Comparison

Flooring It vs markdown notes

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

Head to head
About

Flooring It

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Skip the tape measure, the notepad, and the rushed sketch you'll regret later. Flooring It turns a LiDAR-equipped iPhone or iPad into a pocket room scanner. Point, pan, tap. You walk away with a measured floor plan you can print, email, or open in CAD. Scan one room, or keep walking. Bedroom to hall to kitchen, every room stitched into one connected plan. How it works 1. Pan slowly around the room 2. Tap to finish, or walk through a doorway and keep scanning 3. Get a floor plan with every wall, door and window measured What you get • PDF floor plan: print it, email it, hand it to a contractor • SVG vector: open it in CAD, SketchUp, or any design tool • 3D models: USDZ, OBJ and Reality File, for AR tools and game engines • Raw JSON, if you're building your own pipeline Made for • Renovators tired of numbers that don't add up • Anyone moving, furniture shopping, or rearranging a space • Homeowners documenting rooms for insurance or contractors • Designers and stagers who need dimensions on the spot • Real-estate agents capturing a listing in one walkthrough Details that matter • Feet and inches or metres: it follows your region automatically • Scans save themselves, and an interrupted scan is waiting when you come back • Name your rooms, re-scan any one of them, drop the ones you don't need • 23 languages • No account, no sign-up Measurements and quantities • Floor area, perimeter, total wall run and wall heights, free, on screen and printed on your plan • Paint, flooring and skirting quantities with Flooring It Pro • Every assumption shown and adjustable: coats, coverage per litre, waste allowance Your scans stay yours No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Scanning and floor-plan generation happen entirely on your device. Your rooms are never sent to us. Sharing an export is always your choice, and it goes wherever you send it. Free, and Flooring It Pro Scan as many rooms as you like and export as many PDF floor plans as you like, free, with a small watermark on them. Flooring It Pro is a one-time purchase: it removes the watermark, unlocks SVG, USDZ, OBJ, Reality File and JSON, and adds material quantities. No subscription. Requires LiDAR: iPhone Pro or Pro Max, or iPad Pro, 2020 or newer. Floor plans are for estimation, not construction drawings.

About

markdown notes

A minimalist Markdown editor that stores all your notes as plain text files, accessible across your devices. It offers beautiful writing tools, seamless cloud sync, and powerful organization features without any bloat.

Highlights
  • Plain .md file storage
  • iCloud Drive sync
  • Markdown syntax highlighting
  • Task list checkboxes
  • Folder and instant search organization
  • Menu bar app on Mac
  • Export to PDF, HTML, RTF (Pro)
Features
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Smolpad is a smol Markdown editor with respect for your files. Every note is a plain .md file you can open with any app, on any device, forever. Your files are your own. No database. No lock-in. No bloat. Just a tiny, fast home for your notes on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. WRITE IN MARKDOWN, BEAUTIFULLY • Syntax dims as you type, or hides away entirely with one tap • Task lists become real checkboxes. Checkboxes that check. • Headings, bold, italic, code, quotes, and tables, styled as you write • A formatting bar for common touches, plus full keyboard shortcuts • Pictures too: drag or paste one in, resize it by its corner, and it lives as a plain file beside the note YOUR FILES, ANYWHERE • Notes sync through your own iCloud Drive, included free • Open your notes folder in Finder or Files any time • Organize with folders, pins, and instant search • Find notes in Spotlight, and open them with Siri or Shortcuts • Nothing ever leaves your devices except to your own cloud SMOL ON PURPOSE • On the Mac, Smolpad lives in your menu bar, one hotkey away • Tear off a note into its own window when you want to stay a while • On iPhone and iPad, it opens fast and stays out of your way • Seven hand-picked fonts and a clean, quiet interface MAKE IT YOURS WITH SMOLPAD PRO • Unlimited notes (the free tier includes ten) • Dropbox, pCloud, or Google Drive sync, in a folder that belongs to you • Export to PDF, HTML, or rich text, and print • Lock Screen widgets on iPhone, and Smolpad on Apple Watch • Twenty-nine editor themes, from Tokyo Night to Catppuccin • Seventeen app icons and the full menu bar icon set Smolpad Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The free tier is a real notes app, not a trial. Made by a smol team that believes plain text outlives everything. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://smolpad.com/privacy

Screenshots

Flooring It4 screens
markdown notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: markdown notes at every 10 days against Flooring It's every 15 months. markdown notes also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Flooring It sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and markdown notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flooring It ships an update every 15 months, markdown notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Flooring It versus markdown notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlooring Itmarkdown notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerano Studio LimitedBaconWorks, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flooring It

One-time1
  • ezSpace Infinity$12.99
3 purchases

markdown notes

Subscriptions2
  • Smolpad Pro$1.491 Month
  • Smolpad Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Smolpad Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Flooring It free?
Flooring It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is markdown notes free?
markdown notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flooring It or markdown notes have ads?
Neither Flooring It nor markdown notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flooring It or markdown notes?
Flooring It ships an update every 15 months, and markdown notes every 10 days. Most recently, Flooring It was updated on October 14, 2026 and markdown notes on October 10, 2026.

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