md.too vs qLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
md.too
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Application md.too is a minimalist markdown viewer for iPhone and iPad. It opens .md files, renders them, and lets you read and copy. That is the whole product. What it renders: ⢠Headings, lists (including GitHub-style task lists with [ ] / [x]), block quotes, thematic breaks, and inline emphasis (bold, italic, strikethrough, underline). ⢠Code blocks with syntax highlighting for about 40 languages: Swift, C/C++/C#/Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, Scala, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, PHP, Dart, Lua, Perl, R, Julia, Haskell, OCaml, F#, Elixir, Clojure, Groovy, SQL, GraphQL, Dockerfile, Makefile, TOML, INI, YAML, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, Bash, PowerShell, Markdown. ⢠Tables, including inline images inside table cells. ⢠Inline images loaded from any HTTPS URL, with explicit width/height attributes (GitLab-style {width=N height=N}). ⢠A small but useful LaTeX subset in $ā¦$ and $$ā¦$$: Greek letters, super- and sub-scripts, common operators, simple fractions, and basic display math. ⢠Selectable, copyable text. Code blocks and tables get a one-click copy button. ⢠Light and dark theme ā follows the system, or pick one explicitly. ⢠Export the rendered document to a paginated PDF, with images embedded. What it deliberately does not do: ⢠No editor, no live preview/edit split, no autosave. Read-only by design. ⢠No HTML rendering or WKWebView. Pure native UIKit/SwiftUI. ⢠No file tree, no tabs, no command palette. ⢠No third-party packages. The most popular JavaScript Markdown library, marked, lists about 636 transitive dependencies and roughly 38,980 lines of code on its public dependency graph. md.too ships zero dependencies. Every package you do not pull in is a supply-chain risk you do not inherit. Privacy: The application does not collect or transmit any personal data. The only network traffic is fetching inline images you reference by URL. Source code: The project is open-source under the MIT license. See the support URL.
qLog
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Read it, then remember it. qLog turns your reading list into a queue you actually finish. Save an article, read it, and a short quiz and summary help the ideas stick, all generated privately on your iPhone. ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME ⢠Save from Safari or any app with the Share Sheet, or paste a link ⢠Your queue shows just the current article, so there's always one clear next read ⢠Not the right moment? Punt it to the back of the queue RECALL WHAT YOU READ ⢠Tap Done and qLog prepares a three-question quiz and a three-point summary in the background ⢠Answer from memory first, then see the takeaways ⢠Add a note in your own words ⢠Skip a quiz when you want, or retake one later with shuffled answers YOUR LIBRARY Everything you finish is saved with its summary, quiz results, and notes. Search it all to find that idea you read months ago. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Quizzes and summaries are created on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence. No account, no analytics, no tracking, and your library stays on your device. Quizzes and summaries require an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence. On other iPhones, qLog works as a focused reading queue and library with notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: md.too at 3 against qLog's 1. md.too also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | md.too | qLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitry Kuznetsov | Mohit Chauhan |
In-app purchases
md.too
No in-app purchases
qLog
No in-app purchases








