Comparison

xgoose vs Markdown Editor

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

Head to head
About

xgoose

Features
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Meet xgoose - a floating AI assistant that lives right inside Safari. Tap the launcher button on any page and a chat panel slides up, ready to read the page, answer questions, and get things done. It runs in an isolated shadow DOM, so it never breaks the site you're on. Most "AI in your browser" extensions just paste a chat box on top of the web. xgoose actually understands the page you're on, and on supported sites it loads purpose-built skills that let the AI use clean, first-party tools instead of blindly scraping HTML. FREE AI, BUILT IN Start chatting in seconds - no API key, no credit card. Every signed-in account gets a free daily balance on the built-in xgoose AI. Prefer your own model? Switch to it anytime (see "Bring your own model" below). AN AI THAT KNOWS THE PAGE - Ask anything about the page you're reading and get a straight answer - Summarize long articles, threads, and YouTube or Bilibili videos - Pull structured data out of tables and search results - Declutter busy forums by hiding ads and chat boxes so you can read - Fill repetitive forms from a short prompt SITE-SMART SKILLS When you open a supported site, the matching skill auto-activates and gives the AI safe, typed helper functions, so it calls real APIs, not guesswork: - Search USCardForum and any Discourse forum, paginated - Scan American Airlines award calendars across cabins and months - Check Hyatt award availability across a date range - Summarize USCreditCardGuide reviews, bonuses, and offers - Add your own: drop a SKILL.md and skill file into the open-source project BRING YOUR OWN MODEL (OPTIONAL) Power users can plug in any model they like: - Google Gemini (native) - Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint: OpenAI, Together, Azure OpenAI, Ollama - Gemini or anything else via a LiteLLM proxy PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your API keys, chat history, and per-site memory stay on your device - No tracking, no analytics, no ad SDKs - Open source, so you can inspect exactly what it does - Per-site memory the AI can reuse, scoped to each origin ONE APP, EVERY DEVICE xgoose works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac from a single sign-in. Your settings and skills follow you across Safari on all three. Enable on iPhone and iPad 1. Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions > turn on xgoose 2. Tap xgoose, then set All Websites to Allow 3. Open any page, tap the launcher in the bottom-right, and start chatting Enable on Mac 1. Safari > Settings > Extensions > turn on xgoose 2. Allow it on Every Website 3. Click the launcher on any page and ask away Open source, no lock-in, and built for people who actually live in their browser. Add xgoose to Safari and put an AI on every page.

About

Markdown Editor

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MD Editor opens Markdown, HTML and text files from your device and saves them back in place โ€” not into a copy you have to export later. WHY IT EXISTS On iOS, Files cannot open a .md file for editing, and there is no way to look at the HTML source of a page you saved. MD Editor fixes exactly that. EDITING - Inline preview: the line your cursor is on stays raw source, every other line is formatted - Syntax highlighting for Markdown, HTML and plain text - A keyboard row with the symbols these formats actually need - Autosave, with conflict detection if the file changed on disk - Files opened from your device are always free to edit and save, with no limit VAULT Documents you create inside the app live in a private vault. The free vault holds three documents. MD EDITOR PRO - Unlimited vault documents - Export to Markdown, HTML, text and PDF - Live HTML preview and render - Connect more than one folder - Syntax highlighting for Python, Swift, JavaScript and more - Mermaid diagram and LaTeX math preview (also in PDF) PRIVACY No account. No server. No analytics. Your files stay on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mdeditor-app.pages.dev/privacy

Screenshots

xgoose1 screens
Markdown Editor3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: xgoose at none against Markdown Editor's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Markdown Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. xgoose asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
xgoose versus Markdown Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterxgooseMarkdown Editor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYang HuKADIRCAN OKSUZOGLU

In-app purchases

None

xgoose

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Markdown Editor

Subscriptions2
  • MD Editor Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • MD Editor Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • MD Editor Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is xgoose free?
xgoose is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown Editor free?
Markdown Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do xgoose or Markdown Editor have ads?
Neither xgoose nor Markdown Editor shows ads.

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