Comparison

Speeches App vs Mark'em Down

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

Head to head
About

Speeches App

Prepare and deliver speeches with ease using this app. It acts as a portable teleprompter, helping you organize notes, time your delivery, and practice for any occasion. Import text files, sync across devices, and get feedback before you present.

Highlights
  • Portable teleprompter for speeches
  • Organize speaker's notes
  • On-screen timing meter
  • Import text files
  • Sync speeches via iCloud
  • Swipeable cue cards for delivery
Features
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Speeches is an App for preparing and delivering speeches and pitches. Prepare speaker's notes and deliver a great speech — perfectly timed — no matter what the occasion. Be it a wedding speech, sermon, business presentation, or evening at the debating club, navigating your notes is that much easier with Speeches as your portable teleprompter. Prepare your notes directly in Speeches on your iPhone or iPad, or import a text file from Mail or another App (e.g. Dropbox, Files). You can also email your speech to solicit feedback from friends and colleagues, and your speeches sync between devices with iCloud. Speeches helps with your preparation. Organize notes, set a speech duration, and practice to make sure you can finish on time. Having difficulty with a particular section? Jump to any note and continue from there. Once your speech is prepared, it's time to deliver. Speeches presents your notes as easy to navigate cue cards. No more juggling of paper notes, or fiddly scrolling in an App not designed for the pressure of public speaking. Just swipe back and forth. Simple gestures keep you focussed on speaking, and not on negotiating your notes. Speeches goes well beyond paper notes when it comes to keeping track of your time. The onscreen timing meter shows at a glance exactly how far along you are. A second bar shows your progress through the notes. By comparing the two, you can see if you are going too fast or too slow. In short, Speeches is the App you need to write, practice and deliver your next speech with precision and confidence. F E A T U R E S – Universal app optimized for both iPhone and iPad – Keep speeches in sync between your devices with iCloud – Prepare speaker's notes on your iOS devices – Swipe through cue cards to practice your speech – Unique timing meter shows time and progress through notes – Set speech duration down to the second – Import text files from Mail, Files and Dropbox – Split any note in two while editing – Mail your speeches to others – Customize font and font size of notes – Set speech category

About

Mark'em Down

Create professional PDFs from Markdown documents. This app allows you to write or import Markdown, preview your content, customize typography and page settings, and export high-quality PDFs for sharing or archiving.

Highlights
  • Markdown editing
  • PDF rendering
  • Typography customization
  • Page settings adjustment
  • Local rendering support
  • Mermaid diagram support
  • Math rendering
Features
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Mark'em Down is a focused Markdown editor and PDF renderer for iPhone. Write or import Markdown, preview the rendered document, tune typography and page settings, then export a clean PDF for sharing or archiving. The app includes local rendering support for common Markdown workflows, including code blocks, tables, Mermaid diagrams, math rendering, HTML preview, document search, table of contents navigation, and reusable visual presets.

Screenshots

Speeches App4 screens
Mark'em Down3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mark'em Down at Free against Speeches App's $4.99. Mark'em Down also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Speeches App's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Mark'em Down is free to download; Speeches App costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mark'em Down holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speeches App has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Speeches App versus Mark'em Down: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeeches AppMark'em Down
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (26 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Mental FacultyNuanxinban Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Speeches App

No in-app purchases

None

Mark'em Down

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speeches App free?
Speeches App costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mark'em Down free?
Mark'em Down is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speeches App or Mark'em Down?
Mark'em Down is rated higher. Speeches App averages 4.4 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Mark'em Down averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Speeches App or Mark'em Down have ads?
Neither Speeches App nor Mark'em Down shows ads.

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