# Trail: Markdown Blog Writer — Post Markdown with photos

> Post Markdown with photos (iPhone/iPad app by Fumiya Kawano.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/trail-markdown-blog-writer/id6825856413 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Fumiya Kawano](https://appshunter.io/developer/6824530358)
- Category: Productivity, Developer Tools
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-10-26
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Trail?

Write posts on your iPhone and send them to a blog hosted on GitHub — Astro, Hugo, Jekyll and more.

■ Write and publish
Type a title and text in Markdown, pick photos and tap Post. The post and its photos are committed together in a single commit, so your site never builds a half-finished post. GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages or any other host builds your site as usual.

■ Photo location is never sent
Before sending, photos are redrawn and all metadata — location, capture time, camera model — is removed. They are resized to 2000px on the long side and saved as JPEG. If you want, the place can be added to the post as a name only (for example, “Naha”).

■ Fits your blog’s layout
Choose a preset for Astro, Hugo (page bundles) or Jekyll, or set your own post path, photo folder and post URL. Cover photos, tags, summaries and public/private visibility are supported.

■ Safe sign-in
Sign in with GitHub by entering a short code on GitHub. The app can write only to repositories where you installed the GitHub App “Trail Blog Post”. Your sign-in is stored only in the device Keychain, and nothing is sent to the developer.

■ Try it without GitHub
Tap “Try Without GitHub” to explore the editor and see exactly which files would be sent to your repository.

Drafts are saved automatically and survive closing the app.

## Is Trail safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Trail.

## Is Trail legit?

Trail: Markdown Blog Writer has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Trail is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-27

• New formatting toolbar above the keyboard: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, lists, quotes, links, code, dividers and photos.
• New formatting help showing how Markdown looks. Open it from the ⓘ button.
• Switch the text between Edit and Preview. Photos appear in the preview.
• Photo lines in the text are highlighted, and photos used in the text are marked.
• Review how your post will roughly look on your blog before posting, then post or go back and edit.
• For the trail blog format, you can now choose “Only Me” as the visibility.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-27

No release notes.

## More apps by Fumiya Kawano

- [FootPrints: Travel Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/footprints-travel-map/id6824530356)

All apps by Fumiya Kawano: https://appshunter.io/developer/6824530358

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