Maiku vs PatchDoc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maiku
This app helps you craft beautiful haiku poems by guiding you through the syllable structure. Easily compose, save your favorite creations, and share them with others as text or images.
- Syllable counter
- Poem editor
- Poem collection
- Text sharing
- Image sharing
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Few things are better for the mind than constraints and writing; Haiku offers you both. It's a fabulous form for our busy world, and offers the opportunity to stop, observe, and create something new. Maiku is a Haiku composer that enables you to write, collect, and share your poems. What is Haiku? -------------- Haiku is a simple, terse form of poetry that originated in Japan. It has a rich and deep history there. It came to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century and has been used by established poets and school children alike. It follows the basic format of three lines: five syllables in the first and third and seven in the second. Compose --------- The Maiku editor counts your syllables as you write each line. Share ------ Share your poetry either as text or as an image, in a Tweet, on Instagram, as a text, or however else you see fit. Share your writing with your friends and the world. Collect ------- Revisit and revise your poems over time. My goal with Maiku is to provide a frictionless, novel way to engage with the world around you. Have fun and happy writing! If you enjoy this app, please review it and share it with your friends.
PatchDoc
A versatile document editor and viewer for iPhone and iPad. Quickly edit text, code, and CSV files, preview PDFs and Office documents, and extract archives. Streamline your mobile file management.
- Text and code editing with syntax highlighting
- CSV table browsing and editing
- HTML source editing with live preview
- PDF viewing with annotations
- Preview for Office documents and images
- Archive browsing and extraction
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Patchdoc is a local file tool for iPhone and iPad, designed to open, edit, preview, save and organize all common documents. Core Features - Edit TXT, Markdown, JSON, YAML, CSV, XML, HTML, SVG, LaTeX, source code and configuration files - Create new files including TXT, Markdown, Python, C++ and other code documents - Markdown: toggle between source code and preview modes; export as HTML or PDF - HTML: toggle between source code and preview modes; export to PDF - PDF tools: reading, annotation, signature, image/text stickers, page management, cropping, compression and format conversion - Archive support: preview directories and inner files inside ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR archives, plus decompression - Image editor: crop, rotate, color adjustment, text overlay, brush drawing and mosaic blur - Video toolkit: playback, frame capture, rotation, mute audio, compressed export and SRT subtitle preview - Built-in local storage: create folders, import files, search, move, rename, delete, compress, pin items, add notes, and transfer files over LAN - WebDAV / FTP access: read-only browsing with file import; mount external folders or single files - Home screen widgets for quick shortcuts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PatchDoc at 5.0 against Maiku's 4.8. PatchDoc also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). Maiku's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Maiku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PatchDoc sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PatchDoc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maiku has 76 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Maiku's written reviews are positive against 100% of PatchDoc's.
Maiku ships an update weekly, PatchDoc every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maiku | PatchDoc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Silas | 夏骏 倪 |
Customer experience
Maiku
PatchDoc
Bugs and requests
Maiku
Reported bugs
7 issues- Image option no longer works
- One or another function would not work correctly
- App will crash after trying to open
- Keyboard covers the syllable counter on small phone screen
- Every image saved is blank white space
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- Slight inaccuracy in syllable count for contractions like 'can't'
- Syllables are miscounted sometimes
Requested features
17 requests- Ability to share across all devices
- iCloud sync
- Option to choose different fonts
- List words, keep syllable count, move whole words
- Time stamp versions
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- A few more fonts
- Ability to save with photo underlay
- Edit poems while retaining photo underlay
- Extra field at bottom of exported images for context
- Read different published haikus for inspiration
- App opens to writing page instead of journal
- Reminder notifications for daily haiku
- Option to post to a public forum
- Ability to save haikus into folders
- Update to new iOS compatibility
- Add date to the time stamp when saved
- Post to a public forum for sharing
PatchDoc
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Maiku
- Enable Image EditingFree
PatchDoc
- lifetime$0.99







