Comparison

MD Preview vs 立体展开

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

立体展开

Features
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「立体展开」致力于将立体空间想象具象化,为立体图形的展开与折叠的学习者提供强大辅助,助力立体几何学习。 【展开与折叠】 『联动展开』模式下,预设了多种类型平面展开图,下拉、上滑即时查看预设的展开与折叠过程。 『自由展开』模式下,无预设,可以选择任意面向该面的任意边进行展开或折叠。 【面、边颜色自由设置,面贴图自由绘制】 可以选择单条边、单个面,亦可以多条边、多个面一起设置成心仪颜色。 面贴图可以选择各种平展展开图作为线框,在线框中绘制图形。 支持更改实时预览,保存即生效。

Screenshots

MD Preview4 screens
立体展开4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MD Preview at Free against 立体展开's $0.99. MD Preview also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). 立体展开's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and device support 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

MD Preview is free to download; 立体展开 costs $0.99 up front. MD Preview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 立体展开 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MD Preview versus 立体展开: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMD Preview立体展开
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGejun Zhusihua chen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MD Preview

One-time1
  • MD Preview Premium$3.99
None

立体展开

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MD Preview free?
MD Preview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 立体展开 free?
立体展开 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MD Preview or 立体展开 have ads?
Neither MD Preview nor 立体展开 shows ads.

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