Comparison

Equity vs Margo

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

Head to head
About

Equity

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Stop giving away your time. Start building equity. Time is the one resource you can’t earn back. Whether you are a freelancer billing hourly, an employee managing flexitime, or a contractor tracking overtime, every minute counts.Stop Giving Away Your Time. Start Building Equity. Equity is the beautifully designed time-tracker that treats your hours like the asset they are. Forget clunky spreadsheets and complicated punch-clocks. Equity gives you a clear, real-time picture of your work-life balance, helping you ensure you are always in the green. Why professionals choose Equity: Visualize your balance - Instantly see if you are "up" or "down" on your hours. Our smart dashboard calculates your overtime or deficit in real-time, giving you total control over your schedule. Lightning fast logging - Designed for speed use. Use "Quick add" to log common durations in a single tap. Use the intuitive calendar or fast type option, or integrate to your calendar to get suggestions from your schedule to track your hours. Tracking your day takes seconds, not minutes. Insightful analytics - Understand your productivity trends. View your history by week, month or quarter with stunning charts that make your data easy to digest. Advanced analytics - Pro users have access to advanced analytics and statistics (Tag statistics, overtime statistics, and a lot more) Balance score – Track your work-life balance instantly and see if you’re in the green. Professional exports - Need to send an invoice or prove your overtime to your manager ? Export your logs to formatted PDF reports or Excel spreadsheets instantly. Stunning dark mode - A UI that looks as good as it works. Switch seamlessly between light and dark modes to suit your environment. Take control of your most valuable asset. Download Equity today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://glennsvendsen.github.io/equity/privacy

About

Margo

Features
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A native Markdown editor for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Built entirely in SwiftUI β€” not a web app in disguise. YOUR FILES, NOT OUR VAULT Margo opens .md files from your filesystem. No proprietary database, no locked-in library, no special folder structure required. Your files stay yours, readable by any app, synced by any service. Edit a file in Margo, open it in another editor β€” it just works. ONE APP, EVERY APPLE DEVICE The same full-featured editor on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Not a desktop app with a stripped-down mobile companion β€” real feature parity across every screen. One purchase covers all your Apple devices. LIVE PREVIEW WITH BIDIRECTIONAL SCROLL SYNC See your Markdown rendered in real time. Scroll the editor and the preview follows. Scroll the preview and the editor follows. Both directions, always in sync. MATH, DIAGRAMS, AND 30+ LANGUAGES β€” OFFLINE LaTeX equations via MathJax. Flowcharts and sequence diagrams via Mermaid. Syntax highlighting for 30+ programming languages via Prism. Everything is bundled inside the app. No internet connection needed, no external CDN, no tracking. EXPORT TO WORD, PDF, EPUB AND MORE Turn any document into a Word file (.docx), an EPUB ebook, RTF, a styled HTML page, or a print-ready PDF β€” right from the toolbar. Word export keeps real heading styles, so your outline and table of contents carry over to Word, Pages, and Google Docs. MAKE IT YOURS 11 preview themes and 15 editor themes. Adjust font size, tab width, tabs or spaces β€” every preference is live-applied, no restart needed. AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT - Table of contents with click-to-navigate - Auto-pairing of brackets, quotes, and backticks - Smart list continuation for bullets, numbers, and task lists - Drag and drop images into your document - Find and replace - Word, character, and line counts - Open Markdown β€” and any text file like YAML, JSON, or source β€” from the Files app or share sheet - Localized in 22 languages

Screenshots

Equity4 screens
Margo2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Equity at Free against Margo's $19.99. Equity also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Margo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

Equity is free to download; Margo costs $19.99 up front. Equity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Margo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Equity ships an update every 3 days, Margo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Equity versus Margo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEquityMargo
PriceFree β€” better$19.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size58 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlenn SvendsenMarco Tini

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Equity

Subscriptions1
  • Equity Pro Γ…rlig$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Equity Pro - Livstid$11.99
None

Margo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Equity free?
Equity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Margo free?
Margo costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Equity or Margo have ads?
Neither Equity nor Margo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Equity or Margo?
Equity ships an update every 3 days, and Margo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Equity was updated on October 15, 2026 and Margo on October 14, 2026.

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