Comparison

Vault Reader vs edEdit

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

Head to head
About

Vault Reader

Features
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A calm place to read the GitHub notes you already have. Vault Reader connects to any GitHub repository of markdown files, public or private, and renders it on iPhone as a focused, offline-ready reader. Built for the Obsidian vaults, dev notes, and journals that already live in GitHub. THE READER β€’ Sign in with GitHub. Connect one repository on the free tier; every public or private repo you have access to with Vault Reader Pro. β€’ Sync once, read offline. Every page caches on your iPhone and opens without a signal. β€’ Smart incremental sync. SHA-based diffing only re-downloads files that actually changed, keeping API usage low. β€’ Native SwiftUI rendering for headings, lists, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, task lists, blockquotes, and images. β€’ Book-quiet typography: Iowan Old Style for body, Fraunces for display headings. β€’ Full-text search across every cached file in your vault. FOR OBSIDIAN USERS Pairs with the Obsidian Git plugin. Point Vault Reader at the same repository and it picks up: β€’ [[Wikilinks]], resolved locally. Tap to follow; unresolved links stay visible but disabled so nothing is silently broken. β€’ YAML frontmatter, hidden from the rendered page. Tags surface as small chips above the title. β€’ > TLDR: callouts, highlighted as cards so the gist of a note stands out. ON-DEVICE AI (VAULT READER PRO) A floating action button on every page opens a chat powered by Apple Foundation Models, running entirely on your iPhone. No API keys. No cloud inference. Nothing leaves the device. β€’ Summarize the page you're on. β€’ Ask it to explain a passage in simpler terms. β€’ Ask free-form questions across your whole vault. Answers link back to source pages. READING, YOUR WAY β€’ Two themes on the free tier: Plum Codex (light) and Midnight Vault (dark). β€’ Six themes total with Pro: Plum Codex, Sepia Library, Forest Journal, Terracotta Press, Midnight Vault, and Obsidian Codex. β€’ Four body-text sizes and three line-spacing presets with Pro. Dynamic Type respected throughout. PRIVACY BY CONSTRUCTION β€’ Your GitHub token lives in the iOS Keychain. Minner Labs runs no backend and never sees it. β€’ AI runs on-device via Apple Foundation Models. Prompts and answers never leave your iPhone. β€’ Read-only. Vault Reader cannot create, edit, or delete anything in your repositories. β€’ Your Pro subscription restores automatically across devices and reinstalls. PRICING β€’ Free to download and read. One connected repository, two themes, and the core reader are always free. β€’ Vault Reader Pro unlocks on-device AI, unlimited repositories, and the complete theme and typography library. Available as a monthly or annual subscription (with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan), or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://vaultreader.minnerlabs.com/privacy

About

edEdit

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edEdit is a native text editor for Mac and iPhone/iPad that brings notes, Markdown, and source code editing into one app. WHY edEdit β€’ Truly native: AppKit on macOS, SwiftUI on iOS β€” no web view sluggishness. β€’ Consistent across platforms: your notes and files sync between Mac, iPhone, and iPad via iCloud. β€’ Standard file formats only: everything is .md / .txt / .swift / .json β€” open elsewhere whenever you want. KEY FEATURES Notes β€” Apple Notes-style organization, with plain Markdown content: β€’ Hierarchical tags (work/meeting/2026Q1) β€’ iCloud sync across devices β€’ Share from Apple Notes and we'll auto-convert formatting to Markdown β€” bold, italic, headings, lists, and checklists are preserved. Files β€” Open and edit any text file on your device: β€’ Pull from the Files app, iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, or any provider β€’ Automatic encoding detection (UTF-8, Big5, Shift-JIS, GB18030, …) β€’ Syntax highlighting for Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, Java, HTML, JSON, YAML, Shell, Markdown, and more β€’ Line numbers, light and dark themes β€’ Save edits back to the original location iCloud Drive integration β€” Automatically creates an "edEdit" folder in iCloud Drive that syncs across all your devices. Dedicated Markdown editing: β€’ Keyboard accessory bar: headings, bold, italic, lists, tasks, quotes, links, images β€’ Hardware keyboard shortcuts: ⌘B (bold) / ⌘I (italic) / ⌘K (link) / ⌘E (code) / ⌘1-6 (headings) β€’ Smart list continuation: pressing Enter in a list line auto-continues; pressing Enter on an empty item exits the list β€’ Paste an image straight from the clipboard β€” we save it next to the .md file and insert a Markdown reference File compare β€” Visualize the differences between two files line-by-line, with added/removed/modified highlights. Find in Files β€” Recursively search a folder you pick, filterable by filename glob. Share & print β€” Built-in ShareLink, with AirPrint support. WHO IT'S FOR β€’ Developers writing docs, reading logs, editing config files β€’ Writers using Markdown for blog posts and drafts β€’ Anyone who wants their files to stay theirs β€” no proprietary lock-in β€’ People who switch between editing on Mac and quick capture on iPhone PRIVACY & COMPLIANCE β€’ Notes, files, and images stay on your device or in your own iCloud β€” our servers never see them β€’ Free tier includes ads served by Google AdMob (shown on app launch and occasionally when closing the note editor) β€’ Upgrade to Pro to remove all ads

Screenshots

Vault Reader4 screens
edEdit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Vault Reader at none against edEdit's shown. edEdit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Vault Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and edEdit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vault Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, edEdit weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Vault Reader versus edEdit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVault ReaderedEdit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size14 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinner Labs LLCCHING FENG WANG

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vault Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Vault Reader Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Vault Reader Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vault Reader Pro - Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

edEdit

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Vault Reader free?
Vault Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is edEdit free?
edEdit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vault Reader or edEdit have ads?
edEdit shows ads; Vault Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, Vault Reader or edEdit?
Vault Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, and edEdit weekly. Most recently, Vault Reader was updated on September 19, 2026 and edEdit on September 24, 2026.

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