Read.md appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Read.md is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Read.md User Reviews

Name: Read.md
Rating: 5 (81 reviews)

Read.md

Pavel Abin

🔧 Utilities

🛠️ Developer Tools

Customer Experience

Positive experience88.2% of reviews

Neutral11.8% of reviews

Negative experience0.0% of reviews

~ Based on 17 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Read.md Safe?

Read.md appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Read.md is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 81 user ratings, with an App Store average of 5/5.

Safety Analysis

100.0% of ratings point to a safe experience

0.0% of ratings suggest some concerns

0.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 81 App Store ratings for Read.md.

Is Read.md Legit?

Read.md appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Read.md is 70/100.

Based on 70 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Not very customizable

I would consider configurable font to be a very basic thing for a text reader, but this is completely missing - not even a hardcoded list of fonts like some other apps, what you see on the screenshots is what you get, and nothing else.

That aside, there’s also an annoying bug where if the file that’s in Recents list has been moved or deleted, trying to open it immediately crashes the app.

int_19h

19 days ago

Does what I wanted

Wanted a simple markdown viewer, and it delivers. But some quirks of the Mac desktop version 2.1.0: Windows can’t be dragged, so to reposition them you have to grow/shrink them by the edges. And the Settings menu item is in the File menu, not in the Read.md menu where it would conventionally be for a Mac app. Oh, and the app name makes it look like it IS a markdown file.

Kelvin31415

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the detailed notes — 2.1.1 is out with Settings now in the Read.md menu where it belongs, plus faster large documents and a few other polish items. Glad the reader itself does what you wanted.

Does the job, and does it well!

Most excellent reader app!

Flir_Fox

a month ago

Response from developer

Your wish is now live: version 2.1.0 adds Live Refresh. When a file changes on disk, Read.md updates in place and highlights what changed — keeping your reading position. Prefer to stay in control? Switch to "Notify only" in Settings and reload when you choose (⌘R). We built it both ways because both are right for different workflows. Thank you for the nudge!

Excellent markdown reader

I use Obsidian and Sublime Text for markdown editing, but sometimes you just want a reader that works across all your devices and this app is definitely a good one for that. I use it on my Mac, iPad Pro, iPhone, and even Vision Pro to read markdown documents that my AI agents produce. It allows me to read at my leisure and I really like the dark mode implementation which is the only mode I use these days. I also like the sidebar that keeps track of recently open documents, and I like how it even keeps track of where I was within the document, as well as respecting my preferred window size and location. Very well done, thank you.

Dr-Greg

a month ago

Gorgeous App with Tons of Free Features

I was looking for a good markdown app and this app is it! Great layout, has all my previous docs in the sidebar. Easy to read, and free for most functions!

Tangle

a month ago

MD 뷰어 일기 전용앱으로 좋음

옵시디언 으로 Vault 에서 작성한 md 파일을 모바일에서 가볍게 읽는 용도로 매우 좋다. Mac 용 앱도 있어서 좋고 읽기 뿐 아니라 편집도 가능함.

.m..m.

a month ago

Simple, does what it says on the tin

I don’t need a super-fancy app — I just need to read Markdown files going into and coming out of Claude. Read.md does the trick!

sandrifting

2 months ago

Excellent markdown reader

I do most of my work at my desktop PC, but I don’t want to be tied to it when reviewing lengthy documents. I have found this to be an excellent solution because I can read markdown documents, which I generate frequently, on my iPad while sitting on my deck and not feel like I’m a slave to my desktop.

David Trussler

3 months ago

Just right

Love how clean and well-designed this app is. Just exactly what I was looking for. You nailed it. Thanks.

Natkinator

3 months ago

No in-app purchases

Just a simple, Clean, and beautiful app to display markdown files

Jerry06fishinwater

4 months ago

Simple and it works

My experience so far has been great. It just opens the file and renders it. Seems lightweight. Exactly what I was looking for.

Naitoon

4 months ago

THIS is a markdown viewer

Other viewers try to do too much (editing) while doing too little (being ugly). This is the one. It has a “recent” list, it has a table of contents, and it displays rendered markdown. Its default styles are similar to GitHub’s (nice-looking and readable) and supports dark and light modes. That’s literally all you need. The only downside is I can’t throw money at the developer for it.

Uli Troyo

4 months ago

Really great rendering, but buggy when offline

I really want to love this. I have a lot of .md files I need to quickly open and use as reference. But when I don’t have an internet connection, I get a spinning wheel in the rendering frame. The only way I have found to fix this is to manually delete all the files in ~/Library/Containers/app.readmd.readmd/ and re-launch the app. Hope this gets some bug fixes in the future.

MK500

5 months ago

Response from developer

Hi MK500 — developer here. Thank you for the precise report: you diagnosed it exactly right. The old version's rendering pipeline could stall waiting on the network, and stale state in the container could keep it stuck — which is why your delete-and-relaunch workaround worked. That whole architecture is gone now: this week's 2.0.0 is a ground-up native rewrite, and rendering is fully local — offline works completely, no spinner, no container surgery. Your recents and settings carry over in the update. Quick reference reading of .md files is exactly what it's built for, so I'd love for you to give it another shot — and if anything still stalls, reach me via the support link here and I'll fix it fast. If it earns it, an updated review would mean a lot. — Pavel

My favorite Markdown reader so far. Super tidy!

This app rocks and I love the iOs version, too. It’s wonderful and beats most of the established players on sheer aesthetics.

Macromole

5 months ago

A great quick markdown viewer

This is a nice markdown file viewer, opens quickly and renders the markdown I expect, with the ability to see content outline for navigation and some search functionality as well. Looking forward to seeing where the product goes in the future.

JSherwood

5 months ago

Exactly what i was looking for!

I like having the AI output md files so it’s both human and AI friendly to read. But when I’m on my phone notepad sucks to try and read them. This made it clean and formatted as the AI overlord intended. Just like using Xcode or similar apps on my laptop. Thanks!

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