Comparison

uFocus vs md writer

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

Head to head
About

uFocus

A distraction-free writing app designed for creative expression. It supports plain text files, offers advanced Markdown and Fountain syntax for various writing needs, and provides tools to enhance focus and productivity.

Highlights
  • Unobtrusive interface
  • Text statistics
  • MultiMarkdown support
  • Fountain screenplay support
  • Highlighting options
  • Typewriter scrolling
  • Customizable themes
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uFocus is a distraction-free writing environment that supports plain text files and allows you to keep them organized inside libraries. It allows everyone to express their creativity in the most simple way. • Unobtrusive interface: the navigation bar disappears while writing. • Swipe to show the sidebar. Here you can link your favorite libraries and quickly access your documents. • Show text statistics including character and word count and reading time. • MultiMarkdown: easily add headings, quotes, ordered and unordered lists, links, images, italics, bold, footnotes, citations, glossaries and acronyms. You can then export your documents to HTML or PDF. With CriticMarkup and Live Edit Mode you can easily mark removals, additions and substitutions, add highlghts and comments, and accept or reject them. • Fountain: create screenplays with the Markdown-inspired markup syntax and print or export them as PDF with industry-standard formatting. • Highlighting: you can stay even more focused by fading out all the text but the current sentence or paragraph. • Typewriter scrolling: automatically scrolls the text when you get on a new line. • Sound mode: experience the ultimate feeling of a typewriter. • No deletions mode: disable deletions and replacements if your greatest temptation is always to edit your text instead of writing. • Fullscreen: focus on your words and hide everything else. • Choose between three different editor widths, four font sizes and a light, dark, sepia or amber theme, or create your own theme. • Print single files or entire directory hierarchies. If you have any requests, suggestions or bug reports, you're welcome to visit the website through the Support link.

About

md writer

This minimalistic markdown editor offers a distraction-free writing environment with essential tools for formatting markdown text. It includes a file manager, quick rendering previews, and an augmented keyboard for easy input of markdown elements.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free editor
  • Markdown file manager
  • Rendered result preview
  • Augmented keyboard for markdown
  • Various export options
Features
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Welcome to md writer. This minimalistic markdown writer allows you to write in a distraction-free setting while provide necessary tools to help formatting your markdown text. It's great for people who want a simple but powerful editor to write down their thoughts. FEATURES - A simple markdown file manager to organise all your .md files - Distraction-free editor - Quick view on rendered result - Augmented keyboard to input markdown elements easily. - Various export options

Screenshots

uFocus4 screens
md writer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: uFocus at 4.7 against md writer's 3.7. uFocus also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 56%) and device support (5 vs 3). md writer's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

uFocus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of uFocus's written reviews are positive against 56% of md writer's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
uFocus versus md writer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruFocusmd writer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better3.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better9
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas KickITHK

Customer experience

uFocus

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.9%

md writer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

uFocus

No in-app purchases

None

md writer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uFocus free?
uFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is md writer free?
md writer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uFocus or md writer?
uFocus is rated higher. uFocus averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while md writer averages 3.7 from 9 ratings.
Do uFocus or md writer have ads?
Neither uFocus nor md writer shows ads.

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