Comparison

Scan Calendar vs MarkDown Reader

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

Head to head
About

Scan Calendar

Features
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Scan Calendar makes it easy to turn paper event calendars into real events on your phone. Have a paper calendar, flyer, monthly event sheet, school schedule, library activity page, or printed program? Instead of typing every event by hand, just take a photo. Scan Calendar reads the event paper, extracts the events, sorts them by date, and shows them in a simple list for you to review. With just a tap, you can choose the events you want and add them to your calendar. No more manual typing. No more switching back and forth between paper and your phone. No more hassle entering dates, times, and titles one by one. **How it works** * Take a photo of the event paper * Scan Calendar detects and extracts the events * Events are organized by individual date * Review the list * Tap to add selected events to your calendar **Key Features** * Scan printed event calendars with your camera * Extract events from paper quickly * Automatically sort events by date * Review before adding * Choose only the events you want * Add events to your calendar with one tap * Simple, fast, and easy to use Whether it is a school calendar, community event flyer, church program, library schedule, club calendar, or family event sheet, Scan Calendar helps you save time and avoid typing everything manually. It has never been easier to go from paper calendar to phone calendar. Take a photo. Review the events. Tap once to add.

About

MarkDown Reader

Features
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MarkDown Reader is a free, lightweight viewer for Markdown files. Double-click any .md file and read it beautifully rendered โ€” no editor chrome, no distractions, just your document. It also turns a checklist into somewhere to work. Tick a task and the change is written straight back to the file, one character, instantly. Add a note to any item and it is saved as an ordinary indented bullet, so every other Markdown tool still reads it. On the Mac, drag a file onto an item to attach it, and click the chip to open it again later. Nothing is locked in a database. Everything this app writes is plain Markdown you can read in any editor. - Clean rendering of headings, tables, code blocks, and images - LaTeX math, typeset offline: $โ€ฆ$ inline and $$โ€ฆ$$ display - Interactive task lists: click a checkbox and the .md file updates instantly - Notes on any checklist item, saved as plain Markdown - Attach files to checklist items by dragging them in (macOS) - Clickable file references: a path in a code span opens in your editor (macOS) - Table of contents sidebar for long documents - Full-text search with match navigation - Live reload โ€” edit the file elsewhere and the view keeps up - Zoom, print, and export to PDF - Light or Dark on your terms: follow the system, or pin the reader to either (macOS) - Copy the document's path or reveal it in the Finder (macOS) - Opens .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, and .mkdn files - Sandboxed and private: no accounts, no analytics, no data collection

Screenshots

Scan Calendar4 screens
MarkDown Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MarkDown Reader at none against Scan Calendar's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Scan Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MarkDown Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Scan Calendar versus MarkDown Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan CalendarMarkDown Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlteru Inc.Edward Juden

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scan Calendar

One-time1
  • Scan Calendar App Purchase$4.99
None

MarkDown Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan Calendar free?
Scan Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkDown Reader free?
MarkDown Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scan Calendar or MarkDown Reader have ads?
Neither Scan Calendar nor MarkDown Reader shows ads.

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