Xmd vs CSV Reader & Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Xmd
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Xmd turns a URL or a PDF into a clean Markdown file ā ready to drop into Obsidian, Logseq, Bear, iA Writer, or your own notes vault. Paste a link, pick a PDF, hit Convert. That's it. WHY Xmd ⢠Smart per-source extraction. Xmd detects WordPress, news articles, documentation sites, PDFs, X / Twitter threads, Reddit, App Store, Google Play and Amazon ā and picks the right technique for each, not a one-size-fits-all clipper. ⢠Works on X / Twitter. Longform articles AND tweet threads. Most clippers can't read X because it's a JavaScript app; Xmd renders the page in a real WebView and walks the DOM. ⢠More than articles. Beyond web pages and PDFs, Xmd recognizes structured pages too ā Reddit discussions, App Store / Mac App Store / Google Play listings, and Amazon product pages ā and turns them into clean Markdown. App Store listings can include the app's public user reviews. ⢠PDFs done right. Paragraphs are recomposed instead of being shredded into one line per visual row. ⢠Built-in OCR for scanned PDFs. When a PDF page has no text layer (a scan, a photo of a document), Xmd falls back to on-device OCR via Apple's Vision framework ā Italian and English out of the box. No cloud round-trip, no separate app. ⢠Cookie banners handled. Iubenda, OneTrust, Didomi and IAB TCF prompts are auto-dismissed so they don't pollute your Markdown. ⢠Documentation-aware. On docs.* / readthedocs / github.io sites, fenced code blocks keep their language hints. ⢠Show WebView toggle. For SPA-heavy or login-protected pages, interact with the page first, then extract. ⢠Extensible. Hit a site Xmd doesn't recognize yet? Build your own extractor ā map a few fields with CSS selectors and a template, or an advanced one for trickier pages. Test it against a live URL, then import/export to share. BUILT-IN MCP SERVER ON MAC (FOR ANY AI AGENT) On Mac, Xmd doubles as a Model Context Protocol server. Open the MCP tab, hit Start, and any MCP-compatible AI agent ā Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Zed, custom clients you build yourself ā can call: ⢠convert_url_to_markdown ⢠convert_pdf_path_to_markdown ⢠scrape_url ā run targeted extraction on any page ⢠save_extractor / list_extractors ā teach Xmd a new site, reusable from then on Because the server reuses Xmd's real WebView, your agent can fetch JavaScript-rendered pages that pure HTTP-fetch tools can't ā pull exactly what it needs from a page, then save it as a reusable extractor so Xmd handles that site automatically next time. One-click config snippet, live request log, all local on 127.0.0.1. No cloud relay, no API key, no subscription. This makes Xmd probably the easiest way to give an LLM agent first-class web and PDF reading capabilities on macOS. PRIVATE & LOCAL No account. No subscription. No cloud round-trip. Extraction happens on your device. Files stay on your device. NATIVE EVERYWHERE SwiftUI on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro. Share Sheet extension on iOS ā send a link from Safari, get a Markdown file back. Keyboard shortcut to convert (āā©). Save as .md or copy to clipboard. GREAT FOR ⢠Note-takers building a personal knowledge base in Obsidian / Logseq / Bear ⢠Researchers archiving sources in a readable, diff-friendly format ⢠Writers collecting reference material ⢠Engineers saving documentation pages offline ⢠Mac users who run AI agents locally (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Zed, custom MCP clients) and want them to read the live web and PDFs Made with care. Built to be extended ā bring your own extractors.
CSV Reader & Editor
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Csv Editor - Smart Csv opens the CSV files other apps choke on. Files with hundreds of thousands of rows open in seconds, scroll smoothly, and edit like a real spreadsheet ā right on your iPhone or iPad. EDIT LIKE A SPREADSHEET ⢠Tap to select, tap again to edit ā Excel-style on touch ⢠Insert, delete, and reorder rows and columns ⢠Undo and redo everything ⢠Freeze rows and columns so headers stay put while you scroll ⢠Select ranges with drag handles, clear whole ranges at once BUILT FOR BIG FILES ⢠Opens 500,000+ row files without slowing down ⢠Background loading with live progress ā start reading immediately ⢠Smooth flick-scrolling through the whole sheet SORT & FILTER ⢠Excel-style AutoFilter per column ⢠Sort text, numbers, and dates the way Excel does ⢠Filtered rows are protected: edits and deletes never touch hidden data CHARTS (PRO) ⢠Turn any selection into a chart in two taps ⢠Bar, line, and more, powered by Swift Charts ⢠Save chart images to your photo library or share them FORMULA COLUMNS (PRO) ⢠Add a computed column that fills down every row, like a spreadsheet formula ⢠Reference other columns by name ā e.g. [Price] * [Qty] ⢠Built-in functions: IF, ROUND, ABS, MIN, MAX, CONCAT, UPPER, LOWER, TRIM, LEN, CONTAINS ⢠Live preview and inline error checking while you build the formula ⢠Formulas save inside the CSV, so results are readable in any app SMART FORMAT HANDLING ⢠Auto-detects delimiters, headers, and encodings ⢠Opens TSV and other delimited files ⢠Re-open with custom parse settings when a file is unusual FREE VS PRO The free version includes full editing, sorting, and filtering for files up to 100 rows. Csv Editor Pro unlocks: ⢠Unlimited rows ā open and edit files of any size ⢠Charts ⢠Formula columns Your files are never truncated: even in the free version, every row of your file is preserved when you save. Pro is available as a one-time lifetime purchase, or as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://mygems.app/term Privacy Policy: https://mygems.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CSV Reader & Editor at Free against Xmd's $9.99. CSV Reader & Editor also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). Xmd's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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
CSV Reader & Editor is free to download; Xmd costs $9.99 up front. CSV Reader & Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Xmd asks for nothing beyond the download.
Xmd ships an update every 4 weeks, CSV Reader & Editor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xmd | CSV Reader & Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free ā better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Tini | Hue Nguyen |
In-app purchases
Xmd
No in-app purchases
CSV Reader & Editor
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$39.99









