Dawn vs BlinkPaste

Dawn is the calm, beautiful place to read Markdown on iPhone and iPad. And now, to edit it right where you read. Your AI assistant answers in Markdown: headings, lists, code, tables. On a phone, that usually shows up as a wall of raw symbols. Open it in Dawn and it becomes a page worth reading: clean margins, real hierarchy, a comfortable line length, and type set the way a good book is. And it isn't only AI. Your notes, your READMEs, your documents — any .md file reads beautifully here. EDIT ON THE PAGE • Double-tap any line to start writing exactly there — no separate editor, no raw symbols • Bold, italic, headings, lists, checklists, links, quotes, and code from a slim bar above the keyboard • Add formulas and diagrams, and see them render as you type • Changes save back to the same file in Files or iCloud, front matter and all • If a file changed somewhere else, Dawn asks before anything is overwritten WHAT DAWN RENDERS • Full CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown • Syntax-highlighted code blocks that collapse out of the way • Tables that scroll sideways instead of breaking • Math, written in LaTeX and set with KaTeX • Diagrams, drawn from Mermaid • Task lists, nested quotes, footnotes, and frontmatter — folded into a tidy Properties strip BUILT FOR READING • Pinch to size the text exactly how you like it • Light, dark, and automatic themes • An outline you can open to jump between headings • A slim progress line so you always know where you are • A measured column width that keeps long lines easy on the eyes ON IPAD AND IPHONE DUO • Your library and the page side by side, with the outline beside them when there's room • Keyboard shortcuts for editing and formatting • Open documents in their own windows to read two at once • On iPhone Duo, the library and the page meet at the fold, and your place is kept as you open, fold, or turn it YOUR FILES, YOUR WAY • Open Markdown straight from the Files app or iCloud Drive • Send a web link from Safari and Dawn fetches and renders it • Recent documents group themselves by Today, Yesterday, and This Week • Pin the ones you keep coming back to, and search across names and contents SHARE BEAUTIFULLY Select any passage and share it as plain text, as Markdown, or as a polished image card with syntax highlighting — ready for Messages, X, or anywhere else. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no tracking. Your files stay on your device, and nothing you read or write is sent anywhere. Everything renders on-device, so Dawn works with or without a connection. Requires iOS 17 or later on iPhone, or iPadOS 17 or later on iPad.

The same reply. The same address. The same long prompt. Keep them ready in your keyboard instead of finding and copying them again. BlinkPaste saves your reusable text as keyboard buttons. In a text field that supports third-party keyboards, switch to BlinkPaste and tap a snippet to insert the full text. Review or edit it, then send when you are ready. SAVE ONCE. USE AGAIN. • Customer replies: FAQs, return instructions, product details, and follow-ups. • Everyday details: addresses, signatures, links, and the information you keep retyping. • Work templates: email replies, status updates, and meeting follow-ups. • AI prompts: save your own prompts and instructions, ready to paste into the AI tools you use. FIND THE RIGHT SNIPPET Use Summon to search by initials instead of scrolling through a long list. Create snippets yourself or save text you have copied to the clipboard. START WITH 30 FREE SNIPPETS Save up to 30 snippets for free. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks unlimited snippets and iCloud sync for snippets and settings across your iPhone and iPad using the same Apple ID. No recurring subscription. SET UP YOUR KEYBOARD Add BlinkPaste in iOS Settings, then enable Allow Full Access so the keyboard can read the snippet library shared by the main app. Switch to BlinkPaste when you want to insert saved text. Availability depends on the app and text field you are using. YOUR SAVED TEXT, UNDER YOUR CONTROL The keyboard reads snippets you choose to save in BlinkPaste. It does not record your everyday typing in other apps or upload what you type. Optional Pro sync uses Apple iCloud.