Cards Against Backlogs vs Marked
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Cards Against Backlogs
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Cards Against Backlogs is a real-time planning poker app built for agile squads who want fast, focused estimation sessions β no sign-up required. Create a room in seconds, share the code with your team, and start voting. Choose between Fibonacci or T-Shirt sizing decks. See who voted, reveal the results, and move on to the next story. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap "New Room" and enter your name 2. Share the Room ID with your team 3. Everyone picks a card to vote 4. The room owner reveals all cards at once 5. Discuss, reset, and repeat FEATURES - Real-time voting and presence β see who's in the room and who already voted - Fibonacci and T-Shirt sizing decks - No account needed β just a name and a room code - Works alongside the web app at cab.linhares.sc - Dark mode support - Lightweight and distraction-free Built for developers, by developers. Stop overthinking estimates and start shipping.
Marked
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Marked is a Markdown reader and editor designed first as a reading app β think Apple Books for your .md files. Open any Markdown document from Files or iCloud Drive and read it with the calm of a book: classic typography, generous margins, justified text with automatic hyphenation, and Light, Sepia and Dark themes. A READING-FIRST EXPERIENCE β’ Three reading themes: Light, Sepia and Dark. β’ Nine curated typefaces: system serif, New York, Georgia, Palatino, Times New Roman, Helvetica Neue, Avenir Next, Iowan Old Style and Charter. β’ Adjustable font size, line spacing and horizontal margins. β’ Justified text with automatic hyphenation for a book-like rhythm. β’ Native rendering of headings, lists, quotes, code blocks, links and tables. β’ Styled blockquotes with accent bar, soft background tint and a decorative quote glyph. β’ Wrap-first tables that fit cell text to the screen and only scroll horizontally when wrapping is not enough. SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING β’ Fenced code blocks are highlighted with automatic language detection (highlight.js via HighlighterSwift). β’ The editor colours Markdown markup live β headings, emphasis, code spans, links and lists β without getting in the way of plain-text editing. QUICK EDITING β’ Built-in plain-text editor with in-place save to the original file. β’ New documents open straight into the editor. β’ Jump to any line directly from the table of contents or search results. β’ Debounced highlighting keeps large files responsive while typing. NAVIGATION β’ Auto-generated table of contents from the document's headings. β’ In-document search: per section in reader mode and per line in editor mode. β’ Recent files list with per-document reading position and progress, Apple Notesβstyle file count under the title. FAST AND SMOOTH β’ Documents open asynchronously so the UI never blocks on large files. β’ Theme and font changes reuse the parsed document and existing section views instead of rebuilding from scratch. β’ Smart subview reuse keeps scrolling fluid in long documents. WORKS WITH YOUR FILES β’ Opens .md, .markdown, .mdown and .mkd files from Files, iCloud Drive and "Open withβ¦". β’ Create new Markdown documents from inside the app. β’ Security-scoped bookmarks remember where each file lives, so recents keep working after relaunch. PRIVACY BY DESIGN β’ Everything runs on your device. Marked has no servers. β’ No accounts, no telemetry, no advertising, no tracking. β’ Your files stay exactly where you keep them β the app only opens them. Ideal for reading notes, technical documentation, project READMEs, long-form articles or books written in Markdown β and for making quick edits without leaving the reading flow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cards Against Backlogs at 15.1 against Marked's 26.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cards Against Backlogs | Marked |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | β | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ThreadCode | Treze |
In-app purchases
Cards Against Backlogs
No in-app purchases
Marked
No in-app purchases
Questions
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