Comparison

OnePreview vs md.too

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

Head to head
About

OnePreview

Features
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Open Markdown and developer files in OnePreview on iPhone and iPad. OnePreview renders GitHub-style Markdown, MDX, TextBundle and TextPack packages, JSON, JSONL, YAML, XML, CSV, TSV, TOML, ENV, SQLite databases, source code, plain text, logs, and ZIP and TAR.GZ archives. In Files, long-press a supported document, choose Open With, then select OnePreview. A normal tap may use Apple's built-in preview for common file types. Inside OnePreview, switch between rendered Markdown and source, view Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math with bundled assets, inspect structured data and SQLite schemas, and check archive contents before extracting. Built for developer workflows, AI-generated files, documentation review, and everyday file browsing. Processing is fast, local-first, and does not require an account.

About

md.too

Features
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Application md.too is a minimalist markdown viewer for iPhone and iPad. It opens .md files, renders them, and lets you read and copy. That is the whole product. What it renders: • Headings, lists (including GitHub-style task lists with [ ] / [x]), block quotes, thematic breaks, and inline emphasis (bold, italic, strikethrough, underline). • Code blocks with syntax highlighting for about 40 languages: Swift, C/C++/C#/Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, Scala, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, PHP, Dart, Lua, Perl, R, Julia, Haskell, OCaml, F#, Elixir, Clojure, Groovy, SQL, GraphQL, Dockerfile, Makefile, TOML, INI, YAML, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, Bash, PowerShell, Markdown. • Tables, including inline images inside table cells. • Inline images loaded from any HTTPS URL, with explicit width/height attributes (GitLab-style {width=N height=N}). • A small but useful LaTeX subset in $…$ and $$…$$: Greek letters, super- and sub-scripts, common operators, simple fractions, and basic display math. • Selectable, copyable text. Code blocks and tables get a one-click copy button. • Light and dark theme — follows the system, or pick one explicitly. • Export the rendered document to a paginated PDF, with images embedded. What it deliberately does not do: • No editor, no live preview/edit split, no autosave. Read-only by design. • No HTML rendering or WKWebView. Pure native UIKit/SwiftUI. • No file tree, no tabs, no command palette. • No third-party packages. The most popular JavaScript Markdown library, marked, lists about 636 transitive dependencies and roughly 38,980 lines of code on its public dependency graph. md.too ships zero dependencies. Every package you do not pull in is a supply-chain risk you do not inherit. Privacy: The application does not collect or transmit any personal data. The only network traffic is fetching inline images you reference by URL. Source code: The project is open-source under the MIT license. See the support URL.

Screenshots

OnePreview4 screens
md.too4 screens

Verdict

The call

OnePreview and md.too are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OnePreview ships an update every 2 weeks, md.too fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OnePreview versus md.too: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnePreviewmd.too
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer培克 ē½—Dmitry Kuznetsov

In-app purchases

None

OnePreview

No in-app purchases

None

md.too

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnePreview free?
OnePreview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is md.too free?
md.too is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OnePreview or md.too have ads?
Neither OnePreview nor md.too shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OnePreview or md.too?
OnePreview ships an update every 2 weeks, and md.too fortnightly. Most recently, OnePreview was updated on September 30, 2026 and md.too on October 4, 2026.

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