Deckset vs Margin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deckset
Create professional presentations quickly by writing in Markdown. This app automatically converts your text into visually appealing slides with various design themes and advanced features for technical content. It offers presenter tools and flexible export options.
- Markdown-based presentation creation
- Professional presentation themes
- Automatic slide layout and typography
- Syntax-highlighted code blocks
- Math formula rendering
- Rich media support
- Presenter tools
- Export to PDF, PNG, JPG
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Turn notes into polished presentations—without arranging text boxes or tweaking layouts. Write in Deckset’s focused editor, choose a theme, and let Deckset handle the design. Present with speaker notes, then share as PDF or images. Deckset is made for teachers, students, developers, founders, designers, researchers, and anyone who wants to focus on the message. For people who prefer a plain-text workflow, Deckset also supports Markdown, code highlighting, equations, tables, diagrams, and rich media. KEY FEATURES - Create presentations in Deckset’s built-in text editor - Choose from more than 25 professional themes for lectures, conferences, startup pitches, classrooms, and business presentations - Let Deckset handle slide layout, typography, spacing, and consistency - Customize themes to fit your presentation - Present code with syntax highlighting and scale-to-fit - Include equations, tables, and diagrams powered by Mermaid.js - Add images, videos, GIFs, and SVG files - Present with speaker notes and rehearsal mode - Export to PDF, PNG, or JPEG, with options for presenter notes and accessible PDFs WHY DECKSET Traditional presentation tools make you arrange every element manually. Deckset keeps you focused on the story. Write and revise your ideas as text, then let Deckset turn them into clear, consistently designed slides. It works especially well for classroom lectures, conference talks, technical presentations, startup pitches, research, and any presentation where the message matters more than tweaking the layout. Deckset is not intended to replace every feature in Keynote or PowerPoint. It is a simpler, faster way to write, design, present, and share your ideas. TALK TO US If you have any questions or feedback, visit https://www.deckset.com/support. Privacy policy: https://www.deckset.com/privacy/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Margin
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Margin is a calm, beautiful planner for people who think in sentences, not forms. Type “dentist tomorrow 4 to 5” or “lunch with Sara Friday at 1” and Margin reads the day, the time, the list and even the repeat, then saves it to Apple Calendar or Reminders. It reads Arabic too, so you can write your day in either language. YOUR DAY, HOUR BY HOUR Every hour gets the same space, so you see where the time goes at a glance. Each hour tells you what is inside, meetings are drawn at their real minutes, and the current hour carries a live line through it. Tap an hour to open it and tick things off, or drag a task to another hour. FOCUS THAT FOLLOWS YOU Start a pomodoro or a simple timer and give it a name. It runs on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, where you can pause it or add five minutes without unlocking. Your timers stay in step between iPhone, iPad and Margin for Mac through your own iCloud: start on one, pause on another. MORE ROOM ON IPAD On iPad your day sits beside the month, the next few things and your undated tasks, with a week view and keyboard shortcuts. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows the hour you are in and what comes next, with your running timer on top. Say a task and it lands on your iPhone. WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show now and next, your coming hours and your focus timer. Add to Margin with Siri, the Action button or a Control Center control. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads and no tracking. Your plans live in your own Apple Calendar and Reminders, and timers sync through your own iCloud. One purchase. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Deckset at Free against Margin's $5.99. Margin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). 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
Deckset is free to download; Margin costs $5.99 up front. Deckset sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Margin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Deckset ships an update fortnightly, Margin daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deckset | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pawel Dudek | Abdulmohsen Al Tulaihi |
In-app purchases
Deckset
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$44.99
Margin
No in-app purchases









