When comparing KDevelop vs Ultimate++, the Slant community recommends KDevelop for most people. In the question“What are the best IDEs for C++ on Windows?” KDevelop is ranked 14th while Ultimate++ is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose KDevelop is:
Kdevelop has very smart syntax and semantic syntax highlighting.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Excellent syntax highlighting
Kdevelop has very smart syntax and semantic syntax highlighting.
Pro Visual designer
Pro Simple to use
The whole framework is easy to use.
Pro Documentation and help tool
Pro Code analyzer
Pro Easy to learn
The whole framework is easy to learn thanks to multiple tutorials.
Pro Free
Pro Helpful community
Cons
Con Only preliminary support for Windows
Con Works with no problems only on Linux
KDevelop is an IDE for the KDE platform. Even though it's cross-platform, it's mostly targeted at Linux systems and the versions for other operating systems are highly experimental.
Con Strictly C++
Con This is an application development framework not simply a GUI toolkit / library API
It is designed for you to develop your whole application using it, not just your GUI. Most people probably are not really looking for that.