Markdown゜ vs Inkiostro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Markdown゜
Create and edit Markdown files with a simple yet powerful editor for iOS. Generate PDFs and HTML from your documents, with features like syntax highlighting, line numbers, and autosave. Seamlessly sync with cloud storage and export your work to other apps.
- Create and edit .md files
- Export to PDF and HTML
- File synchronization (cloud storage)
- Syntax highlighting and line numbers
- Autosave and instant preview
- Dark mode and custom fonts
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Markdown Pro is a fast, focused Markdown editor for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Write in plain Markdown, or turn on the prettified editor and watch headings, lists, tables, images and task lists render as you type. When you're done, export a polished PDF, an HTML file, or the raw Markdown. WRITE THE WAY YOU LIKE • Prettified editor renders headings, lists, quotes, code blocks and images inline while you type • Or stay in raw Markdown with syntax highlighting and line numbers • Switch between the two with a single tap • Live preview beside your text on iPad and Mac • Smart list continuation and a caret that stays where you put it • Task lists with tappable checkmarks TABLES WITHOUT THE PAIN • Tap the pencil on any rendered table to open the graphical table editor • Add and remove rows and columns without counting pipes • Multiline cells and column alignment • Tables render inline as you edit EXPORT ANYWHERE • Export to PDF, HTML or raw Markdown • Send to any other app, or save straight to Files • Your documents and exports stay on your device AT HOME ON EVERY DEVICE • One app for iPhone, iPad and Mac • Full keyboard support, with menu bar commands and keyboard shortcuts • Multiple windows, and documents as native tabs on Mac • Drag and drop, and open several files at once • Works with the Files app, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and other file providers • iCloud and Recents right on the Mac home screen MAKE IT YOURS • Full light and dark mode support • Pick your syntax highlighting theme • Choose a custom editor font and size • Built-in snippets for headings, links, lists and tables • Find and replace • Autosave, always on Whether you're keeping a journal, writing documentation, drafting a README, taking notes in a meeting or working through a code snippet, Markdown Pro stays out of the way and lets you write.
Inkiostro
A distraction-free Markdown editor for Apple devices. Organize files with color labels and tags, and write efficiently with a comprehensive toolbar and live preview. Syncs automatically via iCloud Drive.
- Color Labels for files and folders
- Custom tags for organization
- Complete Markdown toolbar
- Live preview with multiple themes
- Focus and Typewriter modes
- Native iCloud Drive sync
- External folder support
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Inkiostro is a Markdown editor for people who write — notes, documentation, theses, novels. Plain text files that stay yours, a preview that looks like a finished page, and exports ready to hand over. Buy once, no subscription. No account, no tracking. WRITE, SEE, FINISH • A complete Markdown toolbar: headings, lists, tables and code blocks, one tap away. • A side-by-side preview that comes back exactly where you left it. • LaTeX formulas typeset by KaTeX, and Mermaid diagrams drawn as you type. • 27 preview styles, 11 of them free: GitHub, Sepia, Nord, Solarized and more. With Pro, Manuscript, Book, Report, Academic and others set the page like print. • Focus and Typewriter modes, a live word count and a daily writing goal. FROM DRAFT TO BOOK • PDF with selectable text, formulas and diagrams included. Free, with a small credit line in the footer. • A professional ePub: real chapters, a cover, ISBN, series, footnotes that open over the page, and the accessibility declaration Europe requires. The export sheet tells you what a store would reject — before you send it. (Pro) • A book made of many files: one chapter per file, in a folder, in the order you choose. Arranging it is free; exporting it as a single ePub is Pro. • Self-contained HTML, and page setup for PDF: paper, margins, headers and page numbers. (Pro) NEVER LOSE A WORD • Version history: Inkiostro saves versions as you write. Search them, compare them line by line, and bring back a single word or a whole draft. (Pro) • Backups of your whole library: a dated zip archive with your version history inside, offered when one is due, while the app is open, in a folder you pick. Open it in the Files app and your Markdown files are right there. (Pro) YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Unlimited documents, as plain .md files you can open anywhere. • Folders, color labels and tags, with search that filters by tag. • iCloud Drive sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no setup. • External folders: work directly inside any folder on your device or in iCloud Drive. (Pro) INKIOSTRO PRO — ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE One purchase unlocks Pro on iPhone, iPad and Mac, forever. Try it free for 7 days. • Version history with search, comparison and a year of versions • Backups of your library • Professional ePub, HTML, and books made of many files • PDF page setup • Focus and Typewriter modes • External folders • 24 app themes, the Pro preview styles and any font installed on your device MADE FOR • Writers: novels and essays in plain text, out as a real ebook • Students and researchers: notes and theses with proper formulas • Developers: READMEs, documentation and technical notes with diagrams • Anyone tired of paying every month for a text editor PRIVACY Your documents stay in your iCloud Drive or on your device. No servers of ours, ever. Inkiostro collects only anonymous, aggregated usage statistics — never personal data, never the content of your documents — and you can turn them off in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Markdown゜ at 4.5 against Inkiostro's 3.0. Markdown゜ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (473 vs 4). Inkiostro's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 31%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Inkiostro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Markdown゜ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Markdown゜ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Markdown゜ has 473 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Markdown゜'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Inkiostro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Markdown゜ ships an update every 6 weeks, Inkiostro weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Markdown゜ | Inkiostro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (473 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 473 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teleprompter LLC | Carlo Di Giuseppe |
Customer experience
Markdown゜
Inkiostro
Bugs and requests
Markdown゜
Reported bugs
15 issues- Cursor automatically jumps to end of document after typing any character
- Text content vanishes without explanation
- Files fail to save as .md format
- App gets stuck in error message loop
- Cannot create new files (plus button not working)
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- Cannot open .md files after closing them
- Files revert to older cached versions
- App crashes on iPadOS 16.1
- Modifications disappear when editing
- Chinese input method (bopomofo) not supported
- Cannot open files from Google Drive
- Files grayed out and unopenable
- Text encoding corrupted on save
- Split-screen keyboard interference
- View jumps back to cursor position instead of staying scrolled
Requested features
11 requests- Word count and character count
- Internal markdown reference
- Table support for markdown
- Code block syntax highlighting
- Auto-save functionality
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- File browser/vault view like Obsidian
- Image support
- Dedicated save button
- Disable cache option for synced folders
- Better toolbar design
- Split-screen support improvements
Inkiostro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Markdown゜
No in-app purchases
Inkiostro
- Inkiostro Pro$19.99








