MarkGlance vs OneScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
MarkGlance
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MarkGlance is a minimalist Markdown viewer for iPhone and iPad ā built to read documents calmly, without the visual noise that fills most editor apps. Open any .md file from the Files app, an email attachment, AirDrop, or the Share Sheet. Tap. Read. That's the loop. WHY MARKGLANCE ⢠Editorial typography. Body text is set in a serif designed for long-form reading (New York / Iowan / Charter on iOS). Headings sit clearly in SF Pro. Code blocks render in SF Mono with syntax highlighting for 190+ languages. ⢠Reflowing zoom ā not pinch-to-zoom. The size slider re-wraps the document to your chosen size, the way a book does. Lines stay crisp at every step. No blurry magnification. ⢠Light, Dark, and Auto themes. Your choice persists across launches. Auto follows iOS. ⢠Print-quality PDF export. Tap Share to produce an A4 PDF with vector text, embedded fonts, justified body, real per-page margins, and content-aware page breaks. Selectable, searchable, AirDroppable. Around 10ā18 KB per page. ⢠Fully offline. No network calls. No analytics. No telemetry. No advertising. No accounts. The bundled rendering pipeline (marked.js, highlight.js, Open Sans) ships inside the app and runs on-device. ⢠File association. Markdown files (.md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, .mkdn) open in MarkGlance from anywhere iOS can hand them off ā Files, Mail, AirDrop, Messages, the Share Sheet, iCloud Drive. WHAT'S RENDERED ⢠GitHub-flavored Markdown ⢠Syntax-highlighted fenced code blocks ⢠Tables with column alignment ⢠Task lists with checkboxes ⢠Multi-line and nested blockquotes ⢠External links open in Safari; in-document anchors stay in-app WHAT'S NOT IN MARKGLANCE No editor. No syncing. No collaboration. No accounts. No subscription. MarkGlance does one thing ā render your Markdown beautifully ā and gets out of the way. PRIVACY Zero data collection. MarkGlance never sends anything to any server, period. Read the full policy at https://parzival74.github.io/markglance-privacy/ CONTACT Questions or feedback: zugzwang74@gmail.com
OneScan
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OneScan is a fast, private document scanner for iPhone and iPad. Scan receipts, forms, paper notes, and multi-page documents with Apple's document camera, or import photos. New and existing scans are automatically recognized on your device, so you can search names and the words inside your documents. Name each scan, keep it in your local Recent list, reopen it later, and export PDF, JPEG, PNG, or compact PDFs when you are ready. OneScan is privacy-first: no account, no ads, no third-party tracking, and no document upload. Recent scans stay on this device until you delete them. Limited first-party product analytics is sent only after you choose to share it. It uses a random app-scoped identifier and never includes documents, images, recognized text, or file names. You can turn it off or reset the identifier in Settings. Scanning, automatic text recognition for in-app search, common export formats, and basic PDF compression are free. OneScan Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks text copying, searchable PDFs, target-size compression, page tools, smart names, privacy masks, and Face ID library lock. Terms of Use: https://oneapps.studio/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MarkGlance at none against OneScan's 1. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. OneScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MarkGlance asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MarkGlance | OneScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anurag Gupta | Freedom Dimension (shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
MarkGlance
No in-app purchases
OneScan
- Pro Lifetime$1.99









