Comparison

9PM Routine vs Read.md

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

Head to head
About

9PM Routine

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The 9PM Routine is an easy way to ensure your home is as secure as possible and less of a desirable target for criminals. It's a helpful reminder to make sure your property is secure before you go to bed. Create your own to-do list, share it with your family, sync in real time. Cloud based, backed up daily, iPhone and Pad support. The "9PMRoutine" is a social media campaign started in Florida in 2017. The idea is to encourage people to take a few simple steps every night at 9 p.m. to help prevent theft and keep their homes and vehicles safe. Burglars are criminals of opportunity. The easier it is to burglarize your home without getting caught, the more likely they are to commit the crime. If you make burglarizing your house a bit more difficult, you reduce the likelihood of your house getting hit.

About

Read.md

This app allows you to beautifully view markdown files on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It offers perfect rendering of complex elements like tables, code blocks, and diagrams, with offline support and privacy in mind.

Highlights
  • Perfect markdown rendering
  • Syntax highlighting for 180+ languages
  • Mermaid diagram rendering
  • GitHub repository browsing
  • Export to PDF & HTML (Pro)
  • Smart diagram fixing
  • Auto-generated table of contents
Features
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Open any .md file and read it beautifully — on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Read.md is a markdown reader. Not an editor, not a note-taking app, not a vault system. A reader. Tap a .md file, it opens, it looks great, you read it. PERFECT RENDERING Tables, code blocks, nested lists, task lists, blockquotes, images, links — everything renders correctly. Syntax highlighting for 180+ programming languages. GitHub Flavored Markdown fully supported. MERMAID DIAGRAMS Flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, class diagrams, and more render natively. Tap to zoom into any diagram for a detailed view. EXPORT TO PDF & HTML Turn any document into a clean, paginated, print-quality PDF or a self-contained HTML file — diagrams and syntax highlighting intact. Share it, print it, archive it. Or export the original Markdown source. (PDF and HTML export are Read.md Pro; Markdown export is free.) OPEN FROM GITHUB Read documentation straight from the source. Browse any GitHub repository — public or private — navigate its file tree, and open any .md file with the same beautiful rendering. Sign in with a personal access token; your token stays on your device. (Read.md Pro) SMART DIAGRAM FIXER ASCII art and box-drawing diagrams that look broken in other apps? Read.md detects and corrects misaligned characters automatically so your diagrams look the way they were intended. NAVIGATE LONG DOCUMENTS Auto-generated table of contents from your headings. Search within any document with match highlighting and next/prev navigation. Your scroll position is remembered when you come back to a file. ZERO FRICTION No account needed to read. No workspace. No vault. No setup. Works as your default .md file handler — open markdown files from Files, Finder, email attachments, AirDrop, the share sheet, or drag and drop. ADAPTS TO YOUR DEVICE iPhone: stacked navigation with a frosted-glass nav bar and bottom sheets. iPad: landscape split-view, portrait slide-over panels, trackpad and keyboard support. Mac: split-view with sidebar, reader, and table-of-contents panel, keyboard shortcuts, and translucent panels. Everything adapts automatically when you resize windows or rotate your device. DARK AND LIGHT MODES Switch between dark and light themes, or follow your system setting. Adjust font size to your preference. Everything updates live. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Opens instantly, even large files. Your markdown is rendered entirely on your device — file contents are never uploaded, and reading works fully offline. No ads. No account required to read. The only feature that touches the network is GitHub browsing, and only when you choose to use it. We use anonymous, aggregate analytics to improve the app. READ.MD PRO A one-time purchase — or a yearly subscription with a free trial — unlocks PDF/HTML export and GitHub browsing. Everything else stays free, forever. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR Reading AI-generated markdown exports. Reading GitHub README files on mobile. Viewing documentation and project specs on the go. Reviewing technical docs from colleagues. Browsing personal notes written in markdown. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

9PM Routine4 screens
Read.md4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 9PM Routine at none against Read.md's 2. Read.md's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Read.md sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. 9PM Routine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

9PM Routine ships an update every 8 months, Read.md every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
9PM Routine versus Read.md: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter9PM RoutineRead.md
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRadek SipPavel Abin

In-app purchases

None

9PM Routine

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Read.md

Subscriptions1
  • Read.md Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Read.md Pro (Lifetime)$24.99

Questions

Is 9PM Routine free?
9PM Routine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read.md free?
Read.md is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 9PM Routine or Read.md have ads?
9PM Routine shows ads; Read.md does not.
Which is updated more often, 9PM Routine or Read.md?
9PM Routine ships an update every 8 months, and Read.md every 2 weeks. Most recently, 9PM Routine was updated on September 13, 2026 and Read.md on September 28, 2026.

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