InkMark vs Maho Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
InkMark
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Write beautifully. Publish everywhere. InkMark is a powerful markup editor for writers, developers, and anyone who loves clean, formatted text. Now with AI writing assistance, multi-platform publishing, and epub book export. WRITE WITH POWER β’ Full Markdown, HTML, and LaTeX support with live preview β’ Syntax highlighting that adapts to your content β’ Wiki links β connect your documents with [[double brackets]] β’ Templates for blog posts, meeting notes, journals, READMEs, and more AI WRITING ASSISTANT β’ Summarize, improve, continue writing, change tone β’ Translate to any language β’ Custom prompts for any writing task β’ Powered by GPT-4o-mini PUBLISH EVERYWHERE β’ WordPress, Medium, Ghost, and Blogholio β’ One-tap publishing with draft support β’ Frontmatter mapping for tags, excerpts, and featured images EXPORT AS BOOKS β’ Single document or entire folder to epub β’ Auto-generated table of contents β’ Custom cover image and metadata β’ Beautiful typography STAY ON TRACK β’ Writing goals with daily targets β’ Streak tracking and milestone badges β’ Weekly stats and progress bar ORGANIZE YOUR WAY β’ Unlimited documents and folders β’ Tags, favorites, and search β’ Backlinks panel shows connections β’ iCloud sync across all devices Free to use. Pro unlocks AI, publishing, epub export, wiki links, goals, and templates. Subscription Terms: β’ InkMark Pro is available as a monthly ($2.99/month) or yearly ($19.99/year) auto-renewable subscription. β’ Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. β’ Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. β’ You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diegoavarela.github.io/legal/inkmark/privacy
Maho Notes
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Maho Notes is a markdown-based note-taking app for people who care about their words β and want to keep them. Every note is a plain .md file on your device. No proprietary format, no vendor lock-in, no servers you don't control. Sync through your own iCloud, your own GitHub repo, or keep notes purely local β your choice. A NOTES APP THAT SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Full multilingual support, including search across English, δΈζ (Traditional Chinese), ζ₯ζ¬θͺ (Japanese), and νκ΅μ΄ (Korean) β powered by a CJK-aware tokenizer that actually understands word boundaries in each language. Add furigana to Japanese kanji, Zhuyin to Mandarin, TΓ’i-lΓ΄ to Taiwanese, or readings to Korean β all with one simple syntax: {ζΌ’ε|γ΅γγγͺ}. THREE WAYS TO SEARCH β’ Keyword search β fast SQLite FTS5 across every note β’ Semantic search β on-device vector embeddings find ideas, not just words β’ Hybrid β both, fused into one ranked list Models run entirely on-device. Nothing about your notes leaves your hardware. WRITTEN IN MARKDOWN, RENDERED BEAUTIFULLY β’ Full CommonMark + GitHub Flavored Markdown β’ KaTeX math equations β’ Mermaid diagrams β’ Syntax-highlighted code blocks β’ Ruby annotations for any language β’ Image and asset embedding β’ Tables, task lists, footnotes ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Vaults hold collections. Collections hold notes. Drag-and-drop reordering, custom icons and colors, hierarchical sub-collections, and per-collection ordering β all stored in plain YAML you can read. SYNC THAT RESPECTS YOU β’ iCloud β seamless across your Apple devices β’ GitHub β version your notes as a private repo, sync through your own account using GitHub's official Device Flow login (no third-party server in the middle) β’ Device-only β keep everything offline Conflicts get clearly-named files (note.conflict-DeviceName.md), never silent overwrites. UNIVERSAL APP One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Optimized layouts for each: a focus-friendly stack on iPhone, a three-column workspace on iPad and Mac, with the same vault wherever you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: InkMark at 16.6 against Maho Notes's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. InkMark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Maho Notes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | InkMark | Maho Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diego Varela | Kuo-Chuan Pan |
In-app purchases
InkMark
- InkMark Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- InkMark Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
Maho Notes
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99









