Comparison

C.A.S.E. vs Recto MD

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

Head to head
About

C.A.S.E.

Features
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Look back at your past: how many of your decisions were truly the result of systematic thinking? Is your current life path one you genuinely chose for yourself? Without a systematic personal framework, path dependence becomes the greatest obstacle to personal growth. Fortunately, we can change this. By recording every new insight or piece of knowledge you gain, connections and profound understanding will emerge over time. As these insights become systematized, you gain a holistic perspective on the choices right in front of youβ€”and C.A.S.E. can significantly accelerate this process. Key Features: 3D Mind Map View: Visualize your thoughts in a new dimension. Dual-Screen Support: Operate mind maps across two screens for maximum efficiency. Integrated Productivity: Built-in Calendar and Task Management system. Outline Mode: Instantly switch between visual maps and structured outlines. High Performance: Seamlessly handle thousands of nodes without lag. Unified Node Management: Manage nodes centrally across different maps. Actionable Links: Create direct links between mind map nodes and tasks. And much more...

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Recto MD

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Recto MD opens a Markdown file and gets out of the way. Open one from Files, Mail or Safari with Open in Recto MD, or share it in from any app. On iPadOS and iOS 26, Files > Get Info > Always Open With makes it the default. Reading comes first: pick a file and it is on screen, typeset and ready, nothing to configure. When you want to change something, Edit mode puts the source next to the live preview - side by side on iPad, a Source/Preview switch on iPhone - and Save is explicit, so nothing is written until you ask for it. TYPOGRAPHY FIRST The reading column, the leading and the vertical rhythm are the product. Pinch to zoom the whole page from 50% to 300% - text, measure and margins scale together, the way a browser's page zoom does - the column measure also has three widths, and the page is laid out so a long document stays comfortable rather than merely legible. RENDERS WHAT YOUR DOCUMENTS ACTUALLY CONTAIN - CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, strikethrough, autolinks, footnotes - GitHub-style alerts: NOTE, TIP, IMPORTANT, WARNING, CAUTION - Mermaid diagrams, loaded only when a document has one - Mathematics and chemistry, typeset by KaTeX: inline and display LaTeX, and mhchem chemical equations. The delimiters are narrow on purpose, so a price written as $5 stays a price - Syntax-highlighted fenced code blocks, with a copy button - Wide tables scroll inside the reading column, so the page itself never scrolls sideways EDITING, WHEN YOU WANT IT Edit mode puts a source pane beside the live preview - side by side on iPad, a Source/Preview switch on iPhone. Save is explicit, and nothing autosaves in the background. Export the document as a PDF whenever you want a copy to share. FIND YOUR WAY AROUND An outline is generated from the document's headings: a sheet on iPhone, a sidebar on iPad that also holds your recent documents. Search inside a document with a live match count and step through the matches. Recents remembers where you stopped reading and puts you back there. IT UPDATES WHILE YOU READ Change the file somewhere else and the document updates in place - same scroll position, no flash, no reload button to hunt for. If you have unsaved edits, the app stops and asks instead of choosing for you. Turn auto-reload off and you get a "File changed" tap target instead. A THEME EDITOR, NOT A THEME PICKER Duplicate a built-in theme or start from nothing, and tune it in six groups: text (font, scale, line height, spacing, indent, justification); headings (font, weight, an accent color, rules, and a size for each of the six levels); layout (column width by characters, points or percent, a max width, custom margins, a page-card look); sidebar (font size and step per level, row height, indent, background and accent mix); blocks (code font and size, table density and zebra striping, blockquote style, the code syntax palette); and color, down to the selection highlight. Import or export any theme as JSON. OFFLINE, AND PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION The app makes no network requests at all. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no tracking, nothing collected. Your documents are files on your device or in your iCloud Drive, and that is where they stay. BUILT FOR THE PLATFORM Dynamic Type through to the accessibility sizes, VoiceOver reading real document structure, Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency are all honoured. With a hardware keyboard, every navigation shortcut is independently rebindable - pick the key, choose Command, Option or Shift, and the app flags a conflict before you save one - and Open, Find, Find Next, Reload, the zoom commands and Settings are all one keystroke away, listed in the Command-hold sheet. The interface is available in twelve languages, with a System option and a picker for the one you want.

Screenshots

C.A.S.E.4 screens
Recto MD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: C.A.S.E. at 15.0 against Recto MD's 18.0. 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
C.A.S.E. versus Recto MD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterC.A.S.E.Recto MD
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size26 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunze MaITSUCARA, K.K.

In-app purchases

None

C.A.S.E.

No in-app purchases

None

Recto MD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is C.A.S.E. free?
C.A.S.E. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recto MD free?
Recto MD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do C.A.S.E. or Recto MD have ads?
Neither C.A.S.E. nor Recto MD shows ads.

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