Miaodi vs Metanote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miaodi
This cross-platform Markdown editor offers a seamless writing experience with customizable shortcuts and formatting. It prioritizes data privacy and allows for easy export and multi-platform synchronization. The app also includes system-level to-do reminders and task list notes to help you stay organized.
- Cross-platform Markdown editing
- Customizable shortcut bar
- System-level to-do reminders
- Data export and synchronization
- WYSIWYG and focus modes
- Auto-save and undo/redo
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【Introduction】 Miaodi, this is a cross-platform Markdown editor with excellent experience. And Miaodi, on the iOS platform, has also made special optimizations. For example, the unique and customizable Markdown shortcut bar and text formatting greatly improve the convenience of operation. We do these, just to make your experience more comfortable. Miaodi takes your data seriously from start to finish, and if you use advanced features, you can also edit across platforms. Your data resides on whatever device you are using. Your data can be exported to the system's folder anytime, anywhere, without any limitation, and with extremely fast speed. In addition, Miaodi also provides system-level Todo reminders and task list notes, so that you can better organize your life and time, and be organized and everything is in Miaodi. Although Miaodi is just a Markdown cross-platform editor, it also pays special attention to the record of user inspiration. Therefore, Miaodi has always attached great importance to convenience, and does not want the loss of user inspiration due to the delay of time. Therefore, Miaodi also keeps up with the startup speed of the software. In an instant, you can open Miaodi and start recording. Break system boundaries and record anytime, anywhere, here is Miaodi. 【Description】 - Create notes or articles using Markdown or plain text - Easy management of to-do lists - Support WYSIWYG mode as well as writing mode, focus mode, etc. - Highly customizable, with support for custom fonts, CSS, background images, etc. - Auto-save, no text loss, undo/redo - No ads, no background - Multi-language options - Support for text viewing, editing and other operations - Compatible with other Markdown platforms - Provide cloud services for data storage and multi-platform data synchronization, and more cloud services to play (see the official website for details) 【About us】 telegram: https://t.me/miaodichat email: libv@miaodiapp.com website: https://libv.miaodiapp.com
Metanote
A privacy-focused offline editor that supports Org mode for writing, task management, and knowledge wikis. It offers real-time editing of rich content and seamless synchronization across devices.
- Privacy-first offline editor
- Full Org mode support
- Real-time rich content editing
- Seamless synchronization
- Integrated task management
- Full-text search
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Metanote is a privacy-first offline editor that supports org mode. In Metanote, everything is text, everything is editable. Supports real-time editing and rendering of images, hyperlinks, tables, Latex mathematical formulas, source code blocks, attachments and other rich content with the text markup language 'org mode'. Literary creation, academic papers, literary programming, task management, knowledge wiki and other usage scenarios can be easily handled. *** Freedom & Private 100% work offline, no account required, no network required, no private document formats, no data collection, your data and privacy are completely under your control. *** Writing every where Whether on the go or in your bedroom, you can create, view and edit your documents anytime, anywhere, and with built-in synchronization, everything will be there when you return to your desk. *** A silky-smooth editing experience Pure native development, lightweight and smooth, rejecting any lag, even for large files! *** Thinking better Through the structured editing function, ideas come to life on screen. It is not only a beautiful outline, but also efficient thinking. *** Never miss a thing There is no more free task management system than this. Notes are to-dos, and to-dos are notes. Everything is plain-text and everything can be edited. Capture inspiration on the go with 'capture' and keep everything in sight with 'agenda view's. *** Org mode Metanote fully supports org mode 9.3.6 syntax, including features like Capture and Agenda View, allowing for a perfect and even enhanced org mode experience on smartphones. - An incredibly smooth editing experience. - Sync using WebDAV(Apache WebDAV Server, ownCloud, Yandex.disk, etc.), Dropbox, OneDrive, Git, iCloud. - Support for adding Obsidian and Logseq working directories, integrating and managing them in a unified manner - Supports full-text search. - Support images, tables and LaTeX. - Support hyperlinks and attachments. 1. Supports internal links and external links. 2. Click on the attachment link to preview and edit, the following types are supported: 1. iWork and Microsoft Office documents 2. Images 3. Live Photos 4. Text files 5. PDFs 6. Audio and video files - Supports multi-window editing. - Customizable startup page - Supports mini buffer. - Compatible with org mode version 9.3.6 - Todo notifications support - View agenda views by year, month, and day - Customizable workflows - Support for custom capture, custom agenda view, refile, log note, and other features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Miaodi at 5.0 against Metanote's 4.5. Miaodi also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Metanote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Miaodi sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Metanote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Miaodi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metanote has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Miaodi's written reviews are positive against 73% of Metanote's.
Miaodi ships an update every 6 weeks, Metanote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Miaodi | Metanote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 家乐 陈 | 雪双 陈 |
Customer experience
Miaodi
Metanote
In-app purchases
Miaodi
- Month VIP$0.99
- Season VIP$1.99
- Year VIP$3.99
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- Decade VIP$14.99
- Time VIP$25.99
Metanote
- Metanote Premium$1.991 Month
- Metanote Premium$12.991 Year
- One-time purchase$19.99









