Only Markdown vs RC Slate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Only Markdown
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Only Markdown is a simple but powerful markdown editor with the following features: 1 Full support for CommonMark standard and GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM), such as TOC, Table, Fenced code block, LaTeX, Task lists, Footnote and so on. 2 Fast insertion of Markdown syntax formatting. 3 Support preview mode switching, view editing results at any time. 4 Beautiful and black & white color scheme and support dark mode switching.
RC Slate
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**RC Slate β the browser that opens your documents, built for people who work with AI.** Tap a document link while browsing β Markdown, DOCX (Word), PDF, JSON, YAML, images β and it opens right there, rendered as a clean page. No downloading, no switching to another app, no wondering what a file looks like before you can see it. **Convert anything to Markdown for AI** Turn documents and web pages into clean, token-efficient Markdown β the same content in a fraction of the prompt size. DOCX converts through the app's own parser; web pages by pulling out the article text. Need the images too? Embed them into a single self-contained Markdown file, with quality presets and a live token estimate. Export any view as PDF, PNG, or HTML. (Markdown conversion is not lossless; full page layout is not preserved.) **Read your Obsidian vault** Add a vault folder and read it as it was written β wikilinks between notes and embedded images. Links resolve inside the folder you added, so a note opens the note it points to. And a vault note leaves as one piece: export it as a single self-contained Markdown file with its images embedded, or as HTML, PNG, or PDF β ready to hand to an AI. Reading only; RC Slate never edits or syncs your vault. **A real browser underneath** Documents are grouped by the site they came from. Switch any article to Reader Mode for a clean, distraction-free reading layout with dark mode. iPhone and iPad layouts, with a sidebar and tab strip on iPad. **Clean pages for every format** - Markdown with tables, syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX math - JSON and YAML: colour-coded, with their keys in the table of contents so you can jump straight to one - DOCX (Word) page by page, view-only (the document's own fonts are not included) - PDF and images **Open files from anywhere** Files on your device open from the Files app β or send a file from any app through the share menu, straight to RC Slate. SelfDrop syncs a file across your devices (up to 20 MB per file). **Works offline** Viewing local files works offline on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Only Markdown at none against RC Slate's shown. Only Markdown also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Only Markdown | RC Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | δΈ½θ£ ζ | Jaehong Lim |
In-app purchases
Only Markdown
No in-app purchases
RC Slate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Only Markdown free?
Is RC Slate free?
Do Only Markdown or RC Slate have ads?
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