Comparison

Dictate.life vs Markflow

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

Head to head
About

Dictate.life

Capture your ideas, tasks, and information with a system designed for organization and reflection. Inspired by GTD principles, it helps you manage your life's data efficiently. Features include quick storage, organized lists, wikis, and a distraction-free journal.

Highlights
  • Quickly store textual ideas, tasks, and information
  • Organize content into Lists, Wikis, and Agile tasks
  • Distraction-free journaling for focused reflection
  • Personalized YouTube video lists for inspiration and learning
  • Web and iPhone cross-platform compatibility
Features
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Your most important ideas deserve a home that’s built for them - not some retrofitted note taking app. Inspired by David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD), Dictate.life is dedicated to helping you manage the information in your life. WHAT YOU CAN DO Quickly store anything textual - ideas, tasks, and information Organize your ideas into Lists, Wikis, and an Agile-inspired task management interface Reflect on your day with the journal designed to help you eliminate distractions so you can quickly focus in a familiar environment Revisit your own personalized list of youtube videos so you can stay creatively inspired or stay up-to-date on learning Dictate.life is geared primarily toward ambitious writers - creative, technical, software, and beyond. Folks who aren’t primarily writers will find value in Dictate.life as well - it’s for anyone who wants to level up their productivity and organization. To get the best experience out of Dicatate.life, use both the web and iPhone versions. Dictate.life is available with a free trial. The minimum length of the trial is 14 days. Since this is an initial launch, the trial period will likely be longer to allow more feedback to be gathered. Our goal is to make Dictate.life the best personal productivity and organization software, and your feedback will be an essential part of making that happen. Once the trial period concludes, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of the period, for the same price. If you cancel the auto-renewal, you’ll still be able to access your data but will eventually lose write access, your feeds will no longer update, and you will no longer receive notifications. WHY DICTATE.LIFE? Most productivity apps offload the responsibility of deciding how to structure your data on you. This represents thousands hours wasted each year to inefficiency and disorganization. Dictate.life lets you hit the ground running because it’s based around the modern organizational best practices of GTD and Agile, and incorporates the theme of minimalism so you can maximize your focus and your time in the flow state.

About

Markflow

This app allows you to open and read markdown files from various sources like Files, Mail, and Safari. It supports GitHub-flavored markdown, code syntax highlighting, and diagrams, with an integrated editor and a clean preview mode.

Highlights
  • Open .md, .markdown, .mdown files
  • GitHub-flavored markdown rendering
  • Syntax-highlighted code blocks
  • Mermaid diagram support
  • Markdown editing toolbar
  • Pinch to zoom
  • Export edited files
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The markdown reader you've been missing. Markflow opens .md files from Files, Mail, Safari downloads, or the share sheet and renders them properly. GitHub-flavored markdown, syntax-highlighted code, mermaid diagrams, tables, task lists, and more. Originals are never touched. Edits live in memory until you explicitly Save, Save as New File, or Share a copy. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Open any .md, .markdown, or .mdown file from any app • Read with a clean, native preview • Edit with a markdown toolbar above the keyboard. Bold, italic, headings, lists, links, images, code, quotes, all one tap away. • Pinch to zoom in both Preview and Edit • Export an edited copy via the system share sheet • Tap Create to start a new blank file, or "Welcome to Markflow" for a full feature tour WHAT IT RENDERS • Headings, lists, blockquotes, links, images • Syntax-highlighted code blocks • Mermaid flowcharts and diagrams • GitHub-flavored markdown tables • Task lists with checkboxes • Inline images (absolute URLs) PRIVACY Markflow makes zero network requests and collects zero data. No accounts. No login. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. The renderer is a sandboxed local file with a Content Security Policy that blocks all remote resources. Your files stay on your device. DESIGN Built native with SwiftUI and the Liquid Glass nav bar. Light and dark mode. Adaptive home screen. Stock Apple Human Interface Guidelines throughout. WHO IT'S FOR • Writers who keep notes in markdown • Developers reading READMEs and docs on the go • Anyone who's been emailed a .md and had nowhere to open it • People who want a markdown reader that does one thing well Open source. MIT licensed. github.com/madebysan/markflow

Screenshots

Dictate.life4 screens
Markflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Markflow at none against Dictate.life's 1. Markflow also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Dictate.life's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Dictate.life sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Markflow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dictate.life against 5.0 for Markflow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dictate.life ships an update every 5 months, Markflow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Dictate.life versus Markflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDictate.lifeMarkflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Secure Technology LLCSantiago Alonso Alexandre

Customer experience

Dictate.life

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Markflow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dictate.life

Subscriptions1
  • Dictate.life - Unlimited$12.991 Month
None

Markflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dictate.life free?
Dictate.life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Markflow free?
Markflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dictate.life or Markflow?
Dictate.life and Markflow are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dictate.life or Markflow have ads?
Neither Dictate.life nor Markflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dictate.life or Markflow?
Dictate.life ships an update every 5 months, and Markflow fortnightly. Most recently, Dictate.life was updated on October 18, 2026 and Markflow on October 16, 2026.

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