Comparison

Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes vs Metanote

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

Head to head
About

Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes

This keyboard app enhances your markdown writing experience across various note-taking applications. It offers advanced formatting tools, quick shortcuts, and smart suggestions to streamline your note creation process.

Highlights
  • Emoji input
  • Tab key functionality
  • Quick paste markdown templates
  • Hidable markdown shortcut buttons
  • Auto-format and auto-indent for lists
  • Cursor position adjustment via space drag
  • In-keyboard spreadsheet table
Features
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Looking for a better way to write markdown? Lucid Markdown Keyboard is a keyboard optimized for writing markdown notes in any app. Our mission is to make an awesome markdown keyboard to replace your system keyboard. * Perfect for Notion, Joplin, Apple notes and Google Keep * ** Advanced Notion users can #, *, -, >, ` key in toolbar to speed up formatting. # Features - Emoji input **NEW** - Tab key - Quick paste markdown text templates - Hidable markdown shortcut buttons above the keyboard - heading, bold, italic, checklist, bullet list, blockquote, tables - Auto-format and auto-indent in bullet and number lists. - Page up, page down, go to top, go to end. - Autocorrect and autocomplete suggestions. - In-keyboard spreadsheet table. - Add a number row. - space drag to change the cursor position. - Copy link or image as markdown in browsers. - Support iPhone and iPad. - Dark mode. - Use in any app! NOTE: This is an **English** only keyboard!! Support of other languages coming. Term of Service: https://www.sagiodev.com/terms_of_service_keyboard.html Privacy Policy: https://www.sagiodev.com/privacy_notes_keyboard.html

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

Screenshots

Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes4 screens
Metanote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes at 46 against Metanote's 11. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes against 4.5 for Metanote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes's written reviews are positive against 73% of Metanote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes ships an update every 8 days, Metanote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes versus Metanote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucid Markdown Keyboard notesMetanote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (46 ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSagio Development LLC雪双 陈

Customer experience

Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes

All ratings46 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Metanote

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Life Time$14.99
3 purchases

Metanote

Subscriptions2
  • Metanote Premium$1.991 Month
  • Metanote Premium$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$19.99

Questions

Is Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes free?
Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Metanote free?
Metanote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes or Metanote?
Metanote is rated higher. Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes averages 4.4 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Metanote averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes or Metanote have ads?
Neither Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes nor Metanote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes or Metanote?
Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes ships an update every 8 days, and Metanote every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lucid Markdown Keyboard notes was updated on September 23, 2026 and Metanote on October 3, 2026.

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