Comparison

OpenMark vs Text Editor

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

Head to head
About

OpenMark

This app offers a native Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad, rendering files with full formatting including code, math, and diagrams. It supports offline editing and export to PDF or HTML, with multiple themes and an outline sidebar on iPad.

Highlights
  • Full Markdown rendering
  • KaTeX math equations
  • Mermaid diagram support
  • Interactive checkboxes
  • Export to PDF/HTML
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple themes
Features
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OpenMark brings beautiful markdown rendering to your iPhone and iPad. Open any .md file from iCloud Drive, Files, or any file provider and see it rendered with full formatting — headings, code blocks, tables, math equations (KaTeX), diagrams (Mermaid), GitHub-style alerts, and interactive checklists. Features: - Full markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks - KaTeX math equations — inline and display mode - Mermaid diagrams rendered natively - GitHub-style alerts (Note, Tip, Important, Warning, Caution) - Interactive checkboxes — tap to toggle, changes save back to file - Export to PDF or HTML, copy as markdown - Outline sidebar on iPad for quick navigation - Dark mode support - 4 themes: Default, Nord, Solarized, One Dark - Works offline — all rendering is bundled, no internet required - Universal Purchase — buy once, get both Mac and iOS Edit your markdown on Mac with the full OpenMark editor. Read anywhere on iPhone and iPad.

About

Text Editor

A professional code and text editor for developers, students, and creators. It offers fast performance, extensive language support, and advanced editing features for a smooth and reliable coding experience on Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Professional code and text editing
  • Fast and lightweight performance
  • Tree-sitter powered syntax highlighting
  • Smart autocomplete and code suggestions
  • Built-in snippets for popular languages
  • Format code with Prettier
  • 30+ professionally designed themes
Features
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Text Editor is a fast, modern, and powerful code editor built for developers, students, and creators who want a professional coding experience on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Write, edit, and manage code with support for many popular programming, scripting, and markup languages all in one lightweight and easy-to-use editor. Whether you are building websites, editing configuration files, writing scripts, learning programming, or taking technical notes, Text Editor provides a smooth and reliable workspace designed for productivity. Supported Languages: Swift, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, TSX, Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua, Perl, Bash, SQL, HTML, CSS, SCSS, JSON, JSON5, YAML, TOML, Markdown, Astro, Regex, Elixir, Haskell, Plain Text, and many more. Features: - Professional code and text editing - Fast and lightweight performance - Tree-sitter powered syntax highlighting - Smart autocomplete and code suggestions - Built-in snippets for popular languages - Context-aware suggestions with fuzzy matching - Auto-close brackets, quotes, and tags - Find and replace - Go to line - Undo and redo support - Duplicate and move lines quickly - Advanced keyboard editing controls - Format code with Prettier - Support for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, YAML, Markdown, and PHP formatting - Adjustable tab width, line length, quote style, trailing commas, prose wrap, and more - Beautiful built-in light and dark themes - 30+ professionally designed themes included - Popular themes inspired by One Dark Pro, Dracula, Monokai, Solarized, Nord, GitHub Dark, Tokyo Night, Material, Paper, and more - Import and export custom themes - App-wide adaptive color scheme - Fully customizable keyboard accessory bar - Quick access coding symbols and actions - Powerful editing actions including indent, outdent, duplicate lines, move lines, and cursor navigation - Searchable advanced font picker with support for custom fonts - Adjustable font size, line height, and letter spacing - Multiple text encodings with automatic detection - Choose between UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, and many more encodings - Line ending detection and preservation (LF and CRLF) - Enable or disable auto-correction - Enable or disable auto-capitalization - Enable or disable spell-checking - Hardware keyboard shortcuts for save, find, format, comments, and navigation - Auto-save and unsaved changes protection - Native Files app integration - Open, edit, and share files easily - Share Sheet support - Print documents directly from the app - Optimized for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro Built for Productivity: Text Editor is designed to help you stay focused with a clean interface, responsive performance, and powerful developer tools that make coding easier anywhere. Perfect for web development, mobile app development, backend scripting, configuration editing, Markdown writing, learning programming, technical notes, and everyday text editing. Simple enough for beginners. Powerful enough for professional developers.

Screenshots

OpenMark4 screens
Text Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OpenMark at 71% against Text Editor's 0%. Text Editor's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Text Editor is free to download; OpenMark costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OpenMark versus Text Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenMarkText Editor
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRotate, LLC.Devashy Rangpariya

Customer experience

OpenMark

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Text Editor

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

OpenMark

No in-app purchases

None

Text Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenMark free?
OpenMark costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OpenMark or Text Editor have ads?
Neither OpenMark nor Text Editor shows ads.

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