Comparison

QuickMark vs GoodMarkdowns

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

Head to head
About

QuickMark

Features
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Write Markdown and watch it render beautifully - code, math, and diagrams all looking exactly right, then share it as a clean web link or export it anywhere. EVERYTHING BELOW IS FREE - Beautiful live rendering - Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math appear inline as you type, no plugins, no setup - Write and preview with one tap; on iPad, work side by side with synced split view - 37 code themes plus 6 reading themes: Light, Dark, Notion, Essay, Terminal and more - Syntax highlighting for 30+ languages, find-in-page, one-tap copy on code blocks - Tabs are free and unlimited - keep every note open and switch in a tap QUICKMARK PRO - ONE-TIME, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION - Export your document to PDF, HTML, DOCX, EPUB, PNG, or Rich Text (free: 10 exports a month per device) - Publish to Web - turn any document into a clean shareable link at quickmarkmd.com (free: up to 3 live pages, links expire 30 days after publishing) - Pro removes every limit: unlimited exports, unlimited pages, links that never expire One one-time purchase of $9.99 unlocks Pro on all your Apple devices - Mac, iPhone and iPad. No subscription, ever. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST Your documents stay on your device. Reading and editing never upload a thing. Anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs - never your content. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to publish it. PERFECT FOR - Writing notes, READMEs, and technical docs on the go - Reading Markdown with code, math, and diagrams that look right - Sharing a document as a clean web link in one tap - Exporting polished PDFs and more from your phone or iPad REQUIREMENTS iOS and iPadOS 17 or later.

About

GoodMarkdowns

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The Markdown you write is the page you print. Type, and your document builds itself on a real sheet of paper in real time, so you see exactly where every page breaks before you export. Most Markdown editors are great for writing but leave you guessing how the finished document will actually look. GoodMarkdowns makes the preview the result. ā–  Live page preview As you type, each line settles into place on a real page. Page breaks, margins and line wraps match the exported PDF exactly. Read one page at a time, open a two-page spread, or zoom out to a grid of every page, and pinch to zoom freely. ā–  Edit right on the page Tap a heading, paragraph, list item or table cell in the preview and change it in place. The Markdown source and the page move together in both directions, so you can write in plain syntax and still polish the layout on the page itself. ā–  Eight design templates Pick the look that fits the job and switch at any time. • Report — a clean, professional layout for work and project documents • Academic — classic typography for papers and essays • Minimal — nothing on the page but your writing • Technical — numbered sections and a structured grid • Manuscript — generous line spacing for drafts and submissions • Gazette — dense, newspaper-style columns • Business — a composed look for proposals and plans • Book — body text set the way a printed book is ā–  Start from a document template On iPad, you never have to face an empty page. Choose one of eleven ready-made documents — Meeting Notes, Weekly Report, Resume, Blog Post, Newsletter, Study Notes, Academic Paper, Product Spec (PRD), README, Changelog and Decision Record (ADR) — and fill in the content. ā–  Six paper sizes and landscape Choose A3, A4, A5, A6, Letter or Legal, and turn any page landscape. Set your own headers, footers, page numbers and margins to match a submission format or a print job. ā–  Block-level styling Adjust one paragraph or one heading without touching the rest of the document. The inspector changes typeface, alignment and spacing block by block. ā–  Built-in image editor No jumping to another app. Twelve tools including crop, highlighter and mosaic, ten annotations such as arrows and spotlights, and eight-handle resizing with rotation, right there on the page. ā–  Export to PDF, PNG, JPEG and HEIC Export a vector PDF with crisp text you can select and copy. When you need an image instead, save PNG, JPEG or HEIC at 1x, 2x or 3x resolution. Long documents show progress and can be canceled at any point. ā–  Standard Markdown Headings, bold and italics, lists, tables with column alignment, block quotes and code blocks with syntax highlighting. Open a .md or plain text file you already have and the formatting comes through intact, so it doubles as a comfortable Markdown viewer and reader. Document settings live in front matter and are still there next time. ā–  A document library on iPad Organize your writing in folders: create, rename, move and delete documents and folders in one place. On iPhone, documents open and save through the Files app. ā–  iCloud sync with Pro With Pro, the iPad library lives in your own iCloud Drive folder, so the same documents are waiting on your other devices. Without it, documents stay on the device, and you can still keep them in iCloud Drive through the Files app. Who it's for • Students and researchers handing in papers and assignments as clean PDFs • Professionals writing reports, meeting notes and proposals • Developers keeping READMEs, technical docs and changelogs in Markdown • Anyone who wants a resume or CV exported at print quality • Anyone who would rather write in Markdown than wrestle with a heavyweight editor GoodMarkdowns is free and supported by ads; an optional rewarded ad turns them off for a while and unlocks Pro features such as iCloud sync. No account to create. Writing, preview and export work with no connection at all, and your documents stay on your device and in your own iCloud.

Screenshots

QuickMark4 screens
GoodMarkdowns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoodMarkdowns at none against QuickMark's 1. QuickMark's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. QuickMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GoodMarkdowns asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
QuickMark versus GoodMarkdowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickMarkGoodMarkdowns
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoan NguyenJeonguk Park

In-app purchases

1 purchases

QuickMark

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

GoodMarkdowns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickMark free?
QuickMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoodMarkdowns free?
GoodMarkdowns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickMark or GoodMarkdowns have ads?
GoodMarkdowns shows ads; QuickMark does not.

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