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title: "Touch Lua - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Program with Lua, a simple and modern programming language. Lua’s syntax is simple as BASIC but Lua is faster and more powerful. Which make it just perfect for iPhone platform.  *** TouchLua+ (iPad ve"
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# Touch Lua — United States

![Touch Lua App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple111/v4/06/ff/8e/06ff8e5b-e6c1-0c8a-1ebf-fbb470e26f35/mzl.clrpbgyp.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Ahmad Hawwash](https://apptail.io/developer/ahmad-hawwash-Kowb)
**Category:** Education
**Rating:** 3.8/5 (17 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** hawwash.TouchLua
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.4.2 (released 2017-05-04)
**Original Release:** 2012-05-15
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id525273327)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/united-states)

## Touch Lua Description
Program with Lua, a simple and modern programming language. Lua’s syntax is simple as BASIC but Lua is faster and more powerful. Which make it just perfect for iPhone platform.

*** TouchLua+ (iPad version of TouchLua) is now available at App Store ***

Touch Lua Features:
+ Two modes: program/console (command line)
+ Multi program and directories support
+ Export/email programs and results
+ Powerful editor with Syntax highlighting
+ Graphics, audio, database and network programming support
+ Text screen: stylized text printing
+ Built in help: Tutorials (hands on), Wiki, Reference
+ Sample programs provided

Use Touch Lua:
+ Learn programming and modern scripting
+ Apply your programming skills
+ Rapid prototyping
+ Use it as advanced calculator
+ Graphing Tool

Now available through In-App Purchase: 

Nitro Graphics Library:
Create 2D & 3D Graphics with the power of your GPU.

Draw Library: Empowers you to create complex graphics from simple graphic objects 
Features:
+ Draw simple graphic objects: lines, rectangles, circles, text, ... 
+ Draw at the super speed of your device 
+ Make animations 
+ Access Gyroscope and Accelerometers
+ Draw and create images
+ Enables you to run included Graphic Sample Programs

Audio Library : enables to play music and sound effects.
Features:
- Play one music track at once
- Play multiple sound effects synchronously
- Create and play your own sounds and save them as files

Socket Library: network support

Turtle Library:
Logo like graphic commands designed to encourage logical thinking 
Examples are provided for absolute Beginners 

To start learning Lua choose Console from main menu then select Tutorials (first aid kit icon). Now read & apply and you will learn Lua basic’s in no time!

Kindly Note: Touch Lua uses Lua 5.2 standard, so if you hit into undefined function see the alternative for it from the reference. some examples: unpack() now is table.unpack(), loadstring() is now load()

Make sure to take a look at other free App’s from Hawwash-Soft

## Touch Lua Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/d6/32/25/d6322561-7a6c-ffe3-b8b6-b667273a9a8a/mzl.igxevrwl.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/d6/19/7e/d6197e13-b793-cd66-cbb6-4f3ee7e0554d/mzl.bfajczpl.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple111/v4/71/8b/a9/718ba9b3-8c9a-3b59-a569-bb35ed4187ea/mzl.avidacui.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple122/v4/9a/28/c0/9a28c02b-73ee-9327-7b5c-72bd3194f7aa/mzl.dwglafhv.png/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple117/v4/bb/06/49/bb0649f4-8e5e-ff41-603d-47e87ad82721/mzl.jmdmhvmb.png/640x960.png)

## Touch Lua Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 8 (47%)
- 4 stars: 3 (18%)
- 3 stars: 3 (18%)
- 2 stars: 1 (6%)
- 1 stars: 2 (12%)

## Touch Lua Reviews in United States

### ****- "Love it, one critical bug though."
I absolutely love this app, it’s amazing. But there’s one bug where if you create a directory then re-launch the app, you cannot access it via the file viewer. It still exists, as you cannot create another directory named the one that you cannot access. But other from that this is an amazing app.

Edit:
I have investigates further and it is the graphical file viewer as when I use “sys.dir()” for the directory I cannot access via the GUI, it appears, the directory I made starts with a period character, if that helps.
-- Person88644, 2026-03-16

### ***** "Absolute cinema"
It’s amazing, I can’t tell you how much I love it and it helped me. I can really see the effort and work put into this. It’s awesome keep doing it! I love it. It’s my wife
-- Okayguy438, 2026-02-14

### **--- "Crash on startup :("
Used to work wonderfully on my old iPhone 8, but crashes on startup after I transferred to an iPhone 11. I tried restarting my device, as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the app (which probably cleared all of my data), but nothing worked. Hope this gets fixed soon, this was one of my favorite apps and I used to love making small text-based games.
-- Flyingturt1e, 2024-08-01

### ***-- "Well…"
I got the app thinking it was the best thing in the world, all the libraries you could ever want, info about each one, all in the easiest scripting language I have ever come across, and cheap to say the least.

After trying my first program, a game called “FreakOut!”, I was sad to find out the graphics didn’t work correctly, and later seen that the audio library had errors also.

If touch lua is fixed I’ll use it every day, but poking around the forum it doesn’t look like this will ever happen.

So much for getting high hopes.

-Oliver
-- Ollie.ha, 2021-09-24

### ***** "My favorite coding app"
I made simple ”apps” using this as a kid. Im an adult now and I still use this pretty often to crunch numbers. I’d love to see the developers make a Javascript version of this.
-- 2JJ1, 2020-03-26

### ***** "Really good"
Hardly crashes, compiles fast, all around is a good app. There are a few people giving bad ratings because of autocomplete, this is stupid, the app has tap to complete under the text, and even if you don’t use that option, any good programmer should be able to type a few extra letters.
-- Le Mlg Master m8, 2018-07-04

### *---- "Pretty Bad."
Does not autocomplete or anything.
-- SiidhejsfisAb, 2018-05-07

### *---- "Ripoff"
Total crap app.
-- Kugruabay, 2017-07-07

### ***** "Very promising"
Works. And full documentation! Has graphing audio socket etc. libraries. Can replace any advanced calculators you have to pay for, and have some fun programming at finger tips
-- Ziq_z, 2017-03-27

### ***** "Absolutely fantastic"
This app is a great tool for both new and experienced lua devs. Get it. NOW
-- Kicknbrit, 2016-11-22

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## Touch Lua In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Draw Library | $4.99 |
| Turtle Library | $0.99 |
| Audio Library | $1.99 |
| Socket Library | $0.99 |
| Nitro Library | $5.99 |


## Touch Lua Discovered Keywords
- lua ide
- touch lua
- lua

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## Touch Lua Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/united-states)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/canada)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/russia)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/china)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/united-kingdom)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/australia)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/philippines)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/belarus)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/taiwan)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/switzerland)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/japan)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/saudi-arabia)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/india)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/norway)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/turkey)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/new-zealand)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/lebanon)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/united-arab-emirates)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/madagascar)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/north-macedonia)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/mexico)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/malaysia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/nigeria)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/nepal)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/peru)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/pakistan)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/thailand)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/sri-lanka)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/armenia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/argentina)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/azerbaijan)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/brunei)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/chile)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/colombia)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/ecuador)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/egypt)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/hong-kong)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/indonesia)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/israel)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/iceland)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/touch-lua-rBVe/kuwait)

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