Comparison

Moki vs Wander

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

Head to head
About

Moki

A user-friendly application for writing and reading Markdown documents on iPhone and iPad. It offers a pleasant reading experience with customizable themes and a convenient writing interface with a live preview. Easily organize files, share notes as PDFs, and view various code and media types.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes for reading
  • Live Markdown preview
  • Formatting toolbar
  • File and folder management
  • PDF export
  • Code syntax highlighting
  • Built-in PDF viewer
Features
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### Description Moki is a warm, simple home for your Markdown on iPhone and iPad — a lovely place to read it and write it. **Reading is a pleasure** - 10 built-in themes to choose from — with colorful code blocks, math, and diagrams - A comfy, centered reading width keeps long lines easy on the eyes - A Table of Contents to hop between headings - Light or dark, whichever you like **Writing feels easy** - Your preview sits right beside the editor as you type — scroll either side and the other keeps pace - A handy formatting toolbar above the keyboard - Gentle syntax colors, and lists that keep themselves going - Everything saves on its own **Made for Vibe Coding** - Open a folder and all your Markdown shows up in the sidebar - When a file changes, it re-renders in a blink — so you can watch your notes, plans, and AI-written docs update live, all in one place - Local images just show up — even blog posts that use site-absolute paths like /images/photo.png - Find files by name, and create, rename, or delete files and folders with ease **See the PDF before you share it** - PDF Preview shows your note exactly as it will print — paginated A4 or Letter, tall images fitted to a page, lines never split, and your own page breaks honored - Flip through the pages right in the reader, then export with one click (Moki Pro) **Make it yours with Moki Pro** One-time purchase: - Export polished, paginated PDFs - Design your own theme — colors, fonts, line spacing, and reading width — with a live preview - Import Markdown CSS themes, fonts and images included, and export your themes as CSS to share or fine-tune **And there's more — beyond Markdown** - Source code in living color in a dark editor — Swift, Python, JavaScript, JSON, and more - A built-in PDF viewer with page layouts and navigation - An image viewer with zoom and animated GIFs, plus video playback - Take a peek at any other file type with QuickLook - iCloud files download whenever you need them, with a clear indicator - Three display modes: read, write, or both

About

Wander

This app offers a local-first markdown editor where your notes remain plain text files in folders you control. It features a WYSIWYG interface for a seamless writing experience, with inline image rendering and support for various markdown elements. Your data stays private and accessible offline.

Highlights
  • Plain markdown files
  • User-controlled folders
  • WYSIWYG editing
  • Inline image rendering
  • Wikilinks and tables
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Wander is a markdown editor that respects your files. Your notes stay plain markdown in folders you control: no account, no lock-in, no cloud required. What you see is what lands on disk, byte for byte. Write in a clean WYSIWYG editor, where bold looks bold and headings look like headings, while the file on disk stays tidy markdown with clean diffs. Images render in place too, so a note with photos reads like a page, not a preview pane. Open any folder of markdown and start writing; Wander reads and writes standard files, so nothing you open is trapped in the app. • Plain markdown, in folders you own • WYSIWYG editing, clean files on disk • Wikilinks, tables, code blocks, task lists, footnotes • Images inline: photos, galleries and captions render right in the note, sized with plain markdown • Fast and native for iPhone and iPad: works fully offline, no account • Your notes never leave your device unless you move them • Wander Cloud: an optional subscription for private vaults, sharing and agent tokens, free for 14 days. Public vaults stay free • Monthly or yearly. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://wander.md/privacy

Screenshots

Moki4 screens
Wander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Moki at free against Wander's freemium. Moki also leads on chart position (#199 vs unranked). Wander's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Moki sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wander sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moki ships an update fortnightly, Wander every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Moki versus Wander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMokiWander
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLayerz Corp.System Operator LLC

Customer experience

Moki

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wander

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Moki

One-time1
  • Moki Pro$4.99
6 purchases

Wander

Subscriptions2
  • Wander Cloud Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Wander Cloud Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Become a patron: $2$2.00
  • Become a patron: $5$5.00
  • Become a patron: $10$10.00
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  • Become a patron: $15$15.00

Questions

Is Moki free?
Moki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wander free?
Wander is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Moki or Wander have ads?
Neither Moki nor Wander shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moki or Wander?
Moki ships an update fortnightly, and Wander every 4 days. Most recently, Moki was updated on October 25, 2026 and Wander on November 1, 2026.

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