# MarkUp - Word, Markdown, LaTeX — One Editor. Every Document.

> Markdown and LaTeX text editor for notes, research, and technical writing. (iPhone/iPad app by Valentin Donchev.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/markup-word-markdown-latex/id6762391621 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Valentin Donchev](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894024653)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 66 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-24
- Data updated: 2026-10-03
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/markup-word-markdown-latex/id6762391621/reviews.md

## What is MarkUp?

MarkUp is a writing app for notes, research, and long-form work. Edit Word documents with a true page layout, write in Markdown with live preview, or typeset a full LaTeX thesis with a real XeTeX engine that runs entirely on your device. For students, researchers, and technical writers — with the same features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, in one universal purchase.

Word (.docx) documents
• Create and edit fully formatted Word documents with a real page layout
• Tables you can type straight into — fonts, colors, shading, and bullets inside cells, with full undo
• Charts with editable data, plus shapes and text boxes — drag anything anywhere and resize from any corner
• Photos with text wrap: in line with text, in columns, behind text, or in front of text
• Table of contents, captions and cross-references, citations with a works-cited list
• Footnotes and endnotes, comments with replies, and tracked changes
• Custom styles, multilevel and clause numbering, and newspaper columns
• Page size, margins, line spacing, and headers & footers — saved per document
• Calibri and Cambria render with matching character widths, so line breaks and page counts stay where Word put them
• LaTeX math inside Word documents (Pro)

LaTeX, offline (Pro)
• A real XeTeX engine on your device — no internet, no account, nothing uploaded
• Download the typesetting files once, then compile on a plane
• Tap the rendered page to jump to the line that made it, and back again (SyncTeX)
• Autocomplete for commands, citations, references, environments, and file paths
• Errors and warnings marked in the margin, with plain-English explanations
• Code check that catches common LaTeX mistakes before you compile
• Search the typeset PDF, follow its outline, fold sections, step through pages
• Math symbol palette, visual table builder, live preview of the equation at your cursor
• Multi-file projects, BibTeX bibliographies, and ready-made templates

Write in Markdown
• Live rendered preview as you type
• LaTeX math equation rendering (KaTeX)
• Split view — write and preview side by side
• Table editor with a visual grid
• Find & replace with match highlighting
• Word count and character count

One app, all your devices
• The same features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — not a cut-down mobile version
• One universal purchase: buy Pro once, use it everywhere
• Documents, templates, and settings sync through iCloud

Templates
• Start from a ready-made article, paper, thesis, problem set, presentation, or CV
• Save any document as a reusable template, for any file type (Pro)

Version history
• Automatically keeps earlier drafts as you edit
• Compare any version against the current file with side-by-side rendered differences
• Restore any earlier version in a tap (Pro)

Files & workflow
• Works with txt, md, tex, rmd, fountain, yaml, yml, json, csv, html, rtf, and docx files
• Export to PDF or the document's own format
• Convert between Word, Markdown, LaTeX, HTML, RTF, plain text, and more
• Open and sync any folder from iCloud or your device, including subfolders
• Find & replace across an entire folder
• Customizable toolbar — show only what you need
• Spell check that understands LaTeX, in the language you write in
• Autosave, dark mode, and full keyboard shortcut support

MarkUp is free to use. MarkUp Pro unlocks offline LaTeX typesetting, LaTeX math in Word documents, version history, your own templates, and unlimited file exports — as a one-time purchase or a yearly subscription, across all your devices.

Privacy Policy: https://appsvaldonchevdeveloper.com/privacy/markup
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Markdown formatting with live preview
- LaTeX math equation rendering
- Split view for writing and preview
- Export to PDF, HTML, RTF, and more
- Sync any folder from iCloud or device
- Customizable toolbar and keyboard shortcuts

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MarkUp Yearly | $3.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MarkUp Lifetime | $9.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/markup-word-markdown-latex/id6762391621/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2026-09-18*

This is a great text editor. I use it for all my note taking now since downloading a few weeks ago. Won't go back to a standard word processor now that I've been shown how efficient a markdown editor can make my workflow.

## Frequently asked questions about MarkUp

### What file formats does MarkUp support?

MarkUp supports a wide range of file formats including txt, md, tex, rmd, fountain, yaml, yml, json, csv, html, and rtf. It can also convert between these formats directly from the sidebar.

### Can I sync my files with MarkUp?

Yes, MarkUp allows you to open and sync any folder from iCloud or your device, ensuring your work is accessible across your devices.

