Comparison

Online Notepad vs MD Cast

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

Head to head
About

Online Notepad

This app provides a robust online note-taking experience with a rich text editor, instant search, and full-screen mode. It allows for easy document management, sharing, and import/export in various formats, even without an account.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor with formatting options
  • Title bar for organization
  • Instant search functionality
  • Full-screen mode for focus
  • Effortless new page creation
  • Import/export in .doc, .pdf, .text formats
  • Document management and cloning
  • Collaboration via sharing
Features
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Key Features: Rich Text Editor: Our powerful editor offers various formatting options, including bold, italic, underline, ordered and unordered lists, and image insertion. Customize your documents with ease and style. Title Bar: Keep your documents organized and easily accessible with our unique title bar feature, a rarity among popular notepads. Instant Search: Find your documents quickly using our real-time search tool Full Screen: Maximize your workspace with our full-screen feature, allowing you to focus on your content without distractions. New Page: Create new documents effortlessly with a single click, opening them in a new tab for a smooth workflow. Upload & Download: Import documents in various formats ( .doc, .pdf, .text,), and download your notes as Word documents, PDFs, or text files for offline use. Document Management: Access, edit, and saved notes with ease through our convenient document management system. Clone: Duplicate your notes in a snap for easy revisions or to create multiple versions of a document. Share: Collaborate with others by sharing your notes directly, via email, or through social media platforms. Experience a complete note-taking ecosystem with online notepad, the ultimate online notepad that works even without an account.

About

MD Cast

Create and export custom-styled Markdown documents to PDF. Apply your own themes with specific fonts, colors, and spacing, or use presets. Supports extended Markdown syntax and automatic font matching for multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Syntax-highlighted Markdown editor
  • Live preview with applied typography
  • Page-accurate PDF export
  • Customizable themes with fonts, colors, and spacing
  • Automatic font matching for Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese
  • Extended Markdown syntax support (tables, footnotes, KaTeX)
  • Live inspector for real-time formatting adjustments
  • Edit external Markdown folders directly
Features
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MD Cast is a focused Markdown editor for iPad and iPhone that lets you apply your own style and export to PDF. Customize fonts, colors, line spacing, table styles, and paper settings — then save the whole look as your own theme. Open another Markdown file later and apply the same theme with a single tap. ■ Your style, all the way to PDF - Edit: Syntax-highlighted Markdown editor. - Read: Live preview with your typography, margins, and table styles applied. - PDF: Page-accurate paginated preview, ready to share. Three modes in one screen. Write, preview, and export without leaving the flow. ■ Save your own theme + 5 business presets Save fonts, margins, tables, headers and footers — every formatting choice — as your own theme, then apply it to any future Markdown file with one tap. Need a starting point? Pick from 5 presets (Business Report · Academic Paper · Technical Doc · Casual Article · Minimal Memo) and customize from there. ■ Automatic Korean / English / Japanese / Chinese font matching The renderer detects the language of each glyph (via Unicode ranges) and picks the right font automatically. Korean mixed with English stays balanced; Japanese kanji uses a Japanese font; Chinese hanzi uses a Chinese font. ■ Seven bundled OFL fonts (no install required) - Pretendard, Noto Sans KR, Noto Serif KR, Source Han Sans KR - D2 Coding (monospace) - Inter (English body) - Nanum Gothic System fonts and user-imported fonts (.ttf, .otf) are also fully supported. ■ Full Markdown Extended Syntax - GFM tables (with alignment colons) - Task list checkboxes (- [x] / - [ ]) - Strikethrough (~~text~~) - Footnotes ([^label]) - Definition lists (Term :\\n Definition) - KaTeX math (inline $...$, display $$...$$, multi-line environments like \begin{aligned}) ■ Live inspector Adjust typography, font sizes, line height, colors, table headers and borders, paragraph alignment, indentation, quote styles, paper size, margins, headers and footers — every change reflects in under 0.3 seconds. ■ Edit external vault folders directly (NEW in v1.1) Register your Obsidian, iA Writer, or Files-app Markdown folders in the sidebar and edit them directly — no copies. Changes you save in MD Cast appear instantly at the external location and across other apps and devices. The vault stays in the sidebar after the app is restarted. ■ Localized UI in Korean / English / Japanese / Chinese (NEW in v1.1) All UI text follows your iOS system language automatically. Korean experience remains identical to v1.0. ■ Welcome file on first launch (NEW in v1.1) A welcome Markdown file with rich samples (tables, KaTeX math, task lists) appears on the first launch, letting you experience Markdown rendering immediately — no onboarding overhead. ■ Files app integration + iCloud Drive auto-sync Documents created in the app live in your iCloud Drive "MD Cast" folder, so they sync automatically across iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Use the "Export to External…" menu to send a copy from the MD Cast folder to other Markdown or text editors as-is. ■ Fully offline All fonts and the KaTeX math library are bundled inside the app. Every feature works without an internet connection. ■ No ads, no tracking One-time purchase. Your data never leaves your device. —————————— Markdown your way, all the way to PDF. Try MD Cast today.

Screenshots

Online Notepad4 screens
MD Cast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Online Notepad at Free against MD Cast's $1.99. Online Notepad also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). MD Cast's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Online Notepad is free to download; MD Cast costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Online Notepad ships an update every 3 months, MD Cast weekly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Online Notepad versus MD Cast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnline NotepadMD Cast
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdul RehmanJaehyung Choi

In-app purchases

None

Online Notepad

No in-app purchases

None

MD Cast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Online Notepad free?
Online Notepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MD Cast free?
MD Cast costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Online Notepad or MD Cast have ads?
Neither Online Notepad nor MD Cast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Online Notepad or MD Cast?
Online Notepad ships an update every 3 months, and MD Cast weekly. Most recently, Online Notepad was updated on October 17, 2026 and MD Cast on October 17, 2026.

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