Comparison

Typewrite vs Markdown Notes

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

Head to head
About

Typewrite

This app offers a distraction-free writing experience with a minimalist design and optional typewriter sound effects. Customize your writing environment with various fonts and easily export your work to other applications.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing interface
  • Optional typewriter sound effects
  • Font customization
  • Plain text export
  • Autosave functionality
Features
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Typewrite is a distraction free writing machine that fits in your pocket. Its sleek and minimalist design will keep you focused, while still providing all the important features you need. With a wide range of customization options to chose from, you can craft the perfect environment to suit your writing style. Optional typewriting sound-effects are even included for some added old-fashioned ambiance! Whatever your project may be, Typewrite can help you get your ideas out of your head and onto the page. And once they're there, everything is easily exportable so you can continue revising on your computer in your favorite programs. Take a look at some of Typewrite's great features: - Typewriter sound effects: optional typing sounds help you find your flow - Font customization: choose from a variety of fonts and styles - Project export: export as a plain text file, editable by other writing apps - Autosave: projects saved automatically as you go, so you never lose your work

About

Markdown Notes

Features
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A calm, keyboard-first Markdown notebook that also reads your handwriting. Write plain text, see it render, and keep every page on your iPhone. THE EDITOR Type in plain Markdown and switch to a rendered preview whenever you want to see how it reads. Headings, bold, italic and lists are handled inline, so you never leave the keyboard to format a line. A live counter shows words, characters and an estimated reading time as you write. FOCUS MODE One tap hides the chrome and leaves you with the page. Set a word goal on any note and a quiet progress ring fills as you get closer to it. Turn the goal off on notes that do not need one. HANDWRITING CAPTURE Open the ink canvas and write with Apple Pencil or your finger. Inkwell reads the handwriting on the device and drops the recognized text straight into your note, so the words become searchable like anything else you typed. The original drawing is saved with the note. HASHTAG ORGANIZATION Type #project or #recipes anywhere in a note and the tag is picked up automatically. You can also add tags by hand. The tag browser builds a tree of everything you have used, with a count beside each one, so a whole topic is one tap away. FIND IT AGAIN Search runs across titles, bodies and tags at once. Filter by one tag or several at the same time, then sort by most recent, most recently created or by title. Pin the notes you come back to and they stay at the top of the list. STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE There is no account to make and no sign-in screen. Your notes live in local storage on your iPhone and are never uploaded to a server. WHAT IT IS GOOD FOR Daily quick notes, meeting notes, a writing habit, a second brain of reference pages, code snippets, journaling, lecture notes and travel notebooks. Markdown Notes: Notepad Editor requires a Premium unlock to write in. Premium opens the whole notebook: unlimited notes, the plain-Markdown editor with rendered preview and live word, character and reading-time counts, focus mode with word goals, handwriting capture on the ink canvas with on-device text recognition, the hashtag tree and tag browser, search with multi-tag filtering and sorting, pinned notes, and the local-only vault with no account and no sign-in. Plans: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Typewrite4 screens
Markdown Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Markdown Notes at Free against Typewrite's $1.99. Typewrite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Markdown Notes is free to download; Typewrite costs $1.99 up front. Markdown Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Typewrite asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Typewrite versus Markdown Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTypewriteMarkdown Notes
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas ShoemakerLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

Typewrite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Markdown Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Tag Filter & Search$2.997 Days
  • Focus Mode & Word Goals$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Private Offline Drafts$29.99

Questions

Is Typewrite free?
Typewrite costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown Notes free?
Markdown Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Typewrite or Markdown Notes have ads?
Neither Typewrite nor Markdown Notes shows ads.

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