### How does MarkUp handle math equations?

MarkUp offers full support for LaTeX math equations, rendering them beautifully with KaTeX, making it ideal for technical writing and research.

### What export options are available in MarkUp?

You can export your documents in various formats including PDF, HTML, RTF, Markdown, LaTeX, and Plain Text. PDF exports are customizable with options for font, size, spacing, and margins.

### Is MarkUp suitable for long-form writing?

Yes, MarkUp is designed for long-form writing, notes, and research, offering features like split view for side-by-side writing and preview, and word/character counts.

### Does MarkUp have ads?

No, MarkUp is ad-free, providing an uninterrupted writing experience.

### What is the update frequency for MarkUp?

The app was last updated on April 27, 2026, indicating active development and potential for regular updates.

### What devices is MarkUp available on?

MarkUp is available on iPhone and iPad, offering a consistent experience across Apple mobile devices.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.3 — 2026-10-02

Working across devices
- A document open on screen updates by itself a few seconds after it is edited on another device. Unsaved changes are never
  replaced.
- A device still showing an old copy no longer saves over a newer one, so iCloud stops asking which version to keep.

Exporting
- The export sheet has one layout on every device: the format at the top, the preview below.
- Each file offers PDF and its own type (Markdown as Markdown, Word as Word).
- Page previews show one page at a time. Turn pages with the arrows, by tapping or clicking the left or right side, by swiping, or with ← and → keyboard keys.
- A strip of page thumbnails, like the Preview app's, jumps straight to any page. 

Menus and UI
- iPhone and iPad: menus and choosers have a solid background instead of glass, so they stay readable over photos.
- Checkmarks sit on the right of the chosen option everywhere. This includes New File, Settings, fonts, paragraph styles, page sizes, page numbers and citation styles.
- Other minor UI changes to make the app design more consistent throughout.

Lists
- Tab at the start of a list item makes it a sub-item; Shift-Tab moves it up a level. Tab anywhere else types a tab, as before.
- Backspace at the start of a sub-item, or Return on an empty one, moves it up a level. At the top level it ends the list, as in Word.
- Numbers update the moment an item changes level, and the text stays lined up with the items around it.
- Deleting the first item of a numbered list renumbers the rest, in Markdown, plain text and Word documents. This also works when you delete several items in a row.
- Word: one Undo brings back a deleted item with the list's original numbers.

Word documents
- Switching between one, two and three columns no longer deletes photos.
- Tapping a heading in the outline now jumps to it on any page.
- Mac: switching between Word documents returns you to where you were in each.
- iPhone and iPad: editing a table cell no longer shifts its text and border upward.
- Text typed below a text box goes back to the left margin.

Markdown
- Converting a Markdown document to Word keeps its photos. Before, they came through as file names or as empty boxes.
- The preview's backlinks show only real [[links]] to the document. Plain mentions of its name are no longer listed as references.
- iPhone and iPad: headings no longer flicker while you type.

LaTeX
- Tidy File (in the Insert menu) re-indents a whole .tex file by its structure: environments, groups and your own environment commands. Text
  inside verbatim blocks is left exactly as it is, and one Undo reverses it.

Files and layout
- Get Info has a new header: the file's icon, name and type, with its words, characters and lines. The duplicated Kind and extension rows are gone.
- Each file remembers whether you last had it in Editor, Both or Preview.
- Convert sheets show each file type with the same icon and color as the sidebar.
- Settings › Documents › Default page size no longer lists sizes twice.
- iPhone and iPad: Settings › General › Theme has more room between each mode's icon and its name.

### 1.5.2 — 2026-09-26

Photos
- Photos added from Photos, dragged in or pasted into a Markdown document are kept in MarkUp's iCloud storage, so they appear on all your devices. Photos that were only on one device are brought across the next time you open the document there.
- Photos in exported PDFs are sized to fit the page.

Markdown, LaTeX and text files
- Comment and uncomment lines with ⌘/.
- Indent and outdent several lines at once with Tab / Shift-Tab or ⌘] / ⌘[.
- Both appear in Settings › Keyboard Shortcuts, where they can be changed.
- Numbered lists renumber after you delete an item, and a single Undo restores it.
- Text you type in a list no longer flashes in the accent colour.
- The caret can be placed on the last line of a file again.
- Text files keep their encoding (UTF-8 with or without BOM, UTF-16, Windows-1252) and their Windows line endings.
- Line numbers line up in CSV and other text files.
- Plain text files (.txt, .csv and others) get the formatting row, and their Insert menu offers what fits them.
- Scripts inside a document never run in the preview.

