Lightweight Text Editor vs MarkLift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightweight Text Editor
This app allows users to work with plain text files without formatting concerns. It can open any text file, create folders for organization, and adjust encoding and line endings.
- Open any plain text file
- Create folders for organization
- Change text encoding
- Adjust line endings (CR/LF/CRLF)
- No formatting concerns
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Lightweight Text Editor is a great tool for users who work with plain text files. If you want to work with raw text without having to worry about formatting, then this app is for you. It can open any plain text file, regardless of the extension. You can create folders to organize your documents. You can also change the encoding and the line endings (CR/LF/CRLF).
MarkLift
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MarkLift turns any document on your iPhone into clean markdown. PDFs, images, Word documents, web pages, CSV and JSON — converted in two taps and ready to paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian, Bear, Drafts, or your notes. Your documents are converted entirely on your device. The files you convert never leave your phone. WHAT IT CONVERTS - PDF, including scanned pages read with on-device text recognition - Photos and screenshots, with text pulled out automatically - Word documents (.docx), with headings, bold, italics, lists and tables - Web pages — paste a link or share from Safari - CSV to markdown tables, JSON and XML, plain text and markdown AI ENHANCED CLEANUP Apple Intelligence restructures messy text into clean markdown: it fixes broken line wraps, rebuilds tables, removes page numbers and headers, and infers heading levels. Cleanup is optional and reversible — the raw conversion is always kept, so you can switch back with one tap. SHARE SHEET ANYWHERE MarkLift lives in the share sheet. Convert from Safari, Files, or Mail without opening the app. Copy the result, save it as a .md file, or open it straight in your markdown editor. SIMPLE PRICING Three conversions a day are free, in every format. Need more? Watch a short ad for one extra conversion, or unlock unlimited conversions and your full history with a single $4.99 purchase. No subscription. Apple Intelligence cleanup requires a supported device. Conversions work without it. Privacy Policy: https://embay.dev/marklift/privacy Terms of Use: https://embay.dev/marklift/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MarkLift at Free against Lightweight Text Editor's $2.99. MarkLift also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 26 months). Lightweight Text Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
MarkLift is free to download; Lightweight Text Editor costs $2.99 up front. MarkLift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lightweight Text Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lightweight Text Editor ships an update every 26 months, MarkLift every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightweight Text Editor | MarkLift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (58 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik Wegener | Embay, LLC |
In-app purchases
Lightweight Text Editor
No in-app purchases
MarkLift
- MarkLift Unlock$4.99
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