Comparison

Mdly vs NetOps

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

Head to head
About

Mdly

This app provides a fast, read-only experience for viewing Markdown and Mermaid files across Apple devices. It offers seamless iCloud syncing, powerful rendering of modern Markdown features, and inline diagram support for technical documentation.

Highlights
  • Read-only Markdown viewing
  • Mermaid diagram rendering
  • iCloud Drive integration
  • Syntax-highlighted code blocks
  • Table of Contents navigation
  • Full-text search
  • Dark and light themes
Features
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Mdly is a fast, read-only Markdown viewer designed for effortless reading across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Open your .md files directly from iCloud Drive or local folders and enjoy clean, distraction-free rendering anywhere. Built for developers, writers, and anyone who keeps documentation in Markdown, Mdly focuses on one thing: reading Markdown comfortably. Seamless iCloud Experience Access the same Markdown files across all your Apple devices. Files created on your Mac appear instantly on iPhone and iPad through iCloud sync. Powerful Markdown Rendering Mdly fully supports modern Markdown features: - Headings, lists, tables, blockquotes - Syntax-highlighted code blocks - GitHub-style Markdown rendering Mermaid Diagram Support Render Mermaid diagrams inline, including: - Flowcharts - Sequence diagram - Timelines and more Perfect for viewing technical documentation on the go. Designed for Reading Mdly is intentionally read-only โ€” no editing distractions. - Slide-up Table of Contents navigation - Full-text search across files - Recent files access - Dark and light themes - Clean typography optimized for long reading

About

NetOps

Features
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Twelve network tools in one app for sysadmins and developers. NetOps finds the devices on your Wi-Fi, maps a managed switch over SNMP, checks TLS certificates and DNS, and probes hosts and ports, on iPhone and iPad. LOCAL NETWORK โ€ข LAN Scan โ€” Sweeps your Wi-Fi subnet (up to 1,024 addresses), then reads the iOS ARP table to list each device's IP and MAC address, with the maker looked up from the MAC's OUI. Devices using a private (randomized) Wi-Fi address are marked as such. Export as CSV or JSON, or save a device to Hosts. โ€ข Net Map โ€” Point it at a managed switch or router that speaks SNMP v2c (GetBulk walks, read community). It reads system name, uptime and location; interfaces with status, speed and MAC; the ARP table with vendors; LLDP and CDP neighbors; MAC-to-switchport; and routed subnets. It reaches devices beyond your own subnet. PROBES (TCP) iOS gives apps no ICMP, so these tools time TCP connections, and say so on screen. โ€ข Ping โ€” TCP ping: each probe races connects to ports 80, 443, 53 and 22; an accept or a refusal counts as an answer. Count 1โ€“100 or continuous, interval 0.2โ€“2 s, with min/avg/max, jitter, loss and a latency chart. โ€ข Traceroute โ€” A TCP reachability check: up to 10 connect attempts to the destination, each waiting longer, until it answers. It does not list the routers in between. โ€ข MTR โ€” A continuous TCP ping to one destination with live loss, best, average, worst and jitter. No per-hop table. โ€ข Port Scan โ€” TCP connect scan of a host name or IPv4/IPv6 address: a 22-port common preset, a top-100 list, ports 1โ€“1000, or any custom range. Each port is open, closed (refused), filtered (no answer) or unreachable (no route), and IPv4 is tried first. CERTIFICATES โ€ข SSL Check โ€” Any host and port: the full chain labelled leaf, intermediate and root, iOS's own trust verdict, whether the certificate covers the host name, the failure reason, days to expiry, issuer, SANs and serial. Expired, self-signed and wrong-host certificates are still shown. DNS AND IP โ€ข Dig โ€” Query A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SOA and PTR records from any resolver over UDP with EDNS0. The response code (NOERROR, NXDOMAIN, SERVFAIL, REFUSED) and a truncated answer are shown. SOA is printed in full and IPv6 in RFC 5952 short form. โ€ข DNS Propagation โ€” One name and record type across eight public resolvers at once (Google, Cloudflare, Quad9, OpenDNS, DNS.WATCH, Yandex), flagging disagreement. โ€ข WHOIS โ€” Domain and IP registration data over RDAP: dates, status, name servers, network. โ€ข Reverse Lookup โ€” IPv4 address to host name via PTR. โ€ข CIDR Calculator โ€” IPv4 subnet math: network, mask, wildcard, broadcast, first and last host, host counts, and whether an IP falls inside the block. HOSTS AND HISTORY โ€ข Hosts โ€” Names, tags, notes and favorites. A host found by LAN Scan is matched by MAC, so it survives an IP change. Import from a CSV file, export to CSV, or sync from an HTTPS inventory API: any JSON list with dot-path field mapping (NetBox works), or an Ansible dynamic inventory, with an optional bearer token kept in the iOS Keychain. โ€ข History โ€” Every tool's runs are saved as text reports you can search, share or delete, kept 7, 30, 90 or 365 days. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO โ€ข No ICMP ping, hop-by-hop traceroute or per-hop MTR on iOS. โ€ข No Wi-Fi signal survey or list of nearby Wi-Fi networks; LAN Scan finds devices on the network you are joined to. โ€ข No SNMP v3, no SNMP writes, no SSH or Telnet client. โ€ข No packet capture, and nothing runs in the background. PRIVACY No account, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Hosts and history stay on your device. Probes go only to the hosts you enter; WHOIS queries go to rdap.org, DNS queries go to the resolvers you choose, and API sync goes to the URL you set. PRICE One purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no upsells. Published by SHYGUY LLC.

Screenshots

Mdly4 screens
NetOps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mdly at every 2 weeks against NetOps's every 4 months. Mdly also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position and device support 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

Mdly costs $1.99 and NetOps $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mdly ships an update every 2 weeks, NetOps every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 7 level
Mdly versus NetOps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMdlyNetOps
Price$1.99 โ€” better$4.99
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
Best chart rank#152#66 โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuta HoshinaChad Neal

In-app purchases

None

Mdly

No in-app purchases

None

NetOps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mdly free?
Mdly costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetOps free?
NetOps costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mdly or NetOps have ads?
Neither Mdly nor NetOps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mdly or NetOps?
Mdly ships an update every 2 weeks, and NetOps every 4 months. Most recently, Mdly was updated on November 9, 2026 and NetOps on November 9, 2026.
Which is more popular, Mdly or NetOps?
Mdly currently peaks at #152 in the App Store charts, and NetOps at #66. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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