Word documents
- Custom page sizes are kept instead of being changed to the nearest standard size.
- Page color, hidden text, symbol characters, and right-to-left text survive editing and saving.
- Numbered, lettered and roman lists renumber when an item is deleted or added.

Your place in a file
- Switch to another file and back, and you return to the same spot — page 4 stays page 4.
- The editor and the preview each remember their own position, and switching between Editor, Both and Preview opens each exactly where it was, with no scroll from the top.

Sidebar
- Closing the sidebar now has a fluid animation, and your documents then glide into the extra space. "No file selected" slides into the middle too.
- Mac: folders you collapse stay collapsed the next time you open MarkUp.
- iPad: the sidebar keeps all its buttons at its narrowest. In a small window the extra buttons sit in a "…" menu that works and follows your accent color.
- iPad: polished the sidebar's appearance when the app is in window mode, sepia mode separates the clock row in full screen, and the divider line no longer runs through the status bar.

Split view (iPad and Mac)
- Swapping two files by dragging a tab no longer flickers.
- The tab you're not working in has a faint outline, and format badges sit evenly inside their tabs.
- The second file's tab lines up correctly with the sidebar closed.

Toolbar and layout
- The Editor / Both / Preview buttons follow Settings › General › UI Size.
- Mac: the file name stays centered with the sidebar closed, and the divider line under the top row lines up.
- Mac: after switching Editor → Both → Editor, the caret stays visible and the text no longer starts cut off on the left.
- Mac: Find in Preview puts the cursor in the search field straight away.

Subscription
- The free trial is shown first on the upgrade screen.
- Opening the upgrade screen from Settings no longer says your free exports are used up.

### 1.5.1 — 2026-09-18

MarkUp 1.5.1

EDITOR AND PREVIEW
• Choose editor, preview, or both from a control in every file's own row — on iPhone, iPad and Mac. In split view each file keeps its own choice.
• Drag the divider between editor and preview, and in split view each file has its own divider.
• The row's buttons follow the UI size setting, and only the ones that apply to what's on screen are shown.

LATEX
• The engine download now stays visible until it's installed, shows its progress while you edit, and tells you when to reopen the app.

WORD
• The caret sits exactly on the line on Mac, before and after a click.
• Zooming in on two pages side by side stays where you're looking.
• Single or two pages is now a toggle next to the zoom controls.

SIDEBAR
• A cleaner sidebar on iPad, with the same look on iPhone, in light, dark and sepia.
• Dark mode bars and the toolbar no longer sit on a lighter band on iPad.

FIXES
• Find in preview works on iPhone.
• No more white flash on Mac when changing between editor and preview.
• The sidebar button is left-aligned in full screen on Mac.
• The preview's scroll indicator is visible in dark mode.
• Bottom of the screen is filled on iPhone in light mode.

### 1.5 — 2026-09-16

MarkUp 1.5

CONVERT
• Convert between Markdown, Word and LaTeX. Open the Convert sheet and get a real copy in the other format, with the original kept beside it. (Pro)
• Citations survive the trip between LaTeX and Word, in both directions.

SPLIT VIEW
• Two files side by side on iPad and Mac. Drag a file to the edge of the editor, or choose Open in Split View.

MARKDOWN
• A new engine: tables, task lists you can tick in the preview, syntax-highlighted code, YAML front matter, math, Mermaid diagrams, callouts, emoji shortcodes and wiki links.
• Jump to any heading, and find text in the preview.

LATEX
• BibTeX files open in MarkUp.
• File paths complete as you type.

APPEARANCE
• Sepia mode adjustments, plus your choice of accent colour.
• Mac: a cleaner header to match iPad.

IPAD AND MAC
• Hardware keyboards: arrows and Return work everywhere in Word documents, and holding ⌘Z repeats undo.
• Mac: right-click anywhere on a sidebar file.

FIXES
• Version history no longer keeps identical copies.

PRO
• Try MarkUp Pro free for 14 days.

### 1.4.3 — 2026-09-05

What's New in 1.4.3

• Line breaks in Word documents. Press Option+Return, or choose Insert → Line Break, to start a new line inside the same paragraph. Word documents that already contain line breaks now open with them intact instead of splitting into separate paragraphs.
• The Line Break shortcut can be changed in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts.
• Fixed: PDF exports for Word documents made while in Dark Mode could show table text in white.
• Fixed: undoing an edit in a Markdown or LaTeX file did not always save.
• Fixed: the text cursor in Word documents was hard to see in Dark Mode on Mac.
• Fixed: keyboard shortcuts could not be adjusted on iPad.

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