Comparison

Duplex Print Helper vs MDReader

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

Head to head
About

Duplex Print Helper

Easily print double-sided documents even without a duplex-capable printer. The app splits your PDF into separate files for front and back pages, providing a preview of the correct order for your specific printer type. It also converts various file formats to PDF.

Highlights
  • Split PDFs for double-sided printing
  • Preview page order before printing
  • Supports top-feed and bottom-feed printers
  • Convert Word, images, and e-books to PDF
  • Export and share print-ready PDFs
  • One-time unlock
Features
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Duplex Print Helper - print on both sides, even with a printer that can't. Print the odd pages first, flip the stack, then print the even pages. That's the whole trick. This app makes the two PDFs for you and shows you the page order before anything goes to paper, so you don't waste a whole stack finding every back page upside down. One-time unlock. No subscription, no ads, no account to create, and your PDFs stay on your device. [What you get] - Two ready-to-print PDFs: front (odd pages) and back (even pages). Print them in the app, or export and share them to print anywhere. - A preview of both sides and the exact page order before you print. - Back pages ordered for top-feed or bottom-feed printers - the order changes with your printer. - If the backs still come out reversed, tap "Switch order" on the result screen. No re-splitting needed, and the choice is remembered. [3 steps] 1. Open your PDF 2. Check the front/back preview and choose how your printer feeds paper 3. Print the front PDF, flip the stack, print the back PDF [Why people use it] - Kids' homework - teachers keep asking for double-sided printouts - Office documents - the work printer has no duplex - Home - save paper without buying a new printer [Also included] - Convert Word, images, e-books and other formats to PDF - Works with inkjet, laser and most printers - Simple enough for anyone, including seniors --- If this saves you a ream of paper, a 5-star review helps more people find it! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html

About

MDReader

Features
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MDReader opens your Markdown files and folders and renders them properly. There is no library to import into, no account to create and no sync service in the middle. Your .md files stay exactly where you put them, and MDReader reads and writes them in place. FAST, EVEN ON BIG FILES A two-tier parser scans a document in a single pass and only fully parses the blocks you can actually see. A 10 MB file opens before other editors have finished showing a spinner, and scrolling stays smooth all the way down. RENDERS THE WHOLE OF MARKDOWN GitHub-flavoured Markdown with tables, task lists you can tick straight from reading mode, footnotes that jump both ways, YAML front matter shown as a card, LaTeX math inline and display, fenced code with syntax highlighting, and Mermaid diagrams rendered offline. AN EDITOR THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Live syntax highlighting, lists that continue and renumber themselves, bold/italic/link shortcuts, find and replace, table and formula inserters, and paste an image to save it next to the document. Autosave goes through the system file coordinator, so editing alongside Obsidian, git or iCloud is safe. PICKS UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Reading position is restored to the pixel, per document, across relaunches, rotation and window resizes. FOLDER WORKSPACES (PRO) Open a whole folder: a repository's docs, an Obsidian vault, a Zettelkasten. Fuzzy quick-open, full-text search across every file in the folder, [[wiki-links]] with a backlinks panel, a front-matter tag browser, and read-only git status per file. Changes made by other apps are picked up in place, without losing your position. MORE IN PRO PDF export and print, publishing to GitHub Gist and Telegraph, presentation mode for slides, a custom theme editor with imported fonts, focus and typewriter modes, word-count goals, reading statistics, text-to-speech with follow-along highlighting, local version history with diffs, snippets, Vim keybindings, and an AI pack that summarises and rewrites entirely on device. BUILT FOR APPLE PLATFORMS One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Keyboard shortcuts throughout, multiple windows, menu bar commands, a Share extension, Shortcuts actions, widgets, a URL scheme, Spotlight indexing, VoiceOver labels and Dynamic Type. PRIVACY MDReader collects nothing. No analytics SDK, no account, no server of ours to talk to. The only network traffic is what your own documents ask for, such as remote images, plus the publishing integrations you set up yourself. FREE AND PRO The reader and the single-file editor are free forever: all rendering including math and syntax highlighting, the base themes, table of contents, in-file search, HTML, Markdown and plain-text export, and position restore. Pro unlocks folder workspaces and the power features above, as a one-time purchase or as a yearly subscription with a free trial. SUBSCRIPTION AND PURCHASE DETAILS MDReader Pro (Yearly) - auto-renewable subscription, 1 year, USD 9.99 per year, including a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. MDReader Pro (Lifetime) - one-time purchase, USD 24.99, not a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A yearly subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ App Terms of Service: https://gelfand.dev/mdreader/terms Privacy Policy: https://gelfand.dev/mdreader/privacy

Screenshots

Duplex Print Helper4 screens
MDReader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Duplex Print Helper at 16.0 against MDReader's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Duplex Print Helper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MDReader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duplex Print Helper ships an update every 10 days, MDReader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Duplex Print Helper versus MDReader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuplex Print HelperMDReader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer诗琴 杨Daniil Nuzhdin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Duplex Print Helper

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime Unlock$0.99
2 purchases

MDReader

Subscriptions1
  • MDReader Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • MDReader Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Duplex Print Helper free?
Duplex Print Helper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MDReader free?
MDReader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Duplex Print Helper or MDReader have ads?
Neither Duplex Print Helper nor MDReader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duplex Print Helper or MDReader?
Duplex Print Helper ships an update every 10 days, and MDReader every 2 weeks. Most recently, Duplex Print Helper was updated on November 8, 2026 and MDReader on October 31, 2026.

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