SaveIt vs Markflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SaveIt
Organize your digital life with a minimalist, privacy-focused app. Save links, notes, and bookmarks with zero tracking and no ads. Enjoy rich visual previews and intuitive organization for a clutter-free experience.
- Save links and notes
- Zero tracking and ads
- Rich visual previews
- Intuitive organization with tags
- Secure hidden mode with Face ID
- Seamless iCloud sync
- Apple Watch app
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SaveIt keeps everything you want to save in one place. Add a link, write a note, or capture what is in front of you, and it is there on every device, ready when you need it. Saving links and notes is free, with no limits. So are Hidden Mode and iCloud sync. FREE, ALWAYS • Save unlimited links, with a preview and icon added automatically when available • Write notes in Markdown, styled as you type and drawn right on your cards • Save from any app with the Share extension, or scan a QR code to save where it points • Hidden Mode locks private items behind Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID • Sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and Apple Watch with your own iCloud • Organize with tags and find anything with fast search • Spotlight finds your library from the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and Finder • A widget and Control Center buttons put a new note, link, or capture one tap away • Export notes as text, Markdown, or PDF, and links as QR codes • Your items stay private, on your device and in your personal iCloud, never on our servers SAVEIT PRO When you want to keep more than links and notes, Pro unlocks the rest: • Save images, videos, files, and audio of any kind • Take a photo or video, or record a voice memo, without leaving the app • Search inside your media on device, so text inside a photo can be found • Set reminders on any saved item so nothing slips away • Premium note fonts and custom app icons One subscription covers all your devices, and a free trial lets you try Pro first. Links and notes are the heart of SaveIt, and they are yours for free, along with Hidden Mode and sync across your devices. Pro is there for the day you want to save everything else. -- Questions or ideas? Email disfordave@proton.me Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://saveitbydave.com/privacy
Markflow
This app allows you to open and read markdown files from various sources like Files, Mail, and Safari. It supports GitHub-flavored markdown, code syntax highlighting, and diagrams, with an integrated editor and a clean preview mode.
- Open .md, .markdown, .mdown files
- GitHub-flavored markdown rendering
- Syntax-highlighted code blocks
- Mermaid diagram support
- Markdown editing toolbar
- Pinch to zoom
- Export edited files
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The markdown reader you've been missing. Markflow opens .md files from Files, Mail, Safari downloads, or the share sheet and renders them properly. GitHub-flavored markdown, syntax-highlighted code, mermaid diagrams, tables, task lists, and more. Originals are never touched. Edits live in memory until you explicitly Save, Save as New File, or Share a copy. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Open any .md, .markdown, or .mdown file from any app • Read with a clean, native preview • Edit with a markdown toolbar above the keyboard. Bold, italic, headings, lists, links, images, code, quotes, all one tap away. • Pinch to zoom in both Preview and Edit • Export an edited copy via the system share sheet • Tap Create to start a new blank file, or "Welcome to Markflow" for a full feature tour WHAT IT RENDERS • Headings, lists, blockquotes, links, images • Syntax-highlighted code blocks • Mermaid flowcharts and diagrams • GitHub-flavored markdown tables • Task lists with checkboxes • Inline images (absolute URLs) PRIVACY Markflow makes zero network requests and collects zero data. No accounts. No login. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. The renderer is a sandboxed local file with a Content Security Policy that blocks all remote resources. Your files stay on your device. DESIGN Built native with SwiftUI and the Liquid Glass nav bar. Light and dark mode. Adaptive home screen. Stock Apple Human Interface Guidelines throughout. WHO IT'S FOR • Writers who keep notes in markdown • Developers reading READMEs and docs on the go • Anyone who's been emailed a .md and had nowhere to open it • People who want a markdown reader that does one thing well Open source. MIT licensed. github.com/madebysan/markflow
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Markflow at none against SaveIt's 3. SaveIt's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. SaveIt sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Markflow asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SaveIt against 5.0 for Markflow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
SaveIt ships an update every 4 days, Markflow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SaveIt | Markflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seokwoo Hong | Santiago Alonso Alexandre |
Customer experience
SaveIt
Markflow
In-app purchases
SaveIt
- Tip Jar - Small$1.99
- Tip Jar - Medium$4.99
- Tip Jar - Large$9.99
Markflow
No in-app purchases







