MD Inbox vs Yantra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
MD Inbox
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A drop zone for the markdown documents your AI assistant writes. MD Inbox watches a folder in iCloud Drive on your Mac. When Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other AI tool saves a markdown file there ā a plan, spec, code review, design doc, meeting notes ā it appears on your iPhone within seconds. Read it on the go, pin the ones that matter, delete the rest. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick any folder in iCloud Drive as your inbox. 2. Copy a short prompt into your AI agent's system prompt. 3. From now on, finished documents your agent produces show up here. FEATURES ⢠Live iCloud sync ā files appear seconds after your agent saves them ⢠Date-grouped sidebar: Pinned, Today, Yesterday, This Week, This Month, Older ⢠Swipe to delete, tap to pin, multi-select for batch cleanup ⢠Auto-delete after a configurable threshold to keep the inbox tidy ⢠Pinned and read state sync between devices via iCloud ⢠Native markdown rendering with code blocks, tables, and images ⢠Share extension ā send markdown from any app THREE BUILT-IN AGENT PRESETS ⢠Plans & Specs ā agent auto-saves substantial deliverables ⢠On-Demand ā agent saves only when you ask ⢠Quick Captures ā short, timestamped notes No account, no server ā your files live in your own iCloud Drive.
Yantra
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Yantra is your second brain ā a private place to capture what matters, find it again later, and act on it. Everything you save lives on your device. Capture, transcription, search, your calendar, tasks, and reminders all run on-device for free ā no account, no subscription, no server in the middle. Add your own AI key only if you want to chat with your notes or auto-summarize what you save; that's the only time anything leaves your phone, and it goes straight from your device to the provider you chose. CAPTURE ANYTHING ⢠Voice memos, transcribed on-device as you speak ⢠Quick text notes and a daily journal ⢠Photos ā with on-device text recognition ⢠Saved links ā summarized when you add an AI key ⢠Meetings ā long-form recording with speaker labels TASKS, BUILT IN ⢠Capture to-dos with a due date and priority ⢠See what's Overdue, due Today, and Upcoming at a glance ⢠Turn any note into tasks, or promote a meeting's action items to your list ⢠Tasks show up in your Agenda and in Ask ASK YOUR NOTES (optional AI) Add your own Anthropic (Claude) key to chat with everything you've saved. Yantra finds the most relevant notes on-device and answers with citations back to your own words. Talk to it hands-free, or type. YOUR CALENDAR, BUILT IN See your agenda from any calendar on your iPhone (iCloud, Google, Exchange), and turn notes and action items into events. MEETING REMINDERS Get a heads-up the evening before, and again shortly before each meeting ā so you can review any notes you prepared. Yantra even tells you how many of your saved notes look related. All scheduled on-device. BRING YOUR OWN KEY (optional) The basics are free and on-device. For AI features, Yantra uses your own Anthropic key ā you pay the provider directly at cost, no markup, no middleman. Optional Deepgram and Sarvam keys unlock speaker-labeled meetings and Hindi/Indic speech. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ⢠Notes and tasks stored only on your device ⢠API keys kept in the secure Keychain ⢠No tracking, no ads, no analytics ⢠Export everything to a single file you control Your thoughts are yours. Yantra just helps you find them again ā and get them done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Yantra at 17.0 against MD Inbox's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Inbox | Yantra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beka Demuradze | Utkarsh Singh18506983431 |
In-app purchases
MD Inbox
No in-app purchases
Yantra
No in-app purchases









