Dawn - Markdown
A beautiful Markdown reader
About
This app transforms raw Markdown text into a beautifully formatted and readable document. It supports various Markdown flavors, code blocks, tables, math, and diagrams, offering a clean reading experience for AI-generated content, notes, and documents.
What's New in Dawn
1.0.4
September 16, 2026
Images and media that live beside your document Dawn now loads images, audio, and video referenced by a relative path, .assets/cover.png, ./images/, ../shared/, and media written as raw HTML too. A file inside a folder you've added to Dawn just works. For a standalone file, Dawn explains once, opens the folder for you, and remembers it. Also in this version • Long formulas stay readable and scroll in place instead of spilling across the lines around them • Large diagrams keep their size and scroll sideways, rather than shrinking until the labels are too small to read • Diagrams follow your theme when you switch between light and dark • Image cards keep the shape of what you selected — headings stay headings, and lists and tables are no longer cut off • Copy as Markdown returns the original source for formulas and diagrams, so it pastes back as Markdown
MoreFAQ
What is Dawn?
Dawn is a free application for iPhone designed to provide a beautiful and calm reading experience for Markdown files. It transforms raw Markdown text into a well-formatted document with clean margins, proper hierarchy, and comfortable line lengths.
What Markdown features does Dawn support?
Dawn supports full CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown, including syntax-highlighted code blocks that can collapse, tables that scroll sideways, math rendered with KaTeX, diagrams from Mermaid, and task lists, nested quotes, footnotes, and frontmatter.
How does Dawn improve the reading experience?
Dawn offers features like pinch-to-size text, light/dark/automatic themes, an outline for easy navigation between headings, a progress line, and a measured column width to make long lines easy on the eyes.
Can I open my files in Dawn?
Yes, Dawn allows you to open Markdown files directly from the Files app or iCloud Drive. You can also send web links from Safari, and Dawn will fetch and render them.
Is Dawn private and secure?
Dawn is designed with privacy in mind. It requires no account, sign-in, or tracking. Your files stay on your device, and everything renders on-device, meaning it works with or without an internet connection.
What devices is Dawn compatible with?
Dawn requires an iPhone with iOS 17 or later. It is currently supported on iPhone devices.
How often is Dawn updated?
Dawn was last updated on July 13, 2026, with version 1.0.0. As a new release, future updates will likely address bug fixes and introduce new features based on user feedback.
Does Dawn have ads?
No, Dawn is completely ad-free. It is a free application with no advertisements, ensuring an uninterrupted reading experience.