Vault Reader vs edEdit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Vault Reader
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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
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¦) 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: βB (bold) / βI (italic) / βK (link) / βE (code) / β1-6 (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
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Verdict
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
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.
Vault Reader ships an update every 3 weeks, edEdit weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vault Reader | edEdit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minner Labs LLC | CHING FENG WANG |
In-app purchases
Vault Reader
- Vault Reader Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Vault Reader Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Vault Reader Pro - Lifetime$39.99
edEdit
- Pro$4.99









