WikiTree Sourcer vs MDacrobat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WikiTree Sourcer
This tool streamlines genealogy research by searching other sites for records and automatically building citations from found data. It also helps locate free versions of original sources across different platforms.
- Search genealogy websites for records
- Extract data to build citations
- Find free versions of original sources
- Minimal performance impact
- Does not modify web pages
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The WikiTree Sourcer extension saves time and typing by assisting WikiTree users with three tasks: 1. From a WikiTree profile page it provides the ability to search other genealogy websites for relevant records. 2. From one of these genealogy websites' records page it can extract data and build a citation. 3. Also from one of these genealogy websites records page it can search other genealogy websites for similar records. For example on an Ancestry page it can help find free versions of the same original source.
MDacrobat
This app provides a comprehensive Markdown editing experience for iPhone and iPad, offering live previews, robust export options, and offline functionality. It treats Markdown files as editable documents with advanced features for formatting and organization.
- Live GitHub-Flavored Markdown preview
- Offline rendering of math, code, and diagrams
- Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
- Export to PDF, HTML, DOCX, RTF, and plain text
- Native document browser integration
- Hardware keyboard shortcuts on iPad
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MDacrobat is the complete Markdown app for iPhone and iPad — what Acrobat is for PDF, MDacrobat is for Markdown. It treats your .md files as real documents, with a live, reference-quality preview and honest export, and your files stay ordinary Markdown on disk. No account, no sync service, no tracking, no ads. LIVE PREVIEW • GitHub-Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough, autolinks • Math with KaTeX, code highlighting, and Mermaid diagrams — all rendered offline • Flicker-free updates and synced scrolling between editor and preview • Tap task checkboxes in the preview to check them off in the source • Five typographic themes, light and dark EDITOR BUILT FOR MARKDOWN • Live syntax highlighting, smart list continuation, and auto-pairing • A formatting bar above the keyboard, and full hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad • Front matter shown as a tidy metadata card DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Native document browser (works with the Files app and iCloud Drive) • Side-by-side editor and preview on iPad; editor / split / preview modes everywhere • Outline sidebar to jump between headings EXPORT & SHARE • PDF, self-contained HTML, Word (.docx), RTF, and plain text • Copy as HTML, print, and share anywhere Your documents never leave your device. MDacrobat works entirely offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MDacrobat at 5.0 against WikiTree Sourcer's 4.3. MDacrobat also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). WikiTree Sourcer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MDacrobat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of WikiTree Sourcer's written reviews are positive against 100% of MDacrobat's.
| Parameter | WikiTree Sourcer | MDacrobat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Pavey | Prabhjot Singh Sandhu |
Customer experience
WikiTree Sourcer
MDacrobat
In-app purchases
WikiTree Sourcer
No in-app purchases
MDacrobat
No in-app purchases
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