MD Preview vs Garage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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.
Garage
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Garage opens the garage doors you have been given access to, over Bluetooth, straight from your iPhone. It works with openers installed and paired by the owner of the garage: a small Bluetooth board wired to the door motor. Without one, the app has nothing to open. • One tap opens the door when you are in range • "Open the garage in Garage" with Siri, even from a locked phone • The nearest garage is chosen for you when you arrive • Several doors in one place? Group them and open them together • Share access with family through a QR code • Invite a guest with a code of their own that opens one door, until a date you choose • See who opened the garage, and when • Update an opener's firmware from your phone • Openers on your WiFi can be added to the Home app No account. No internet connection. Your openers and keys stay in your own iCloud Keychain, and the record of who opened stays on the opener.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garage at none against MD Preview's 1. MD Preview's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MD Preview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Garage asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MD Preview | Garage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gejun Zhu | DrM, Dr. Mueller AG |
In-app purchases
MD Preview
- MD Preview Premium$3.99
Garage
No in-app purchases









