Comparison

MDQuill vs Kanna Mobile

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

Head to head
About

MDQuill

A local Markdown editor for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that prioritizes privacy and offline use. It offers a clean preview and editing experience for notes, documents, and technical writing, with export options to various formats.

Highlights
  • Local-first document storage
  • Instant preview on open
  • Native Markdown editing experience
  • Real-time preview rendering
  • Multi-device support (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • Export to Markdown, TXT, HTML, PDF
  • Template and workflow support
Features
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MDQuill is a local Markdown writing app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Open .md, .markdown, or .txt files, read them in a clean preview, then switch back to editing whenever you want. Why MDQuill? • Local-first writing: Your documents stay on your device. No required account, no forced upload, no content platform. • Open into Preview: Open Markdown from Files, Share, or another app and land directly in Preview mode before switching back to Edit. • Native editor: Write with Markdown syntax, quick insertion tools, find and replace, outline navigation, templates, and recent documents. • Live preview: Headings, lists, quotes, code blocks, tables, tasks, links, and images render clearly. • Built for Apple devices: Capture quick notes on iPhone, write in split view on iPad, and work with native document windows on Mac. • Export and share: Create Markdown, TXT, HTML, and PDF files for printing, archiving, email, and cross-platform sharing. • Templates and reusable workflows: Start quickly from built-in templates or save your own structures for repeated work. • Offline Voice Markdown: MDQuill Pro unlocks app-owned offline model management, Markdown voice command parsing, live drafts, insertion modes, and undo workflows. • Advanced Local Import: Convert user-selected PDF, Office, ODF, EPUB, notebooks, HTML, text, and images into structured Markdown with a native on-device converter. Scanned PDFs can use Vision OCR. No embedded runtime and no web scraping. • Focus, Quality, and Export Themes: MDQuill Pro also unlocks a distraction-free writing mode, an on-device document quality check, and advanced HTML/PDF export themes. Great for: • Study notes, meeting notes, and class material • Technical docs, README files, and code notes • Task lists, weekly plans, and project logs • Blog drafts, product notes, and research writing • Private documents that should stay local and export cleanly Free features include document creation, import, editing, preview, export, Share Extension intake, templates, and local document management. MDQuill Pro is an optional upgrade for advanced local Markdown workflows, including offline Voice Markdown, Focus Writing Mode, Document Quality Check, Advanced Export Themes, more custom templates, and more export profile flexibility. MDQuill does not provide third-party content, scrape webpages, host documents, or present itself as an online content platform. It focuses on quiet, reliable local Markdown writing.

About

Kanna Mobile

Features
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Kanna Mobile is a companion for the Kanna desktop app for macOS. It lets you follow and steer coding-agent tasks from your iPhone while the work runs on your Mac. Kanna Mobile requires a Mac running the Kanna desktop app. It is not a standalone coding-agent host, and it does not run agents on your phone. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See every task across your repositories, grouped by status and activity • Open a task and watch its terminal and agent output stream live • Send follow-up instructions when an agent stops and asks a question • Start new tasks against a repository and agent of your choosing • Review diffs and file contents an agent has touched • Get a notification when a task needs you TWO WAYS TO CONNECT On your local network, pair directly with your Mac by scanning a QR code. No account, no sign-up, nothing leaves your network. Away from home, cloud access relays the connection between your phone and your Mac. Cloud access needs a Kanna account and is currently invite-only — request one at kanna.build/support. BUILT FOR PEOPLE RUNNING SEVERAL AGENTS Kanna gives every task its own git worktree, branch, and agent session, then moves it through a workflow: implement, review, pull request. Kanna Mobile is the window into that from wherever you ff before lunch, an agent stuck on a question, a reviewyou want to read on the train. Kanna works with the coding-agent CLIs you already have installed on your Mac. A NOTE ON WHAT YOU'LL SEE Kanna is a developer tool. It displays repository names, branch names, task prompts, and raw terminal output from your own machine. Requires the Kanna desktop app for macOS, available at kanna.build.

Screenshots

MDQuill4 screens
Kanna Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kanna Mobile at none against MDQuill's 2. MDQuill's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. MDQuill sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Kanna Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MDQuill versus Kanna Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMDQuillKanna Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer献慧 陈Tampopo LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MDQuill

One-time2
  • MDQuill Voice Lifetime UnlockFree
  • MDQuill Pro$1.99
None

Kanna Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MDQuill free?
MDQuill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kanna Mobile free?
Kanna Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MDQuill or Kanna Mobile have ads?
Neither MDQuill nor Kanna Mobile shows ads.

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