# md Viewer: Markdown — Read, edit & create Markdown

> Read, edit & create Markdown (iPhone/iPad app by Eric Pierre Bertrand.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/md-viewer-markdown/id6806814038 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Eric Pierre Bertrand](https://appshunter.io/developer/6806814040)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-09-01
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/md-viewer-markdown/id6806814038/reviews.md

## What is md Viewer?

md Viewer opens Markdown files, shows them cleanly formatted right away, and lets you edit that same text in place, create new documents, and save them back to the file.

No file browser. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Open a .md or .txt file from the Files app or the share menu. md Viewer renders headings, lists, tables, bold/italic, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and quotes. No raw text, no characters to decode.

CREATE, EDIT, SAVE

Start without a file: tap Paste on the start screen to take text from the clipboard, or choose Blank Document. The draft opens straight in the editor. The red checkmark saves it as a new .md file; you pick the folder and name in the Files dialog. After that, the checkmark writes to that same file as usual.

Existing files: tap Edit in the top right. The preview turns into a text editor. Save with the red checkmark; after a short confirmation the original file is overwritten. The X discards your changes (after a confirmation), and the arrow steps back through individual changes. No autosave, no export, no second copy.

.txt files open in the app and in the share extension too. When you edit a .txt, the app also offers Save as Markdown.

If you only want to read, none of this gets in the way. Every file opens in the formatted preview first.

WHY SO MINIMAL?

Most Markdown apps today are full editors with file management, cloud sync, and menus. Handy, but too much when you just want to read a file quickly, jot down a quick note, or fix a typo now and then. md Viewer deliberately does only that: tap a file, read, change or create if needed, done.

FEATURES

- Open via Open With in the Files app or straight from the share menu (mail attachments, AirDrop). The share extension shows the document formatted right away, without switching apps
- Create a new document from pasted or typed text and save it as a .md file
- Opens .md and .txt
- Clean Markdown rendering: headings, lists, task lists, tables (scroll horizontally), code blocks with syntax highlighting, quotes, links, images
- Edit and save in place in the open file, with a confirmation before overwriting and before closing with unsaved changes
- Full Unicode support: emoji, Arabic and Hebrew (right-to-left), Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters
- Supports Dynamic Type and VoiceOver
- Automatic Dark Mode / Light Mode
- Runs entirely offline, no network access in the code

PRIVACY

md Viewer collects no data at all. No analytics, no tracking, no account, no cloud sync. Files you open, edit, and create are processed only locally on your device. The clipboard is read only when you explicitly tap Paste.

Who is it for? Anyone who regularly receives or manages .md or .txt files (notes, READMEs, technical docs, meeting notes) and wants to read them quickly and cleanly, edit them now and then, or jot down a new one, without opening a full editor.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-09-10

Select and copy text

• New in the reading view: "Select Text" in the top right shows the document as plain text. Select any part of it and copy it with the standard menu, without switching to edit mode.
• "Copy All" puts the whole document text on the clipboard with the Markdown syntax removed.

### 1.3 — 2026-09-08

md Viewer is now fully available in English.

This version adds a complete English localization of the app and the App Store listing. There are no functional changes.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-04

Neu in 1.2: Ohne Datei anfangen

• Auf dem Startbildschirm „Einsetzen" tippen: Text aus der Zwischenablage wird sofort als Markdown angezeigt und ist bearbeitbar. Oder „Leeres Dokument" für einen leeren Start.
• Mit dem roten Haken als neue .md-Datei sichern; du wählst Ordner und Name im Dateien-Dialog. Danach speichert der Haken wie gewohnt in diese Datei.
• .txt-Dateien lassen sich jetzt ebenfalls öffnen, in der App und über das Teilen-Menü. Beim Bearbeiten einer .txt gibt es „Als Markdown speichern".

### 1.1 — 2026-09-03

Neu in 1.1: Bearbeiten-Modus

• Markdown-Dateien lassen sich jetzt direkt in der App bearbeiten. Oben rechts auf „Bearbeiten" tippen, Text ändern, mit dem roten Haken speichern. Nach einer kurzen Rückfrage wird die Originaldatei überschrieben.
• Mit dem X verwirfst du die Änderungen (nach Rückfrage), mit dem Pfeil machst du einzelne Änderungen schrittweise rückgängig.
• Zwischen Editor und formatierter Vorschau wechselst du jederzeit mit einem Tipp.
• Wer nur lesen will, merkt nichts davon. Jede Datei öffnet zuerst in der Vorschau.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-01

No release notes.

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