Markdown Viewer vs MarkCove

See your Markdown the way it's meant to look. Open any README, note or doc and get a clean, formatted page: headings, tables, checklists and code, without the clutter. Jump anywhere with the outline, find any word, and export to PDF when you need to share. Built for developers, technical writers, and anyone who regularly opens README files or documentation and wants something better than a plain text editor. WHAT IT DOES · Renders GitHub Flavored Markdown — headings, tables, code blocks, task lists, blockquotes, links, and web images · Table of contents — auto-generated from your headings, tap to jump to any section (side panel on iPad, sheet on iPhone) · Raw source view — Markdown source, read-only · Full-text search — with match counter and navigation · Export to PDF — share your document as a formatted, print-ready PDF · Refresh — reload after editing in another app · Recents — your recently opened documents one tap away WHAT IT DOESN'T DO This is a viewer, not an editor. It opens files you already have and presents them clearly. Supports .md, .markdown, .mdown, and .mkd files. Open Markdown files from the Files app or other apps.

MarkCove is a free Markdown viewer for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Read tables, syntax-highlighted code, math formulas and Mermaid diagrams in a clean, comfortable layout. MarkCove never edits or saves over your original file. To change a document, open it in a separate text editor. Reading preferences and folder permissions are the only information MarkCove saves. macOS: Select a Markdown file and press Space for a quick preview. Open it in MarkCove when you want a little more room. iOS / iPadOS: Choose a Markdown file from the document browser, including iCloud Drive and supported Files providers. You can also open Markdown documents in MarkCove from Files. MarkCove reads the selected file in place. The outline jumps to headings. Find searches the rendered document; use Command-F with a keyboard. Reading Options adjusts text size, appearance and line width. Markdown rendering, code highlighting, math and diagrams run locally. MarkCove has no account, advertising, analytics or document-upload service. Remote images are blocked by default. If you enable them, the image host can receive your IP address and ordinary network request information. Opening an external link also leaves MarkCove. Your Files provider may independently use the network to retrieve a document. On macOS, Quick Look folder access lasts for the current preview session and may need to be granted again. The app remembers its own folder permissions. Use Allow a Folder inside the preview.