & SFTP ClientSimon Zvara - #10−3Down 3 places
Harbour - Docker ManagerKacper Kaczmarzyk - #11+43Up 43 places
GitSync.md: Git ClientCody Russell Bontecou - #12+10Up 10 places
Hexer — Hex File ViewerThis app - #13+74Up 74 places
Vanta: Local AI & Self-HostedEZEL BAYRAKTAR - #14−4Down 4 places
SQLed - SQL Database ManagerAndreas Zimnas - #15−2Down 2 places
Code Appthebaselab Ltd - #16−2Down 2 places
ESP32 BLE TerminalGopi Gadhiya - #17−2Down 2 places
Echo - SSH + Mosh ClientReplay Software Limited - #18−2Down 2 places
SSH Tunnel: VPN & SOCKS5 proxyMobibean, LLC - #19−2Down 2 places
Continuous .NET C# and F# IDEKrueger Systems, Inc. - #20−2Down 2 places
DraftCode for PHP IDESolesignal Limited - #21−2Down 2 places
neightn remoteEnrico Becker
About
From the app's App Store listing.
Hexer is a desktop level hex viewer packed with features. It was developed from the ground up for iOS and iPadOS. It is natural and intuitive to use for everyone. It is integrated with the Files app. So you can browse Dropbox, Google Drive, your git repositories, your downloads, your documents in iCloud Drive or your desktop. Or you can just share any file to it.
Bytes are highlighted in different colors: Printable characters are cyan, spaces blue, null bytes grey, control characters pink and…
What's new
Version 2.1 · 31 May 2021 ·
This version brings new icons as well as many medium and small improvements including new features.
Search Filters and Improvements:
- Filter ASCII search with RegEx and select case sensitivity
- Share search results
- Select search results in the document
Jump to Offset:
- Jump to a given hexadecimal offset
- Highlight the byte at the given index
Codepages Support:
- Select one of multiple codepages
- Support for ASCII, ISO Latin, and EBCDIC
- Select multiple syntax themes for each
- Classic HexFiend and HexDump modes
Metadata Information:
- View metadata in analysis tab
- Inspect UTI, creation date, modification date and Unix Permissions
iPadOS Cursor Support:
- Cursor snaps accurately to bytes
- Cursor snaps to byte frequencies
- Added secondary click options to many buttons
Visual Improvements:
- New app icons!
- New “Shaded of Purple” theme
- Alternating rows option
- Indicate currently open sidebar
- Change sidebar color to resemble iWork apps
- Increase sidebar width
- Removed sidebar slideover mode
- Indicated byte in frequency grid
- Changed some contrasts for accessibility
- Linked new website and mail
- Further small design tweaks
Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- Removed a bunch of crashes and memory leaks
- Improved performance when scrolling and resizing in a variety of ways
- Restored ability to launch on M1 Macs
- Decreased app size
Ranks come from Apple's public App Store charts, checked once a day. Appulse Index isn't affiliated with Apple.