Comparison

Read.md vs DeckVision

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

Head to head
About

Read.md

This app allows you to beautifully view markdown files on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It offers perfect rendering of complex elements like tables, code blocks, and diagrams, with offline support and privacy in mind.

Highlights
  • Perfect markdown rendering
  • Syntax highlighting for 180+ languages
  • Mermaid diagram rendering
  • GitHub repository browsing
  • Export to PDF & HTML (Pro)
  • Smart diagram fixing
  • Auto-generated table of contents
Features
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Open any .md file and read it beautifully — on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Read.md is a markdown reader. Not an editor, not a note-taking app, not a vault system. A reader. Tap a .md file, it opens, it looks great, you read it. PERFECT RENDERING Tables, code blocks, nested lists, task lists, blockquotes, images, links — everything renders correctly. Syntax highlighting for 180+ programming languages. GitHub Flavored Markdown fully supported. MERMAID DIAGRAMS Flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, class diagrams, and more render natively. Tap to zoom into any diagram for a detailed view. EXPORT TO WORD, PDF & HTML Turn any document into a real Word (.docx) file with proper headings, tables, lists and code blocks, a clean, paginated, print-quality PDF, or a self-contained HTML file — diagrams and images intact. Share it, print it, archive it. Or export the original Markdown source. (Word, PDF and HTML export are Read.md Pro; Markdown export is free.) OPEN FROM GITHUB Read documentation straight from the source. Browse any GitHub repository — public or private — navigate its file tree, and open any .md file with the same beautiful rendering. Sign in with a personal access token; your token stays on your device. (Read.md Pro) SMART DIAGRAM FIXER ASCII art and box-drawing diagrams that look broken in other apps? Read.md detects and corrects misaligned characters automatically so your diagrams look the way they were intended. NAVIGATE LONG DOCUMENTS Auto-generated table of contents from your headings. Search within any document with match highlighting and next/prev navigation. Your scroll position is remembered when you come back to a file. ZERO FRICTION No account needed to read. No workspace. No vault. No setup. Works as your default .md file handler — open markdown and plain-text files from Files, Finder, email attachments, AirDrop, the share sheet, or drag and drop. ADAPTS TO YOUR DEVICE iPhone: stacked navigation with a frosted-glass nav bar and bottom sheets. iPad: landscape split-view, portrait slide-over panels, trackpad and keyboard support. Mac: split-view with sidebar, reader, and table-of-contents panel, keyboard shortcuts, and translucent panels. Everything adapts automatically when you resize windows or rotate your device. DARK AND LIGHT MODES Switch between dark and light themes, or follow your system setting. Adjust font size to your preference. Everything updates live. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Opens instantly, even large files. Your markdown is rendered entirely on your device — file contents are never uploaded, and reading works fully offline. No ads. No account required to read. The only feature that touches the network is GitHub browsing, and only when you choose to use it. We use anonymous, aggregate analytics to improve the app. READ.MD PRO A one-time purchase — or a yearly subscription with a free trial — unlocks Word/PDF/HTML export and GitHub browsing. Everything else stays free, forever. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR Reading AI-generated markdown exports. Turning markdown into Word documents for colleagues. Reading GitHub README files on mobile. Viewing documentation and project specs on the go. Reviewing technical docs from colleagues. Browsing personal notes written in markdown. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DeckVision

This app uses your iPhone's camera to automatically detect and label playing cards in real-time. It allows for manual correction of detected cards and exports your annotated data in a format compatible with machine learning tools. All processing is done on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Real-time card detection
  • Automatic image capture
  • Annotation review and correction
  • Create ML export format
  • 100% on-device processing
  • Browsable image library
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DeckVision turns your iPhone into a playing card training data collector. Point the camera at any arrangement of cards, and DeckVision automatically detects and labels each one in real time using on-device machine learning. When detections stabilize, the image is captured automatically -- no tapping required. Every captured image goes into a review queue where you can inspect bounding boxes, correct misidentified cards, and delete false positives before they pollute your dataset. Edits are non-destructive, and you can return to any image at any time. When your dataset is ready, export everything as a single zip file in Create ML object detection format. The archive includes all annotated images, an annotations.json file with bounding boxes and card labels, and a metadata.json file with detection confidence scores and correction history for full provenance tracking. Key features - Real-time card detection with automatic capture when the scene stabilizes - Full annotation review and correction after each scan - Browsable image library with thumbnail grid and detail editing - Create ML-compatible export with annotations and metadata - 100% on-device processing -- no data ever leaves your iPhone - Camera permission managed transparently, revocable at any time DeckVision is built for machine learning practitioners, researchers, and anyone working to improve playing card detection models with real-world, human-verified training data.

Screenshots

Read.md4 screens
DeckVision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DeckVision at none against Read.md's 2. DeckVision also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Read.md's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Read.md sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. DeckVision asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Read.md against 5.0 for DeckVision. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read.md has 81 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read.md ships an update fortnightly, DeckVision every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Read.md versus DeckVision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead.mdDeckVision
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (81 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings81 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavel AbinLeslie Street Studio LLC

Customer experience

Read.md

All ratings81 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral11.8%
Negative0.0%

DeckVision

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Read.md

Subscriptions1
  • Read.md Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Read.md Pro (Lifetime)$24.99
None

DeckVision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read.md free?
Read.md is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DeckVision free?
DeckVision is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Read.md or DeckVision?
Read.md and DeckVision are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 81 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Read.md or DeckVision have ads?
Neither Read.md nor DeckVision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read.md or DeckVision?
Read.md ships an update fortnightly, and DeckVision every 4 days. Most recently, Read.md was updated on October 8, 2026 and DeckVision on October 3, 2026.

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