Comparison

Markdownr vs Boop

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

Head to head
About

Markdownr

Features
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Markdownr is a powerful, native Markdown viewer that turns your iPhone and iPad into the best way to read .md files. Open Markdown documents directly from the Files app, Mail, Safari, or any app โ€” Markdownr registers as a system-wide document handler so your files always look beautiful. WHY MARKDOWNR iOS has no built-in Markdown viewer. Markdownr fills that gap with blazing-fast native rendering, rich theming, and document navigation features that make reading long Markdown documents a pleasure. DOCUMENT HANDLING - Open .md and .markdown files from the Files app, email attachments, Safari downloads, or any app that shares documents - Browse and open files from device storage or iCloud Drive with the built-in file picker - Set Markdownr as your default Markdown viewer system-wide READING & NAVIGATION - Table of Contents: Swipe from the left to open an auto-generated navigation drawer with all headings โ€” tap to jump to any section - Full-Text Search: Find any text instantly with highlighted results and match-by-match navigation - Pinch to Zoom: Zoom into any part of your document for a closer look - Front Matter: View YAML metadata (title, author, date, tags) in a clean styled header THEMES & APPEARANCE - 13 colour themes: Default, Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Lavender, Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Christmas, Easter, and more โ€” each with light and dark variants - Dark & Light Mode: Follows your system setting automatically, or toggle manually - Theme Suggestions: Documents can request a specific theme via front matter, and seasonal themes are suggested based on your locale - Particle overlays and decorative elements for seasonal and holiday themes ADVANCED FEATURES - Math Support: Inline and block LaTeX expressions rendered via KaTeX - Custom theme URLs: Load themes from remote JSON files specified in front matter - Full iPad support with adaptive layout - Localised in English and German Markdownr is for developers reading READMEs, writers reviewing drafts, students reading notes, and anyone who works with Markdown files. It does one thing โ€” view Markdown โ€” and it does it exceptionally well.

About

Boop

Features
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This is for me, but you can use it too. Boop is a reminder app with one job: boop you on a schedule you set. Drink water every 30 minutes. Stand up every hour. Check your posture every 45 minutes. Stretch every 2 hours. Set it once and stop thinking about it. HOW IT WORKS You build a boop like a sentence: "Gimme a boop every 30 min from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM on weekdays playing bird." - Interval: every 15 minutes, up to every 2 hours - Window: a start and end time, so nothing fires while you sleep - Days: any combination of weekdays - Sound: glass, wave, scream, bird, cricket, fart, bubble, boing. Tap one and hear it before you commit. - Pause: flip a boop off without deleting it, flip it back on whenever Make as many boops as you want. Tap any card to change it, toggle it off for the weekend, or delete it. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No account. No sign up. No cloud, no sync, no ads, no feed. No streaks to keep and no badges to earn. Your boops live on your phone and nowhere else, and the app never talks to a server. ONE HONEST LIMIT iOS only lets an app keep 64 pending notifications at a time. Boop shows you the live count right on the home screen, so a dense schedule never quietly stops working without you knowing. Add a Boop, and it'll boop you.

Screenshots

Markdownr4 screens
Boop3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Markdownr at weekly against Boop's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Markdownr ships an update weekly, Boop every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Markdownr versus Boop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkdownrBoop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size30 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilipp KursaweAdiv Maimon

In-app purchases

None

Markdownr

No in-app purchases

None

Boop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Markdownr free?
Markdownr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boop free?
Boop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Markdownr or Boop have ads?
Neither Markdownr nor Boop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Markdownr or Boop?
Markdownr ships an update weekly, and Boop every 6 weeks. Most recently, Markdownr was updated on November 3, 2026 and Boop on October 30, 2026.

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