Comparison

WikiTree Sourcer vs MDacrobat

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Search genealogy websites for records
  • Extract data to build citations
  • Find free versions of original sources
  • Minimal performance impact
  • Does not modify web pages
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

WikiTree Sourcer1 screens
MDacrobat2 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WikiTree Sourcer versus MDacrobat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWikiTree SourcerMDacrobat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert PaveyPrabhjot Singh Sandhu

Customer experience

WikiTree Sourcer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

MDacrobat

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WikiTree Sourcer

No in-app purchases

None

MDacrobat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WikiTree Sourcer free?
WikiTree Sourcer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MDacrobat free?
MDacrobat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WikiTree Sourcer or MDacrobat?
MDacrobat is rated higher. WikiTree Sourcer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MDacrobat averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WikiTree Sourcer or MDacrobat have ads?
Neither WikiTree Sourcer nor MDacrobat shows ads.

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