Structured Outliner vs Markd.ly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Structured Outliner
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Keep your entire outline in a single portable file you control. No account, no server, no lock-in, future-proof. ORGANIZE IN UNLIMITED DEPTH Build trees as deep as you need. Expand, collapse, and reorder topics with just a few taps. Every topic can have its own notes. Write as much or as little as you like. SEARCH EVERYTHING Search titles or note content at once. The tree expands automatically to show every match in context, so you always know where a result lives in your outline. CROSS-LINK TOPICS Link any note to another topic using the outlook: link format. Tap to jump directly there. Tap the back arrow to return where you came from. OPEN FILES AND URLS Tap any file path or URL inside a note to open it. Connect your outline to existing documents in the folder: PDFs, photos, or anything else you reference. COLOR LABELS Assign a background color to any topic: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, or Purple. The color flows down to all child topics that don't have their own. Use it to visually separate sections at a glance. AUTOMATIC BACKUPS The app writes a .bak backup before every save. Restore at any time from the menu. SYNC YOUR WAY Store your file in iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any Files-compatible provider. Open it from there on each device. No special sync setup required. MEMPAD COMPATIBLE Structured Outliner uses the same .lst format as MemPad for Windows, a portable outliner that has been around since the early 2000s. Open existing MemPad files directly, no conversion needed. FREE VERSION Structured Outliner is free to use. Development is supported by a small banner ad shown at the bottom of the screen. PRO VERSION Upgrade to Pro to remove the banner ad, unlock Color Labels and Topic + Note Search and future planned features. One-time purchase. Restore on any device from the menu.
Markd.ly
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The markdown editor that respects your output. Markd.ly is a native Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad with live preview, built for people who write in plain .md and ship a real deliverable. Open a file, write, and watch the preview render as you type. The same Bravely Account unlocks Markd.ly on Mac, Windows, and Linux too, so the document you start on your phone is waiting on your desktop. WRITE & EDIT โข Native SwiftUI editor with adjustable font size and syntax highlighting โข Live preview with multiple themes, side by side โข Mermaid diagrams render right inside the preview โข KaTeX math, inline and block โข Open .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, and .mkdn files from anywhere DOCUMENT INTEGRATION โข Open files from the Files app and from any Markdown share โข Save back to iCloud Drive, Files, or any document provider โข Multi-document tabs to switch between drafts โข Recent files for one-tap return FOLDER-BASED, NO LOCK-IN Your files stay plain .md on disk โ no vault, no proprietary format, nothing to migrate out of later. Git-friendly, and the same files open everywhere else you use Markd.ly. WHAT MARKD.LY IS FOR Blog posts. README files. Documentation. Technical writing. Markd.ly is for writing that lives in markdown but leaves the app as something polished โ not a note-graph or a second brain. If you need wikilinks and a graph, use a vault tool. If you want documents that look great when you ship them, this is the editor. ONE PURCHASE, EVERY PLATFORM Markd.ly is a tool, not a service. A single one-time purchase unlocks the complete app on every platform โ iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, and Linux โ carried by your Bravely Account. Buy it once on any platform and the rest unlock automatically, with no per-feature paywalls. The deeper export pipeline โ Pandoc to DOCX, EPUB, LaTeX, and slides, a custom CSS editor, a snippet library, vim mode, encrypted documents, the command-line tool, and an MCP server for AI agents โ lives on the desktop builds, included in the same one purchase. SIGN IN Signing in is free. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email โ the same sign-in works on every Markd.ly app you install. Try it free, then a single one-time purchase unlocks everything. Already bought Markd.ly on another platform? Sign in to restore it here at no extra charge. SUPPORT Questions, bug reports, and feature requests: support@bravely.dev Privacy: https://bravely.dev/privacy/markdly Terms: https://bravely.dev/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Markd.ly at none against Structured Outliner's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Structured Outliner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Markd.ly sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $95.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Structured Outliner ships an update every 9 days, Markd.ly every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Structured Outliner | Markd.ly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days โ better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felipe Carraro | Bravely Studios |
In-app purchases
Structured Outliner
- Pro Version$7.99
Markd.ly
- Bravely Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$95.991 Year
- Bravely Premium (Annual)$95.991 Year
- Bravely Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$95.991 Year
- Markdly Pro$19.99
- Bravely Premium (Lifetime)$399.99
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