Markdown Reader & Editor vs GoodMarkdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Markdown Reader & Editor
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Markdown, beautifully rendered ā on iPhone, iPad and Mac. MD Reader turns plain .md files into clean, readable documents with real LaTeX mathematics, colored code blocks and elegant tables. Native, fast, and built around one idea: your words stay yours. ON iPHONE A calm, focused, read-only reader. Open, read, search and navigate ā with no risk of changing your file by accident. With Pro you can also export to PDF and HTML. WRITE, NOT JUST READ (iPad) ⢠An editor with a live side-by-side preview that updates as you type ⢠New, Open and Save ⢠Your edits go back to your own .md files BEAUTIFUL RENDERING ⢠Full Markdown: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, nested lists, tables, block quotes, links and images ⢠LaTeX mathematics typeset with KaTeX ā inline formulas and centered display equations ⢠Colored code blocks with a one-tap Copy button ⢠Smart typography: curly quotes, em dashes and ellipses applied automatically FIND YOUR WAY ⢠Instant search that highlights every match, with a counter and next/previous ⢠Table of contents built from your headings ā a sheet on iPhone, a sidebar on Mac ⢠In-document links jump straight to any section ⢠Recent files always one tap away MAKE IT COMFORTABLE ⢠Four themes ā GitHub, Aurora, Dark and Apple ā each adapting to light and dark mode ⢠Adjustable text size AND ON YOUR MAC The same purchase includes the full Mac app: ⢠AI Markdown ā describe what you need and Apple's on-device model writes the Markdown. Nothing leaves your Mac. ⢠Live Studio ā seven ready-made building blocks: section, table, checklist, code, quote, storyboard and action plan ⢠Several documents open at once, in tabs, with synced scrolling ⢠Live statistics, a choice of reading fonts, and a full menu bar with keyboard shortcuts for everything FREE AND PRO Reading and writing are both free. Open any Markdown file, use all four themes, LaTeX, colored code, tables, search, contents and the bundled samples ā and on iPad and Mac, write in the editor with its live side-by-side preview, create new documents and save them. Pro is a single one-time purchase ā no subscription ā and it covers taking the document back out of the app: export to PDF and HTML on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and on iPhone and Mac also printing, exporting a single section, sharing as an image and copying with formatting. On Mac it adds Live Studio, AI Markdown and several documents open at once. One purchase covers all three. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS Ordinary .md text files. No proprietary format, no account, no sign-up, no analytics, no tracking and no subscription ā one purchase, that's all. The only time the app uses the network is to load images your own document links to. Opens .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd and .mkdn ā from the Files app, iCloud Drive or a share sheet. Available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.natural-apps.com/MDReader/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.natural-apps.com/MDReader/privacy.html
GoodMarkdowns
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The Markdown you write is the page you print. Type, and your document builds itself on a real sheet of paper in real time, so you see exactly where every page breaks before you export. Most Markdown editors are great for writing but leave you guessing how the finished document will actually look. GoodMarkdowns makes the preview the result. ā Live page preview As you type, each line settles into place on a real page. Page breaks, margins and line wraps match the exported PDF exactly. Read one page at a time, open a two-page spread, or zoom out to a grid of every page, and pinch to zoom freely. ā Edit right on the page Tap a heading, paragraph, list item or table cell in the preview and change it in place. The Markdown source and the page move together in both directions, so you can write in plain syntax and still polish the layout on the page itself. ā Eight design templates Pick the look that fits the job and switch at any time. ⢠Report ā a clean, professional layout for work and project documents ⢠Academic ā classic typography for papers and essays ⢠Minimal ā nothing on the page but your writing ⢠Technical ā numbered sections and a structured grid ⢠Manuscript ā generous line spacing for drafts and submissions ⢠Gazette ā dense, newspaper-style columns ⢠Business ā a composed look for proposals and plans ⢠Book ā body text set the way a printed book is ā Start from a document template On iPad, you never have to face an empty page. Choose one of eleven ready-made documents ā Meeting Notes, Weekly Report, Resume, Blog Post, Newsletter, Study Notes, Academic Paper, Product Spec (PRD), README, Changelog and Decision Record (ADR) ā and fill in the content. ā Six paper sizes and landscape Choose A3, A4, A5, A6, Letter or Legal, and turn any page landscape. Set your own headers, footers, page numbers and margins to match a submission format or a print job. ā Block-level styling Adjust one paragraph or one heading without touching the rest of the document. The inspector changes typeface, alignment and spacing block by block. ā Built-in image editor No jumping to another app. Twelve tools including crop, highlighter and mosaic, ten annotations such as arrows and spotlights, and eight-handle resizing with rotation, right there on the page. ā Export to PDF, PNG, JPEG and HEIC Export a vector PDF with crisp text you can select and copy. When you need an image instead, save PNG, JPEG or HEIC at 1x, 2x or 3x resolution. Long documents show progress and can be canceled at any point. ā Standard Markdown Headings, bold and italics, lists, tables with column alignment, block quotes and code blocks with syntax highlighting. Open a .md or plain text file you already have and the formatting comes through intact, so it doubles as a comfortable Markdown viewer and reader. Document settings live in front matter and are still there next time. ā A document library on iPad Organize your writing in folders: create, rename, move and delete documents and folders in one place. On iPhone, documents open and save through the Files app. ā iCloud sync with Pro With Pro, the iPad library lives in your own iCloud Drive folder, so the same documents are waiting on your other devices. Without it, documents stay on the device, and you can still keep them in iCloud Drive through the Files app. Who it's for ⢠Students and researchers handing in papers and assignments as clean PDFs ⢠Professionals writing reports, meeting notes and proposals ⢠Developers keeping READMEs, technical docs and changelogs in Markdown ⢠Anyone who wants a resume or CV exported at print quality ⢠Anyone who would rather write in Markdown than wrestle with a heavyweight editor GoodMarkdowns is free and supported by ads; an optional rewarded ad turns them off for a while and unlocks Pro features such as iCloud sync. No account to create. Writing, preview and export work with no connection at all, and your documents stay on your device and in your own iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Markdown Reader & Editor at none against GoodMarkdowns's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Markdown Reader & Editor | GoodMarkdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | ā |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victoria Rodriguez Diaz | Jeonguk Park |
In-app purchases
Markdown Reader & Editor
No in-app purchases
GoodMarkdowns
No in-app purchases
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