Comparison

MarkNote Lite vs EZText

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MarkNote Lite

Create and organize notes using markdown formatting. Embed images, create tables, and even include code snippets and mathematical formulas. Sync your notes across all your Apple devices and share them easily.

Highlights
  • Markdown note creation
  • Embed photos and images
  • Live preview
  • iCloud sync
  • Share notes
  • Publish as blog posts
  • Web page import
Features
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Take notes with markdown. Sync notes into iCloud. Access your documents with any of your mac or iOS devices. Share your notes with your friend. You can easily embed photos, format text, create tables, send rich formatted mail message, and share and edit notes from any devices. FEATURES - Embed photos and images into note - Live preview while writing - Auto save - Send mail with rich format - Swipe to delete a note - Syntax highlighting - Embed code snippets and mathematics formulas - Click to update the task status in todo list - Review and edit your notes from any web browsers or smart devices - Sync your notes into iCloud drive, and share with all your devices. You can read and edit your notes with marknote app on iPhone/iPad or marknotes on mac - Publish your note as blog posts - Import web page shared from apps like mobile safari, save in markdown format, so that you can read it later or edit it later - graph view, visualize notes relations You have complete control to your data. SUPPORT If you have any feedback or questions, reach us by mail at marknote@aliyun.com

About

EZText

This app is a versatile text editor for viewing and editing various file types, including plain text, RTF, HTML, and markdown. It offers rich formatting options, live previews for web content, and robust editing tools like search and replace, undo/redo, and style copying. Easily manage files across cloud services and export to PDF.

Highlights
  • Edit any text file
  • Rich text formatting
  • Live HTML/markdown preview
  • Search and replace
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Export to PDF
  • Dark mode support
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A free simple text editor for viewing and editing any kind of text file, including TXT, RTF, RTFD, HTML, XML, markdown, and more. For files like RTF and RTFD, EZText displays them fully formatted and lets you edit all the style information, such as font, point size, color, and paragraph alignment. You can even view the raw RTF text and edit that directly. For HTML and markdown, you can view a live preview as you edit. Features: - Edit any text file on your device, in iCloud, or in other cloud services (such as DropBox) that appear in the Files app - Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript - Text foreground and background color - Paragraph alignment - Line & paragraph spacing - Bulleted lists - Copy & paste text style and paragraph style - Search and replace text - Undo and redo - Create plain text file, rich text files (RTF), rich text with graphics (RTFD), HTML, and markdown files - View and edit the raw text for files that supports text style - Live previews of HTLM and markdown - Export to PDF - Convert between plain text, RTF, and RTFD - Print - Supports multitasking on iPad - Dark mode support

Screenshots

MarkNote Lite4 screens
EZText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EZText at 78% against MarkNote Lite's 0%. EZText also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). MarkNote Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MarkNote Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EZText asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EZText holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EZText has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MarkNote Lite's written reviews are positive against 78% of EZText's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MarkNote Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, EZText every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MarkNote Lite versus EZText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkNote LiteEZText
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings127 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer淑敏 孙Mark Krenek

Customer experience

MarkNote Lite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

EZText

All ratings26 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative17.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MarkNote Lite

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium Version$1.99
None

EZText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MarkNote Lite free?
MarkNote Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EZText free?
EZText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MarkNote Lite or EZText?
EZText is rated higher. MarkNote Lite averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while EZText averages 4.2 from 27 ratings.
Do MarkNote Lite or EZText have ads?
Neither MarkNote Lite nor EZText shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MarkNote Lite or EZText?
MarkNote Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, and EZText every 6 weeks. Most recently, MarkNote Lite was updated on September 29, 2026 and EZText on September 20, 2026.

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