Comparison

Notist vs Markdown Notes Editor

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

Head to head
About

Notist

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Capture Your Thoughts with Notist Your ideas deserve a space that is simple, beautiful, and distraction-free. Notist is designed to help you quickly capture thoughts, organize them with ease, and access them anytime you need. Whether you're writing quick reminders, meeting notes, creative ideas, or personal journals, Notist keeps everything clean and organized.

About

Markdown Notes Editor

Features
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Linen is a Markdown notes app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Write your notes in Markdown and switch to the preview to see them formatted. WRITE • An editor that colors headings, lists, links and code as you type • One menu for headings, bold, italic, lists, tasks, quotes, code and tables • Outline to jump between headings, find in note, and a focus mode that hides everything but the note • Insert a picture or paste one from the clipboard READ • A preview of your note with GitHub Flavored Markdown formatted: tables, footnotes, code with syntax colors, and task lists you can tick • Math typeset from LaTeX, inline or on its own lines • Diagrams drawn from Mermaid text: flowcharts, sequence diagrams, timelines and more • Four themes, Linen, Paper, Sepia and Slate, each in light and dark, with adjustable text size CONNECT • Link notes to each other with [[double brackets]] and see which notes link back • Tag notes with #tags and show every note that carries a tag • Version history keeps earlier versions of a note, ready to bring back YOUR FILES • Keep notes in folders inside Linen, or open .md files from anywhere • Linen Pro: open a whole folder from iCloud Drive or Files and work on its Markdown files where they are. • Open PDFs beside your notes. Linen Pro: highlight, underline, add text, and rotate, reorder, add or delete pages. SHARE • Export Markdown. Linen Pro: export HTML, PDF and Rich Text. • Linen Pro on Mac and iPad: editor and preview side by side. Linen is free for up to five notes. Linen Pro removes the limit and adds the features marked above, as a weekly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Markdown Notes Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notist at none against Markdown Notes Editor's 2. Notist also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Markdown Notes Editor's advantage is device support. On price there is nothing between them.

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. Markdown Notes Editor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Notist asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Notist versus Markdown Notes Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotistMarkdown Notes Editor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Monthly
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Devices—iPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMayur ShirsaleCtrl Alt Go Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Notist

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Markdown Notes Editor

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Notist free?
Notist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown Notes Editor free?
Markdown Notes Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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