Elephant Folio vs RC Markdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elephant Folio
This app automatically organizes your PDF documents using on-device AI. It intelligently files, tags, and categorizes PDFs from various sources, making them easily searchable. Your documents remain private and accessible across all your Apple devices.
- On-device AI for automatic filing
- Intelligent tagging and categorization
- Cross-device library sync via iCloud
- Capture PDFs from Safari, Mail, and camera
- Full-text search including document content
- Offline-first functionality
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Elephant Folio is a PDF organizer built for people who read a lot of PDFs. Bring a paper in from Safari, Mail, or anywhere on your device, and Elephant Folio files it for you; based on what's inside of it, not just the filename. The folders get made. The tags get applied. You keep reading. Rules that organize for you Set a rule once and every matching document gets tagged automatically. Match on filename, file contents, author, and more. Rules run the moment a file arrives, and you can re-run them on any file in your whole library anytime. No more tagging one file at a time. Smart organizing, on by default When Apple Intelligence is available on one of your devices, Elephant Folio can also read and tag documents on its own. Your documents stay yours Everything stays on your devices. Nothing is uploaded anywhere. Capture from anywhere The Share extension works across Safari, Mail, Files, and anything else that can hand off a PDF. Scan a physical page and it's filed before you put your phone down and your rules apply instantly. Search that actually reaches Not just filenames. Not just folders. Text, tags, and document content, so the thing you're looking for turns up even when you don't remember what you called it. One library across all your devices iCloud keeps Mac, iPad, and iPhone in sync — down to the exact page you left off on. Files live in your Documents folder and open in any app that reads PDFs. Siri Shortcuts let Elephant Folio fit inside whatever system you've already built for yourself. Import from anywhere (even from the browser on a Windows): As long as you can access your iCloud folder, you can drag your PDF documents to Elephant Folio and they will be imported next time you open the app. No internet? No problem Elephant Folio is a privacy-centric, offline-first app. Capture, read, tag, and search anywhere. The only network requests this app makes are ones to Apple's servers for iCloud syncing or those to fetch metadata from CrossRef/ArXiv/Pubmed. The elephant never forgets. Now neither do you. By using this app you agree to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
RC Markdown
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THE AI WORKFLOW COMPANION Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants produce detailed reports. But when you open them on iPhone, LaTeX math breaks, Mermaid diagrams disappear, and code looks like a mess. RC Markdown handles all of it. A dedicated viewer built to read, render, and share AI-generated documents exactly as intended. DISTRACTION-FREE READING, BUILT FOR LONG DOCUMENTS No toolbars. No editing UI. Just your document, rendered beautifully, ready to read from start to finish. Open a file, read it comfortably, and forward it to your team. RENDERING Complex Math — On-device KaTeX rendering for inline and block LaTeX equations. Technical Diagrams — Mermaid support for flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, and more. Clean Code — Syntax highlighting for 20+ languages including Python, Swift, Rust, and TypeScript. EXPORT AND SHARE Tap Export to convert your document and open the iOS Share Sheet instantly — send via Mail, Messages, Slack, or save to Files. PDF — Vector-based, text-selectable, always cleanly formatted. PNG — Full-document image, ready to paste into any chat or deck. HTML — Self-contained file with all styles and diagrams embedded. DESIGNED FOR iOS Table of Contents — Auto-generated from headings. Tap to jump, drag the panel anywhere on screen. In-Document Search — Real-time highlighting with match-by-match navigation. Dark Mode — Light, Dark, or System. Optimized for OLED displays. Available in 10 languages — English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. iPhone and iPad — Optimized for both. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE No accounts. No sign-in. No internet required. Every feature works completely offline. No data ever leaves your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RC Markdown at none against Elephant Folio's 3. RC Markdown also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Elephant Folio's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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
Both are free to download. Elephant Folio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. RC Markdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Elephant Folio ships an update every 2 days, RC Markdown daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elephant Folio | RC Markdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beroea Tech L.L.C | Jaehong Lim |
In-app purchases
Elephant Folio
- Monthly Subscription$4.001 Month
- Yearly Subscription$25.001 Year
- Lifetime License$55.00
RC Markdown
No in-app purchases









