Maho Notes vs Wiki LLM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maho Notes
A beautiful Markdown note-taking app that keeps your words secure. Notes are stored as plain .md files, with options for local storage or syncing via iCloud or GitHub. It offers advanced search capabilities and supports various Markdown features.
- Plain .md file storage
- iCloud and GitHub sync options
- On-device semantic search
- Full CommonMark + GFM support
- KaTeX math and Mermaid diagrams
- Hierarchical collections and vaults
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Maho Notes is a markdown-based note-taking app for people who care about their words — and want to keep them. Every note is a plain .md file on your device. No proprietary format, no vendor lock-in, no servers you don't control. Sync through your own iCloud, your own GitHub repo, or keep notes purely local — your choice. FREE, NO STRINGS Maho Notes is completely free. Every feature is included — no subscription, no paywall, no ads, no account to create. If the app earns a place in your workflow, there's an optional tip jar in Settings. Tipping unlocks nothing; it just says thanks. A NOTES APP THAT SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Full multilingual support, including search across English, 中文 (Traditional Chinese), 日本語 (Japanese), and 한국어 (Korean) — powered by a CJK-aware tokenizer that actually understands word boundaries in each language. Add furigana to Japanese kanji, Zhuyin to Mandarin, Tâi-lô to Taiwanese, or readings to Korean — all with one simple syntax: {漢字|ふりがな}. THREE WAYS TO SEARCH • Keyword search — fast SQLite FTS5 across every note • Semantic search — on-device vector embeddings find ideas, not just words • Hybrid — both, fused into one ranked list Models run entirely on-device. Nothing about your notes leaves your hardware. WRITTEN IN MARKDOWN, RENDERED BEAUTIFULLY • Full CommonMark + GitHub Flavored Markdown • KaTeX math equations • Mermaid diagrams • Syntax-highlighted code blocks • Ruby annotations for any language • Image and asset embedding • Tables, task lists, footnotes ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Vaults hold collections. Collections hold notes. Drag-and-drop reordering, custom icons and colors, hierarchical sub-collections, and per-collection ordering — all stored in plain YAML you can read. • iCloud — seamless across your Apple devices • GitHub — version your notes as a private repo, sync through your own account using GitHub's official Device Flow login (no third-party server in the middle) • Device-only — keep everything offline Conflicts get clearly-named files (note.conflict-DeviceName.md), never silent overwrites. UNIVERSAL APP One free download covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Optimized layouts for each: a focus-friendly stack on iPhone, a three-column workspace on iPad and Mac, with the same vault wherever you are.
Wiki LLM
A native Markdown notes app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that manages local files and folders like Obsidian. Your notes are plain .md files, ensuring full ownership and future-proofing.
- Open any folder as a vault
- Plain Markdown files
- File & folder management
- Live preview editor
- Image embedding
- Notion-style tables
- Native experience on all devices
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Wiki LLM is a home for your knowledge on iPhone and iPad. Keep each subject as a topic, split it into subtopics, and read it as clean, linked pages. Your wiki is plain files in a folder you control: topics are folders and pages are self-contained HTML. Nothing is locked into a proprietary format, and you can open the same pages in any browser. WHY "LLM" Large language models are good at writing and maintaining well-linked pages. Use an AI agent on your computer to build a wiki, then read and organise it here. The iPhone and iPad app does not include an AI model and does not upload your pages. KEY FEATURES • Topics and subtopics: organise everything as folders, with numbered subtopics that keep their order. • Rich pages: read self-contained HTML pages with diagrams, callouts and interactive questions, all offline. • Linked knowledge: follow standard links and [[wikilinks]] between pages. • Tags: tag pages and find related ones across topics. • Markdown files: open and edit .md notes with live preview. • Open any folder: point the app at a folder from Files, or use the built-in library. • Light and dark appearance, which your pages follow. • No account needed: a short welcome topic is ready the first time you open the app. YOUR DATA No sign-in, no tracking. Your pages stay in the folder you choose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Maho Notes at 5.0 against Wiki LLM's 1.0. Wiki LLM's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Maho Notes sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Wiki LLM asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maho Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Maho Notes ships an update every 5 months, Wiki LLM every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maho Notes | Wiki LLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kuo-Chuan Pan | Alfred Ang |
Customer experience
Maho Notes
Wiki LLM
In-app purchases
Maho Notes
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Wiki LLM
No in-app purchases









