Comparison

Md Preview vs Ferry

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

Head to head
About

Md Preview

View your Markdown files with exceptional clarity on iPhone and iPad. Supports all Markdown features, code syntax highlighting, LaTeX math, and Mermaid diagrams. Renders files offline and integrates with other apps.

Highlights
  • Full GFM support (tables, task lists, footnotes)
  • Syntax highlighting for 40+ programming languages
  • LaTeX math rendering with KaTeX
  • Mermaid diagram support
  • Offline rendering on-device
  • System file handler for .md files
  • Dark mode with automatic theme switching
Features
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Md Preview renders your Markdown files with stunning clarity — right on your iPhone or iPad. Open any .md file from ChatGPT, Obsidian, Notion, GitHub, or 100+ other apps. Md Preview instantly shows a beautiful, fully-rendered preview with support for every Markdown feature you need. FEATURES • Full GFM Support — Tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough, and autolinks • Syntax Highlighting — 40+ programming languages beautifully colored • LaTeX Math — Inline and display equations powered by KaTeX • Mermaid Diagrams — Flowcharts, sequence diagrams, pie charts, and more • Dark Mode — Automatic theme switching that follows your system setting • 100% Offline — All rendering happens on-device. No data ever leaves your phone • Open From Anywhere — Works as a system file handler for .md files from any app • File History — Quickly reopen recent files with one tap • Share Extension — Receive Markdown files shared from other apps SUPPORTED FORMATS .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, .mkdn, .mdwn, .mdtxt, .mdtext, .mdx, .rmd, .qmd Md Preview is the fastest way to read Markdown on iOS. No editing, no clutter — just a clean, beautiful preview.

About

Ferry

Features
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Ferry moves files between your iPhone or iPad and the machines on your local network (your NAS, home server, or desktop) over SMB and SFTP. Open it, pick a host, move a file. That's it. No accounts. No cloud round-trip. No ads. Nothing leaves your network. WHAT IT DOES • Connects over SMB (SMB2/3) and the SSH family (SFTP/SCP) • Finds hosts automatically — anything advertising SMB or SSH on your Wi-Fi shows up under "On your network" via Bonjour • Saves connections so the next transfer skips the login • Password or SSH key auth — import an OpenSSH key and connect key-only • Browse both sides: your device's files and the remote host, with size and modified date • Tap to transfer, or multi-select a batch • A Transfers screen with per-job progress, a queue, and retry on failure • Warns before overwriting a file that already exists • Open local files with the system QuickLook hand-off • Adaptive by design: a clean single pane on iPhone, a true side-by-side dual pane on iPad NOT A FILE MANAGER Ferry does one job. It is not a cloud client, not a media player, not a "manage your whole NAS" suite. Browse, transfer, and basic delete — nothing more. Scope discipline is the whole point. • No Dropbox / Drive / S3 / iCloud connectors • No in-app editing or archive browsing • No server mode — your device is a client, it does not host its own share One honest note on iOS: transfers run while Ferry is open. If you leave the app, iOS suspends it and active transfers pause — Ferry keeps the screen awake during a transfer and tells you this plainly. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no sign-up, no backend — there is no Ferry server to phone home to • No analytics, no crash SDKs, no advertising identifiers, no telemetry • Saved hosts and metadata stay in the app's local container • Passwords and SSH private keys live in the iOS Keychain and never leave your device • Ferry only opens connections to the hosts you configure Requirements: iOS 17 or later. iPhone and iPad. Free.

Screenshots

Md Preview3 screens
Ferry3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ferry at Free against Md Preview's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Ferry is free to download; Md Preview costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Md Preview versus Ferry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMd PreviewFerry
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCyberGame LimitedPedro Almeida

In-app purchases

None

Md Preview

No in-app purchases

None

Ferry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Md Preview free?
Md Preview costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ferry free?
Ferry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Md Preview or Ferry have ads?
Neither Md Preview nor Ferry shows ads.

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