Comparison

FocusCalendar vs md Viewer

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

Head to head
About

FocusCalendar

Features
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FocusCalendar: The calendar that helps you follow through on your plans Stop planning and start doing. FocusCalendar is the only productivity calendar that helps you actually stick to your schedule by silencing distractions and keeping you in control during key moments. Why FocusCalendar? β€’ Focus Mode – Automatically blocks distracting apps during important events, so you stay in the zone. β€’ Quick Add – Create events instantly with natural language input. β€’ Smart Reminders – Get timely nudges before and during events to keep you on track. β€’ Minimalist Design – A clean, modern interface that keeps your attention on what matters. Whether you’re studying for exams, deep in a project, attending meetings, or in the gym β€” FocusCalendar helps you stay consistent and make progress every day. Made for focus. Designed for action. Built for consistency. Download FocusCalendar today and start following through on your goals. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://focusapps.pro/

About

md Viewer

Features
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md Viewer opens Markdown files, shows them cleanly formatted right away, and lets you edit that same text in place, create new documents, and save them back to the file. No file browser. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Open a .md or .txt file from the Files app or the share menu. md Viewer renders headings, lists, tables, bold/italic, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and quotes. No raw text, no characters to decode. CREATE, EDIT, SAVE Start without a file: tap Paste on the start screen to take text from the clipboard, or choose Blank Document. The draft opens straight in the editor. The red checkmark saves it as a new .md file; you pick the folder and name in the Files dialog. After that, the checkmark writes to that same file as usual. Existing files: tap Edit in the top right. The preview turns into a text editor. Save with the red checkmark; after a short confirmation the original file is overwritten. The X discards your changes (after a confirmation), and the arrow steps back through individual changes. No autosave, no export, no second copy. .txt files open in the app and in the share extension too. When you edit a .txt, the app also offers Save as Markdown. If you only want to read, none of this gets in the way. Every file opens in the formatted preview first. WHY SO MINIMAL? Most Markdown apps today are full editors with file management, cloud sync, and menus. Handy, but too much when you just want to read a file quickly, jot down a quick note, or fix a typo now and then. md Viewer deliberately does only that: tap a file, read, change or create if needed, done. FEATURES - Open via Open With in the Files app or straight from the share menu (mail attachments, AirDrop). The share extension shows the document formatted right away, without switching apps - Create a new document from pasted or typed text and save it as a .md file - Opens .md and .txt - Keep several documents open at once: as tabs on iPad, via the Open Documents list on iPhone. Open files come back after a restart - Find in the document with the magnifying glass or ⌘F, plus Find and Replace while editing - Clean Markdown rendering: headings, lists, task lists, tables (scroll horizontally), code blocks with syntax highlighting, quotes, links, images - Edit and save in place in the open file, with a confirmation before overwriting and before closing with unsaved changes - Full Unicode support: emoji, Arabic and Hebrew (right-to-left), Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters - Supports Dynamic Type and VoiceOver - Automatic Dark Mode / Light Mode - Runs entirely offline: md Viewer loads nothing from the internet, not even images PRIVACY md Viewer collects no data at all. No analytics, no tracking, no account, no cloud sync. Files you open, edit, and create are processed only locally on your device. Only your open documents and folders allowed for images are remembered, locally, and you can remove either at any time. The clipboard is read only when you explicitly tap Paste. Who is it for? Anyone who regularly receives or manages .md or .txt files (notes, READMEs, technical docs, meeting notes) and wants to read them quickly and cleanly, edit them now and then, or jot down a new one, without opening a full editor.

Screenshots

FocusCalendar4 screens
md Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: md Viewer at none against FocusCalendar's 2. md Viewer also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). FocusCalendar's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. FocusCalendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. md Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FocusCalendar ships an update every 3 weeks, md Viewer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
FocusCalendar versus md Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusCalendarmd Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size54 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarkmode LtdEric Pierre Bertrand

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FocusCalendar

Subscriptions2
  • SwiftCalendar Monthly$2.991 Month
  • SwiftCalendar Annual14 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

md Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FocusCalendar free?
FocusCalendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is md Viewer free?
md Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FocusCalendar or md Viewer have ads?
Neither FocusCalendar nor md Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusCalendar or md Viewer?
FocusCalendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and md Viewer every 4 days. Most recently, FocusCalendar was updated on October 25, 2026 and md Viewer on October 15, 2026.

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