Comparison

MD Preview vs FaceGuard

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

Head to head
About

MD Preview

This app offers a fast and elegant way to read and render Markdown files, including code, math, and diagrams. It supports various file sources and provides a distraction-free reading experience with customizable themes. Premium features include text-to-speech and PDF export.

Highlights
  • Renders Markdown, HTML, code, math, and diagrams
  • Supports files from local storage and iCloud Drive
  • Syntax highlighting for 30+ programming languages
  • Collapsible table of contents
  • Distraction-free reading mode
  • Read Aloud functionality (premium)
  • PDF export (premium)
Features
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MD Preview is a fast, elegant Markdown reader for the .md files AI assistants write, your notes, and technical docs. Open a file from Files, iCloud Drive, or anywhere else, and it formats beautifully in an instant. READING • Open any .md or HTML file • Headings, tables, code blocks, task lists, and images, rendered cleanly • Syntax highlighting for 30+ common programming languages • Math (LaTeX) and Mermaid flowcharts, sequence diagrams and pie charts • Collapsible table of contents: tap a heading to jump to it • Switch between the preview and the markdown source in one tap • Right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew read right to left automatically • Distraction-free reading: tap the page to hide everything but the text READING FOLDER • Pick a folder once, and it's on the home screen every time • Works with local folders and iCloud Drive • Pin recent files so the ones you use most stay on top 6 FREE THEMES Paper, Midnight, Forest, Rosé, Ocean, and Lavender, in light and dark. Chinese, Japanese and Korean text uses the system's native fonts, crisp and easy on the eyes. PREMIUM: ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Read Aloud: natural voices read your docs to you, on a walk or when your eyes need a rest • PDF export: share formatted docs by AirDrop, email, or print • Reading fonts & text size: four fonts made for long reading, sized from compact to large • 4 extra themes: Solarized, Dracula, Nord and Tokyo Night • No subscription. Buy once, keep it forever. PRIVACY FIRST No account, no ads, no tracking. MD Preview reads your files where they are. It never uploads, copies, or stores them. Built by a solo developer.

About

FaceGuard

Features
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FaceGuard is a photo editing app for hiding faces in your photos. It automatically detects face regions and lets you edit them with mosaic, blur, emoji, or eye line. You can also manually add, delete, move, and resize detected regions as needed. Key Features - Take a photo / choose a photo - Automatic human face detection - Switch between blur / mosaic / emoji / eye line - Adjust blur/mosaic intensity and eye line color/thickness - Apply the same style to all regions at once - Save to device / iCloud Drive / share - On-screen guide shown the first time you open the editor Specifications - Requires iOS 17 or later - Still images only (video not supported) - Supported formats: JPEG / PNG - Detects human faces only - Region shape: ellipse only - Up to 30 regions per image - Up to 30 saved emoji presets About Privacy - Image editing (face detection, mosaic processing, etc.) is performed on-device. Images are only sent externally when you explicitly choose to share or save to cloud storage. - The app may send anonymous usage data to help improve the service; you can turn this off anytime in Settings. Note - Face detection results may vary depending on the photo (angle, lighting, occlusion, etc.).

Screenshots

MD Preview4 screens
FaceGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FaceGuard at none against MD Preview's 1. MD Preview's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. MD Preview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FaceGuard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MD Preview ships an update every 3 days, FaceGuard every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MD Preview versus FaceGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMD PreviewFaceGuard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGejun ZhuMINERVA, INC.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MD Preview

One-time1
  • MD Preview Premium$3.99
None

FaceGuard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MD Preview free?
MD Preview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FaceGuard free?
FaceGuard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MD Preview or FaceGuard have ads?
Neither MD Preview nor FaceGuard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MD Preview or FaceGuard?
MD Preview ships an update every 3 days, and FaceGuard every 4 months. Most recently, MD Preview was updated on November 9, 2026 and FaceGuard on November 9, 2026.

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