Comparison

MD Slide vs MDacrobat

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

Head to head
About

MD Slide

Features
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MD Slide is a Markdown slide editor built for quickly polishing Marp decks on your iPhone or iPad. Work on slides during your commute, between meetings, or anywhere you do not want to open a laptop. It is also great for pasting Marp Markdown generated from AI chats, previewing it instantly, and refining it into presentation-ready PDF slides. Ideal for: • Drafting or fixing slides on the go • Polishing AI-generated Marp Markdown on iPhone or iPad • Turning technical notes with Mermaid diagrams into slides quickly Features: • Real-time Marp Markdown preview • Mermaid diagram rendering support • PDF export (16:9 slide layout) • Markdown input assist templates • Open and save files • Image insertion All editing data is stored only on your device and is never sent to external servers. Works without an internet connection. The app does not include its own sharing feature, but saving files to iCloud Drive makes them easier to access from your other Apple devices.

About

MDacrobat

This app provides a comprehensive Markdown editing experience for iPhone and iPad, offering live previews, robust export options, and offline functionality. It treats Markdown files as editable documents with advanced features for formatting and organization.

Highlights
  • Live GitHub-Flavored Markdown preview
  • Offline rendering of math, code, and diagrams
  • Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
  • Export to PDF, HTML, DOCX, RTF, and plain text
  • Native document browser integration
  • Hardware keyboard shortcuts on iPad
Features
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MDacrobat is the complete Markdown app for iPhone and iPad — what Acrobat is for PDF, MDacrobat is for Markdown. It treats your .md files as real documents, with a live, reference-quality preview and honest export, and your files stay ordinary Markdown on disk. No account, no sync service, no tracking, no ads. LIVE PREVIEW • GitHub-Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough, autolinks • Math with KaTeX, code highlighting, and Mermaid diagrams — all rendered offline • Flicker-free updates and synced scrolling between editor and preview • Tap task checkboxes in the preview to check them off in the source • Five typographic themes, light and dark EDITOR BUILT FOR MARKDOWN • Live syntax highlighting, smart list continuation, and auto-pairing • A formatting bar above the keyboard, and full hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad • Front matter shown as a tidy metadata card DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Native document browser (works with the Files app and iCloud Drive) • Side-by-side editor and preview on iPad; editor / split / preview modes everywhere • Outline sidebar to jump between headings EXPORT & SHARE • PDF, self-contained HTML, Word (.docx), RTF, and plain text • Copy as HTML, print, and share anywhere Your documents never leave your device. MDacrobat works entirely offline.

Screenshots

MD Slide4 screens
MDacrobat2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MDacrobat at none against MD Slide's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MD Slide versus MDacrobat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMD SlideMDacrobat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKentaro YamadaPrabhjot Singh Sandhu

In-app purchases

None

MD Slide

No in-app purchases

None

MDacrobat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MD Slide free?
MD Slide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MDacrobat free?
MDacrobat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MD Slide or MDacrobat have ads?
MD Slide shows ads; MDacrobat does not.

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