Open Scanner vs Markdown Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Scanner
Transform your device into a powerful document scanner. Quickly capture papers, automatically recognize text, and organize your scans with AI-powered features. Seamlessly share and edit your documents in various formats.
- Automatic text recognition (OCR)
- Automatic document naming
- Location-based tagging
- Add saved signatures
- Organize and re-order pages
- iCloud sync
- Annotate and edit scans
- Export as PDF
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Open Scanner is a fast and simple-to-use paper-scanning app with AI features to speed up your scanning workflow: - Automatic text recognition to build page transcript - Automatic document naming - Scans are tagged by your current location - Add signatures saved on your other devices - Native Vision Pro support - Keep your scanned documents in the Open Scanner library - Organize and re-order scanned document pages - iCloud syncs your library to all your devices - Annotate and edit your scans - Use Apple Pencil to mark up scans on iPad - Easy sharing and export of scanned documents as PDF - 100% native iOS app, with no third-party accounts necessary
Markdown Editor
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MD Editor opens Markdown, HTML and text files from your device and saves them back in place — not into a copy you have to export later. WHY IT EXISTS On iOS, Files cannot open a .md file for editing, and there is no way to look at the HTML source of a page you saved. MD Editor fixes exactly that. EDITING - Inline preview: the line your cursor is on stays raw source, every other line is formatted - Syntax highlighting for Markdown, HTML and plain text - A keyboard row with the symbols these formats actually need - Autosave, with conflict detection if the file changed on disk - Files opened from your device are always free to edit and save, with no limit VAULT Documents you create inside the app live in a private vault. The free vault holds three documents. MD EDITOR PRO - Unlimited vault documents - Export to Markdown, HTML, text and PDF - Live HTML preview and render - Connect more than one folder - Syntax highlighting for Python, Swift, JavaScript and more - Mermaid diagram and LaTeX math preview (also in PDF) PRIVACY No account. No server. No analytics. Your files stay on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mdeditor-app.pages.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Scanner at none against Markdown Editor's 3. Markdown Editor's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Markdown Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Open Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Open Scanner | Markdown Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (192 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 192 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pencil Research | KADIRCAN OKSUZOGLU |
In-app purchases
Open Scanner
No in-app purchases
Markdown Editor
- MD Editor Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- MD Editor Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- MD Editor Pro Lifetime$39.99
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