Comparison

md.too vs qLog

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

Head to head
About

md.too

Features
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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 $…$ and $$…$$: 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 — 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.

About

qLog

Features
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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.

Screenshots

md.too4 screens
qLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
md.too versus qLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermd.tooqLog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry KuznetsovMohit Chauhan

In-app purchases

None

md.too

No in-app purchases

None

qLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is md.too free?
md.too is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is qLog free?
qLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do md.too or qLog have ads?
Neither md.too nor qLog shows ads.

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