Comparison

Assignment vs Inkiostro

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

Head to head
About

Assignment

Organize tasks by group and lecture, creating custom summary rules. View upcoming events and schedules through home screen and lock screen widgets. Manage lectures and events systematically.

Highlights
  • Organize tasks by group and lecture
  • Create custom summary rules
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Calendar view by month and day
  • Lecture timetable management
  • Systematic event grouping
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Organize and manage your to-do tasks by group and lecture. Create your own summary rules and check the summary contents in the summary tab and widget. Summary - Create your own summary rules using group, lecture, date conditions, etc. - Check the events that satisfy the summary rules you created in the home screen widget and lock screen widget. Group - Manage events systematically by grouping them. Calender - Check out the events you need to do this month at a glance. - You can also view events by time on a specific date in detail. Lecture - Check the timetable. - You can also manage events for each lecture. Widget - You can check the lecture schedule, calendar, and summary on the home screen. Please let us know about any improvements or bugs through Settings>Feedback!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Inkiostro is the Markdown editor that lets you focus on your ideas while providing all the tools to do it right. Open, write, save. No subscriptions, no accounts, no tracking. FORMULAS AND DIAGRAMS, RIGHT WHERE YOU WRITE • LaTeX math with $ and $$, typeset by KaTeX — inline in a sentence or as a display block. • Mermaid diagrams: a code block becomes a real flowchart, sequence or Gantt chart, drawn as you type. • Everything renders live as you write, and carries over to every export. TURN A NOTE INTO A FINISHED DOCUMENT • PDF export with selectable text — formulas, diagrams and highlighted code included, never flattened into an image. The free version adds a small credit line in the page footer. • HTML export: a single self-contained file that works offline, images and styles embedded. (Pro) • EPUB export: a real ebook with a navigation table of contents, ready for Apple Books. (Pro) WRITE THE WAY YOU LIKE • Complete Markdown toolbar: headings, bold, italic, lists, tables and code blocks, one tap away. • Smart tables with automatic pipe alignment as you type. • 11 preview styles — GitHub, Dark, Sepia, Nord, Solarized, Terminal and more. All included, free. • Find and replace, live word count, and a daily writing goal with no limits. • Focus and Typewriter modes for immersive writing. (Pro) YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Unlimited documents. No cap, free or Pro. • Import Markdown from any app and bring your whole library across. • Color labels and custom tags, with filtering and grouping by tag. • Native iCloud Drive sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac. Zero configuration. • External folders: work directly inside any local or iCloud Drive folder. (Pro) NEVER LOSE A DRAFT • Version history: Inkiostro saves versions of your document while you write. Compare them line by line and restore any of them. (Pro) INKIOSTRO PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Forever. • Version history with line-by-line diff • HTML and EPUB export • Focus and Typewriter writing modes • External folders, anywhere on your device or iCloud Drive • 24 exclusive app themes that restyle the whole app • Write with any font installed on your device MADE FOR • Developers: READMEs, documentation, technical notes with real diagrams • Students and researchers: lecture notes with proper LaTeX formulas • Writers and bloggers: distraction-free drafting in plain text • Anyone tired of paying every month for a text editor PRIVACY Your documents live in your own iCloud Drive. No external servers, ever. Inkiostro collects only anonymous, aggregated usage statistics — never personal data and never the content of your documents — and you can turn them off in Settings.

Screenshots

Assignment4 screens
Inkiostro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Assignment at 5.0 against Inkiostro's 2.8. Assignment also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 60%). Inkiostro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Assignment sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Inkiostro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Assignment holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Assignment's written reviews are positive against 60% of Inkiostro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Assignment versus Inkiostro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAssignmentInkiostro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLee JaehoCarlo Di Giuseppe

Customer experience

Assignment

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

Inkiostro

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Assignment

One-time1
  • Buy a developer a coffee$4.99
1 purchases

Inkiostro

One-time1
  • Inkiostro Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Assignment free?
Assignment is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inkiostro free?
Inkiostro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Assignment or Inkiostro?
Assignment is rated higher. Assignment averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Inkiostro averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Assignment or Inkiostro have ads?
Assignment shows ads; Inkiostro does not.
Which is updated more often, Assignment or Inkiostro?
Assignment ships an update weekly, and Inkiostro weekly. Most recently, Assignment was updated on June 1, 2026 and Inkiostro on September 10, 2026.

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