Comparison

Marked vs Notedotech

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

Head to head
About

Marked

This app offers a reading-first experience for Markdown documents, presenting them with classic typography and customizable themes. It also includes a live syntax highlighting editor for quick edits and navigation features like a table of contents.

Highlights
  • Book-like reading experience
  • Customizable themes and typography
  • Live Markdown syntax highlighting
  • Built-in plain-text editor
  • Auto-generated table of contents
  • File navigation and search
Features
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Marked is a Markdown reader and editor designed first as a reading app — think Apple Books for your .md files. Open any Markdown document from Files or iCloud Drive and read it with the calm of a book: classic typography, generous margins, justified text with automatic hyphenation, and Light, Sepia and Dark themes. A READING-FIRST EXPERIENCE • Three reading themes: Light, Sepia and Dark. • Nine curated typefaces: system serif, New York, Georgia, Palatino, Times New Roman, Helvetica Neue, Avenir Next, Iowan Old Style and Charter. • Adjustable font size, line spacing and horizontal margins. • Justified text with automatic hyphenation for a book-like rhythm. • Native rendering of headings, lists, quotes, code blocks, links and tables. • Styled blockquotes with accent bar, soft background tint and a decorative quote glyph. • Wrap-first tables that fit cell text to the screen and only scroll horizontally when wrapping is not enough. SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING • Fenced code blocks are highlighted with automatic language detection (highlight.js via HighlighterSwift). • The editor colours Markdown markup live — headings, emphasis, code spans, links and lists — without getting in the way of plain-text editing. QUICK EDITING • Built-in plain-text editor with in-place save to the original file. • New documents open straight into the editor. • Jump to any line directly from the table of contents or search results. • Debounced highlighting keeps large files responsive while typing. NAVIGATION • Auto-generated table of contents from the document's headings. • In-document search: per section in reader mode and per line in editor mode. • Recent files list with per-document reading position and progress, Apple Notes–style file count under the title. FAST AND SMOOTH • Documents open asynchronously so the UI never blocks on large files. • Theme and font changes reuse the parsed document and existing section views instead of rebuilding from scratch. • Smart subview reuse keeps scrolling fluid in long documents. WORKS WITH YOUR FILES • Opens .md, .markdown, .mdown and .mkd files from Files, iCloud Drive and "Open with…". • Create new Markdown documents from inside the app. • Security-scoped bookmarks remember where each file lives, so recents keep working after relaunch. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • Everything runs on your device. Marked has no servers. • No accounts, no telemetry, no advertising, no tracking. • Your files stay exactly where you keep them — the app only opens them. Ideal for reading notes, technical documentation, project READMEs, long-form articles or books written in Markdown — and for making quick edits without leaving the reading flow.

About

Notedotech

Features
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Capture Every Thought Whether it’s a quick reminder, a meeting note, a creative idea, or your daily journal — this app helps you write and organize everything effortlessly. Designed with a clean modern interface and fluid animations, the experience feels fast, elegant, and distraction-free. Features - Fast Note Taking Create and edit notes instantly with a smooth writing experience. - Smart Categories Organize notes using colorful categories to keep everything structured. - Instant Search Quickly find any note with built-in real-time search. - Beautiful Modern UI Carefully crafted layouts, animations, and transitions inspired by premium mobile apps. - Grid & List Layouts Switch between beautiful grid cards or compact list view anytime. - Dark Mode Support Comfortable writing experience day or night. - Smooth Performance Built for speed with lightweight performance and responsive interactions. - Simple & Private Your notes stay clean, organized, and easy to access whenever you need them. Perfect For Daily journaling Work notes Study notes Shopping lists Ideas & brainstorming Quick reminders Personal organization Start organizing your thoughts beautifully today.

Screenshots

Marked4 screens
Notedotech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Notedotech at 13.0 against Marked's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Marked versus Notedotech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkedNotedotech
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrezeChandan Verma

In-app purchases

None

Marked

No in-app purchases

None

Notedotech

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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