Comparison

Paperbox vs Tertiary Markdown

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

Head to head
About

Paperbox

Organize and access your important files with ease. Scan paper documents, import digital files, and combine images into PDFs. Create customizable folders and secure sensitive information with Face ID.

Highlights
  • Scan paper documents
  • Import PDFs and images
  • Combine photos into PDF
  • Customizable folders
  • Face ID folder protection
  • Add tags for quick search
Features
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Paperbox is a simple and elegant way to keep your documents organized and close at hand. Save PDFs and images, scan paper documents with your camera, or import files directly from other apps. Select multiple photos, and Paperbox will combine them into a single PDF. Create folders for receipts, IDs, contracts, tickets, notes, and other important files. Personalize them with colors, emojis, or custom backgrounds. Sensitive folders can be locked and accessed using Face ID or your device passcode. Key features: • Scan paper documents • Import PDFs and images • Combine multiple photos into one PDF • Organize files into customizable folders • Protect selected folders with Face ID • Add tags and quickly find documents • Preview, share, move, and delete files • Import documents from other apps Keep your important documents together — organized, accessible, and easy to find.

About

Tertiary Markdown

A native Markdown notes app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that manages local files and folders like Obsidian. Your notes are plain .md files, ensuring full ownership and future-proofing.

Highlights
  • Open any folder as a vault
  • Plain Markdown files
  • File & folder management
  • Live preview editor
  • Image embedding
  • Notion-style tables
  • Native experience on all devices
Features
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Tertiary Markdown is a fast, native Markdown notes app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It manages your files and folders the way Obsidian does — open any local folder as a vault and your notes stay as plain .md files you fully own. KEY FEATURES • Open any folder as a vault — fully compatible with your existing Obsidian vault. Your notes are plain Markdown files, never locked into a proprietary format. • File & folder management — browse, create, rename, and delete notes and folders from a clean sidebar. • Live preview editor — switch instantly between Edit, Split, and Preview. Your work autosaves as you type. • Images, Bear-style — embed pictures with standard Markdown ![](image.png) or Obsidian ![[image.png]] embeds, rendered inline. • Tables, Notion-style — GitHub-flavoured tables render as clean, bordered grids. • Everyday Markdown — headings, bold and italic, links, checklists, bullet and numbered lists, block quotes, and code blocks. • One app, every device — a true native experience on macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. Your notes never leave your device. Everything is stored as simple text files on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone, so you stay in control and your library is future-proof. Whether you keep a personal knowledge base, take meeting notes, or write long-form drafts, Tertiary Markdown gives you a distraction-free, Markdown-first workspace that travels with you.

Screenshots

Paperbox2 screens
Tertiary Markdown2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paperbox at 5.0 against Tertiary Markdown's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paperbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Paperbox versus Tertiary Markdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperboxTertiary Markdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRamil AglyamovAlfred Ang

In-app purchases

None

Paperbox

No in-app purchases

None

Tertiary Markdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paperbox free?
Paperbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tertiary Markdown free?
Tertiary Markdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paperbox or Tertiary Markdown?
Paperbox is rated higher. Paperbox averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tertiary Markdown averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Paperbox or Tertiary Markdown have ads?
Neither Paperbox nor Tertiary Markdown shows ads.

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