Comparison

Leafli vs GitMark

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

Head to head
About

Leafli

Features
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Leafli is a calm, beautiful home for the lines worth keeping. Every book leaves a few sentences behind — the ones you underline, photograph, or want to remember. Leafli helps you collect them, organize them by book, and turn them into cards beautiful enough to share. Scan, don't type Point your camera at a page and Leafli turns the printed text into a quote. No retyping. Build your library Scan a book's ISBN to add it in seconds — cover and all — or enter it by hand. Beautiful quote cards Turn any excerpt into a designed card with multiple templates. Adjust the text size, then share it or save it to Photos. Keep it organized Every quote belongs to a book. Add page numbers and your own notes. Search across everything you've saved. Export your reading Export a whole book's quotes as Markdown or PDF — your notes, your way. Available in English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, and 한국어. Leafli is quiet by design. No feeds, no noise — just you, your books, and the words you don't want to lose.

About

GitMark

A local-first Markdown note-taking app for developers and technical writers. It saves notes as standard Markdown files in your own Git repositories, supporting local and remote repositories with seamless synchronization.

Highlights
  • Local-first Markdown notes
  • Standard Markdown file saving
  • Local and remote Git repository management
  • HTTPS/SSH synchronization
  • Markdown editing with Mermaid charts
  • Image insertion and compression
  • Search, favorites, and history
Features
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GitMark is a local-first Markdown note-taking app built for developers, technical writers, and heavy Markdown users. Your notes are stored as standard Markdown files in your own Git repositories. Create a local repository or clone a remote repository over HTTPS or SSH. Keep writing without an internet connection and sync your changes when you’re back online. Features: * Standard Markdown files with no proprietary format * Local, remote, and multi-repository management * HTTPS / SSH synchronization, with in-app SSH key generation * Markdown editing and preview, including tables and Mermaid diagrams * Image insertion, compression, and repository attachment management * Search, favorites, recently modified, and recently deleted notes * Git conflict notifications and conflict management * App password protection and Face ID / Touch ID GitMark is ideal for code snippets, project plans, technical documentation, reading notes, and long-term knowledge bases. Your data belongs to you. Store your repositories on GitHub, GitLab, your own Git server, or keep them entirely local.

Screenshots

Leafli4 screens
GitMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Leafli at none against GitMark's 1. GitMark's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. GitMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Leafli asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leafli ships an update every 3 months, GitMark every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Leafli versus GitMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafliGitMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.616 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杭州引力网络技术有限公司Guangzhou Sanzhibajie Information Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Leafli

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GitMark

One-time1
  • 永久解锁专业版$9.99

Questions

Is Leafli free?
Leafli is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GitMark free?
GitMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Leafli or GitMark have ads?
Neither Leafli nor GitMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leafli or GitMark?
Leafli ships an update every 3 months, and GitMark every 3 days. Most recently, Leafli was updated on October 21, 2026 and GitMark on October 31, 2026.

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