Comparison

Echo vs Markdown Editor & Notes

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

Head to head
About

Echo

This app simplifies pronunciation practice by allowing users to record and playback their voice with a single touch. Hold the center button to record, and release to instantly hear your pronunciation.

Highlights
  • One-touch recording
  • Instant playback
  • Pronunciation practice
  • Simple interface
Features
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스피킹 연습할때 본인의 발음을 들어보는 것이 중요하다고 하는데, 사실 녹음기 앱들은 많아도 사용하기에 불편한 것들이 많습니다. 다른 녹음기 앱들은 본인의 발음을 연습삼아 녹음하고 들어보기 위해 화면을 잘 보고 녹음, 스톱, 재생, 스톱 버튼을 눌러야 되는데 반해 소개해 드리는 Echo 앱은, 화면의 가운데 동그라미 영역을 누르고 있는 동안 녹음되고 손을 떼는 동시에 곧바로 재생되어 간편하게 연습할 수 있습니다.

About

Markdown Editor & Notes

This app allows you to create well-formatted notes using simple Markdown syntax, with features like AI integration for summarization and generation. It syncs with Google Drive for cross-device access and offers various customization options.

Highlights
  • Markdown styling as you type
  • AI integration for text generation and summarization
  • Google Drive sync for cross-device access
  • Table and diagram creation
  • Code block syntax highlighting
  • Full-text search
  • Customizable themes and text sizes
Features
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You don’t need to learn all of Markdown. # at the start of a line makes a heading, - makes a bullet, and / opens a menu of tables, checklists and diagrams. Those three are all you need to keep notes that read far better than a plain notes app. What you type takes shape where you typed it, so there is no preview pane to switch to. No Google account is required — the app works with this device alone. Sign in and your notes are kept in your own Google Drive, becoming a private notebook you can pick up from Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone or the browser. ■ Open what AI writes Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another AI to summarize something in Markdown, then open it here as is — it reads cleanly and stays editable. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can paste it back into an AI to keep going, or drop it straight into Notion or GitHub without reformatting. ■ Ask AI (with your own API key) Add an API key for OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude) or Google (Gemini) and you can ask AI from inside the app. · On selected text — polish, shorten, make formal, translate, turn into a table or a diagram · From the whole note — meeting notes & to-dos, summarize, extract to-dos, tidy into Markdown, continue writing · In your own words — have it draft a how-to or a first version Check the answer before it goes into your note, and undo it in one step. Usage is billed by the service you choose, and your key stays on this device. ■ What people use it for · A notepad that reads better — jot things down and they turn into tidy headings and bullet points. As light as a plain text editor, far easier to read back · Meeting notes — organize the discussion as it happens and put decisions in a table · To-do lists and tasks — list what needs doing as a checklist and tick items off · Journal, diary and daily log — keep a note per day and find anything later with full-text search · A personal wiki — link notes to one another and build a notebook of what you know · Docs, how-tos and blog drafts — outline with headings, then paste the plain Markdown anywhere · A Markdown viewer — open an .md file and read it with its tables and headings in place · Code and command snippets — kept with syntax highlighting, copied in one click ■ Features · Styling as you type — headings, bold, italic, quotes, rules, footnotes and nested lists are formatted the moment you write them · Type / at the start of a line to insert tables, checklists, diagrams, math and more · Tables render as tables — click one to go back to the raw Markdown and edit it · Diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams and more) from mermaid syntax, and math from TeX, drawn inline · Collapsible sections (details) and clickable checkboxes · Code blocks with syntax highlighting and a one-click copy button · Images and file attachments, with PDFs opening right in the app · Paste a URL and get a link preview card · Full-text search across all your notes · Six themes (Light, Sepia, Solar, Dark, Night, Contrast) and three text sizes · Available in 12 languages ■ Choose where your notes live · Google Drive — saved automatically, with no save button. Your Drive folders stay as they are, and shared drives and multiple Google accounts are supported · On this device — no sign-in needed. On Mac and Windows you can also open any folder you already have · In Google Drive, the app only touches files it created and files you explicitly open ■ About usage · Free to use.

Screenshots

Echo4 screens
Markdown Editor & Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo at 93% against Markdown Editor & Notes's 0%. Echo also leads on iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.0). Markdown Editor & Notes's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Editor & Notes is free to download; Echo costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo ships an update every 5 months, Markdown Editor & Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Echo versus Markdown Editor & Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoMarkdown Editor & Notes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHomeFactoryMakoto Kobayashi

Customer experience

Echo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

Markdown Editor & Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echo

No in-app purchases

None

Markdown Editor & Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo free?
Echo costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown Editor & Notes free?
Markdown Editor & Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Echo or Markdown Editor & Notes have ads?
Neither Echo nor Markdown Editor & Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo or Markdown Editor & Notes?
Echo ships an update every 5 months, and Markdown Editor & Notes every 2 days. Most recently, Echo was updated on November 1, 2026 and Markdown Editor & Notes on October 25, 2026.

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