Comparison

Markdown Reader & Editor vs Lintel

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

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About

Markdown Reader & Editor

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Markdown, beautifully rendered โ€” 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 โ€” with no risk of changing your file by accident. With Pro you can also export to PDF and HTML. WRITE, NOT JUST READ (iPad) โ€ข An editor with a live side-by-side preview that updates as you type โ€ข New, Open and Save โ€ข Your edits go back to your own .md files BEAUTIFUL RENDERING โ€ข Full Markdown: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, nested lists, tables, block quotes, links and images โ€ข LaTeX mathematics typeset with KaTeX โ€” inline formulas and centered display equations โ€ข Colored code blocks with a one-tap Copy button โ€ข Smart typography: curly quotes, em dashes and ellipses applied automatically FIND YOUR WAY โ€ข Instant search that highlights every match, with a counter and next/previous โ€ข Table of contents built from your headings โ€” a sheet on iPhone, a sidebar on Mac โ€ข In-document links jump straight to any section โ€ข Recent files always one tap away MAKE IT COMFORTABLE โ€ข Four themes โ€” GitHub, Aurora, Dark and Apple โ€” each adapting to light and dark mode โ€ข Adjustable text size AND ON YOUR MAC The same purchase includes the full Mac app: โ€ข AI Markdown โ€” describe what you need and Apple's on-device model writes the Markdown. Nothing leaves your Mac. โ€ข Live Studio โ€” seven ready-made building blocks: section, table, checklist, code, quote, storyboard and action plan โ€ข Several documents open at once, in tabs, with synced scrolling โ€ข 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 โ€” 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 โ€” no subscription โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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

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Lintel

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Renovation budgets don't fail on the estimate. They fail on the extras. A contractor mentions rotten subfloor. You say okay. Three months later you're 40% over and you can't reconstruct how you got there. Lintel is a record built for the person paying the bills. Enter the contract you signed. From then on, every extra gets a number, a date, a photo and a price โ€” and you see exactly what approving it does to your total before you say yes. THE MONEY CHAIN Original contract sum + Approved change orders = Revised contract sum ~ Pending change orders That chain is the whole app. Lintel draws it to scale, so a big change order is physically longer on your screen than a small one. You see the drift before you read the number. RECORD EVERY CHANGE - Log it the moment it's raised, even before you agree - Mark whether it came up verbally first - Capture who asked, why, and how many days it adds - Attach photos of the condition โ€” the strongest record you can keep - Credits are tracked too, when work comes off the job DECIDE WITH THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF YOU Before you approve anything, Lintel shows you the revised contract sum and the cumulative percentage against what you originally signed. If there's no photo attached, it says so. WATCH YOUR CONTINGENCY Set aside a cushion when you start. Lintel tracks how much of it approved changes have eaten and tells you the moment it's gone. TRACK WHAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY PAID Deposits, progress draws, material deposits, retainage release. If payments run ahead of the revised contract, Lintel flags it. PDF RECORDS YOU CAN HAND TO SOMEONE - A one-page change order record with signature lines for both sides - A full cost report with the change order log and payment log Everything an accountant, an adjuster or an attorney would ask for. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. No server. No bank linking. Everything stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud. Manual entry is the point โ€” nothing about your renovation leaves your control. FREE AND PRO Free: one project, three change orders. Pro: unlimited projects and change orders, plus PDF exports. Lintel is a record-keeping tool. It does not replace your executed construction contract or legal advice. Privacy Policy: https://www.keremkarayagiz.com.tr/lintel/privacy.php Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.keremkarayagiz.com.tr/lintel/terms.php

Screenshots

Markdown Reader & Editor4 screens
Lintel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Markdown Reader & Editor at none against Lintel's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Lintel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Markdown Reader & Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Markdown Reader & Editor versus Lintel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkdown Reader & EditorLintel
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictoria Rodriguez DiazYasin Halit Karayagiz

In-app purchases

None

Markdown Reader & Editor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lintel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Markdown Reader & Editor free?
Markdown Reader & Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lintel free?
Lintel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Markdown Reader & Editor or Lintel have ads?
Neither Markdown Reader & Editor nor Lintel shows ads.

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