iA Presenter vs NanoPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iA Presenter
Create presentations quickly by focusing on your content, not design. Write your script in Markdown and let responsive templates handle the visual layout, making it easy to build, rehearse, and present polished decks on any device.
- Write first, design later with Markdown
- Responsive layouts for all devices
- Fast and focused presentation building
- Portable presentations on iPhone, iPad, Mac
- Ideal for pitches, meetings, and teaching
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Stop moving boxes around. Focus on what you want to say. Make a slide deck as fast writing an email. In class, on stage, at the office. On iPhone and iPad. iA Presenter is the only professional presentation app designed to work natively on your iPhone. “I’ve cut my preparation time in half.” – John Holland, professor “Importing a markdown file and turning it into slides is a game changer.” – Michael d’Offay, teacher “The app truly helped me focus on the script and forget about the slides” – Selçuk Balamir, educator and designer Traditional presentation tools slow you down. You drag boxes, pick fonts, adjust colors, and end up with cluttered slides. iA Presenter flips the workflow: start with your story, structure it in Markdown, and let our responsive, typographic templates handle the design. - Write first, design later: Start from text, not slides - Beautiful everywhere: Responsive layouts scale seamlessly from iPhone to iPad to Mac to projector - Fast and focused: Build, rehearse, and present a polished deck in under 20 minutes - Portable presentations: Create and present wherever you need to work, on desktop, tablet, or phone Perfect for pitches, meetings, workshops, and teaching. Build, rehearse, and present a polished deck in under 20 minutes on your Mac at the desk, iPad on the go, or iPhone in your hand. Try iA Presenter and Web Sharing free for 7 days. Trials end automatically without a charge. A monthly or yearly subscription, available through in-app purchase, is required to continue after the trial. iA Presenter subscriptions include Web Sharing, which is also available as a separate subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Terms and Conditions: https://ia.net/legal/account/ Privacy Policy: https://ia.net/legal/privacy/
NanoPad
A simple and quiet space for jotting down ideas, managing tasks, and saving links. Organize your thoughts with Markdown or a formatting toolbar, and access them easily through search and recent views. Notes are stored locally and can sync via iCloud.
- Markdown and rich text formatting
- Task and link management
- Searchable notes
- Local storage and iCloud sync
- Export to Markdown, plain text, PDF
- Share from other apps
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NanoPad is a quiet place to catch a thought, keep a checklist, and save a useful link. Notes, tasks, and URLs stay connected: write in a note, then find the task or link in its own view. WRITE YOUR WAY Use Markdown or the formatting toolbar for headings, lists, checkboxes, tables, links, and images. Search across your notes, return to recently opened work, and export your writing as Markdown, plain text, or PDF. KEEP YOUR NOTES TOGETHER Your notes are stored on your device and sync through your personal iCloud account when available. Share text or a web page to NanoPad from other apps. START FREE, UNLOCK WHEN YOU NEED MORE Free includes five fully editable personal notes, plus iCloud sync and export. If you have more than five notes after a trial or purchase ends, every note stays visible, searchable, copyable, and exportable; the first five remain editable. NanoPad Lifetime is one in-app purchase for unlimited editable notes and every available theme, font, and paper style. You can choose a free 7-day trial of the full app first. It requires no payment and does not renew automatically. When the trial ends, paid features lock unless you buy Lifetime; your writing stays yours. On Mac, the same App Store purchase also unlocks sticky note windows, Focus Writing, and linked Markdown folders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NanoPad at every 2 days against iA Presenter's every 3 weeks. NanoPad also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and device support (4 vs 2). iA Presenter's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. iA Presenter sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and NanoPad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for iA Presenter against 5.0 for NanoPad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iA Presenter has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of iA Presenter's written reviews are positive against 100% of NanoPad's.
iA Presenter ships an update every 3 weeks, NanoPad every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iA Presenter | NanoPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Information Architects AG | Digital Toys LLC |
Customer experience
iA Presenter
NanoPad
In-app purchases
iA Presenter
- Monthly$7.991 Month
- Web Sharing 1GB Yearly$9.991 Year
- Web Sharing 10GB Yearly$19.991 Year
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- Yearly$39.991 Year
NanoPad
- NanoPad 7-day TrialFree
- NanoPad Lifetime$6.99









