Comparison

Markdown Reader & Editor vs MD Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Markdown Reader & Editor

Features
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Markdown, beautifully rendered. Read, write and highlight on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Open any .md file and read it as a clean, typeset document with real LaTeX math, colored code, tables and diagrams. Highlight and add notes as you read, and with Pro, write right on the page on Mac and iPad. Reading is free. ON iPHONE A calm, focused reader: open, read, find, highlight and present, with no risk of changing your file by accident. With Pro, export to PDF and HTML, print, and sync your highlights. READ IT BEAUTIFULLY • Full Markdown: headings, nested and task lists, tables, block quotes, footnotes, links and images • LaTeX math typeset with KaTeX, inline and on its own line • Code colored by a real syntax highlighter, with a one-tap Copy button • Mermaid diagrams drawn as pictures • Four themes (GitHub, Aurora, Dark and Apple) in light and dark mode, and adjustable text size HIGHLIGHT AND TAKE NOTES • Highlight in color, as a background or an underline • Add a note to any highlight and browse them all in the Highlights panel • Highlights live in the app, never in your file: the .md stays untouched • With Pro, they sync across your devices through your own iCloud, and export as a Markdown study sheet FIND YOUR WAY • An outline built from your headings that follows you as you read • Find highlights every match, with a counter and next/previous (⌘F with a keyboard) • Links to a section jump straight there • Recent files one tap away • Present any document as full-screen slides, with a laser pointer and a marker (free) WRITE ON THE PAGE (Pro, iPad) • Type directly in the reading view, like a word processor • Split view, with the Markdown source beside the page • Edit mode for the source alone, plus New and Save, back to your own .md files SHARE IT (Pro) • Export to PDF, with paper size, margins, header and page numbers, or to HTML • On iPhone, also print, export a single section, share a section or a formula as an image, and copy with formatting SAFE BY DESIGN • A downloaded document's links can't launch apps or scripts: web links open in your browser, other kinds ask first • A linked HTML page opens in MD Reader's own viewer • On iPhone and iPad, when a document's images are in a folder iOS hasn't shared, MD Reader says so and brings them in with one tap AND ON YOUR MAC The same purchase includes the full Mac app: Split with synced scrolling and mirrored selection, Live Studio's seven ready-made blocks, tabs, live statistics, reading fonts and keyboard shortcuts for everything. FREE AND PRO Reading is free, with no time limit: open any Markdown file and use the outline, Find, all four themes, highlights and notes, and Present mode. Pro is a single one-time purchase, no subscription. It unlocks writing and editing (Edit and Split modes, typing in the reading view, New and Save), export to PDF and HTML, Live Studio, multiple tabs and highlight sync through iCloud. Every new install can try all of Pro free for 7 days. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and if you used MD Reader before version 1.2, you keep everything you had. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS Ordinary .md text files. No proprietary format, no MD Reader account, no sign-up, no analytics, no tracking and no subscription. The app goes online only to load images your document links to and, with Pro sync, to keep your highlights and notes in your private iCloud database, which the developer cannot access. Your documents are never uploaded. Opens .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd and .mkdn 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

About

MD Viewer

Features
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MD Viewer shows Markdown files as clean, readable documents. READ FIRST Every file opens in reading mode. Headings, lists, quotes, tables, code blocks, links and images are rendered natively with the system fonts, your text size and your accent colour. Text is selectable, links open in your browser, and the layout adapts from a phone to a full Mac window. EDIT WHEN YOU WANT Tap Edit to change the source. In Formatted mode the Markdown is styled as you type, with headings large, emphasis rendered, code monospaced and the syntax dimmed, plus a formatting bar for headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, code, links, images, lists, quotes, code blocks, tables and rules. Prefer the raw source? Text mode is a plain editor. Either way the file stays plain Markdown, saved automatically, with undo. YOUR FILES, WHEREVER THEY ARE Files app, iCloud Drive, Finder, Dropbox and other providers, Share, Open With, drag and drop. Multiple windows on iPad and Mac. Keyboard shortcuts including ⇧⌘E to toggle editing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Your documents never leave your device; the only network use is loading images your own document links to. Supports CommonMark plus tables and strikethrough. Requires iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 or later.

Screenshots

Markdown Reader & Editor4 screens
MD Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MD Viewer at none against Markdown Reader & Editor's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Markdown Reader & Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MD Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Markdown Reader & Editor ships an update fortnightly, MD Viewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Markdown Reader & Editor versus MD Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkdown Reader & EditorMD Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictoria Rodriguez DiazEnke Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Markdown Reader & Editor

One-time1
  • Pro$2.99
None

MD Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Markdown Reader & Editor free?
Markdown Reader & Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MD Viewer free?
MD Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Markdown Reader & Editor or MD Viewer have ads?
Neither Markdown Reader & Editor nor MD Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Markdown Reader & Editor or MD Viewer?
Markdown Reader & Editor ships an update fortnightly, and MD Viewer weekly. Most recently, Markdown Reader & Editor was updated on October 28, 2026 and MD Viewer on October 31, 2026.

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