Nota6 vs PL NetTools

Reader-first Markdown app for the AI era — with a built-in Reference Library so it's useful the moment you open it. BUILT-IN LIBRARY (12 references, all offline) The welcome screen has a "Browse Library" button. Tap it and you have 12 curated documents available immediately, in English and Simplified Chinese: • Markdown / GFM syntax references • Mermaid Diagram Gallery — 10 diagram types (flowchart, sequence, class, state, ER, gantt, pie, mindmap, timeline, git graph), each with source + rendered output • KaTeX Math Reference — symbols, operators, matrices, common formulas • Code Highlighting Gallery — Swift, Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, SQL, and more (190+ languages bundled) • Reading AI-Generated Markdown — four shapes of agent output and how to read each • CLAUDE.md & AGENTS.md spec — how AI-instruction files work • README Patterns, Design Doc & RFC Patterns • Nota6 Tips & Tricks, iPad Keyboard Shortcuts, Themes Showcase These aren't placeholders — they're useful reading material for anyone who works with AI coding assistants and the .md files they produce. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM A BROWSER • Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, syntax-highlighted code, all rendered offline. No network requests during rendering. Safari Reader can't do Mermaid; Nota6 can. • Auto-refresh on file change with smart scroll anchoring: when an external editor rewrites the file, the preview re-renders in place and stays at the same heading even if the document length shifts. • Open files from anywhere via the system share sheet, Files, iCloud Drive, or the "Open in Nota6" action. iOS-NATIVE INTEGRATIONS • Shortcuts / App Intents: "Open Markdown File" and "Export Markdown as HTML" are first-class Shortcuts actions. Automate from Siri or your iPad keyboard. • iCloud sync: your theme, font, width, and Custom-theme colors follow you across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Workspace full-text search (⌘⇧F) across an entire folder of .md files. • Bookmark self-heal: if AI tooling renames or moves files in your workspace, Nota6 reattaches by content fingerprint instead of breaking. READING EXPERIENCE • Quick Edit: switch to Source, correct raw Markdown, and save with Command-S on a hardware keyboard. Nota6 preserves the original encoding, BOM, and line endings, and warns before overwriting external changes. • 5 themes: GitHub · Paper · Notion · Terminal · Custom. Custom lets you pick body + monospace fonts and 4 colors (background, text, heading, code block) right inside the app. • 4 font sizes, 3 reading widths, Light / Dark / Auto appearance. • Outline panel with live filter and scroll-synced active heading; floating breadcrumb when the outline is closed. • Per-file reading-progress dots in the workspace sidebar. • Click-to-zoom for Mermaid diagrams and images; long-press to Copy or Save as PNG. iPAD HARDWARE KEYBOARD Full shortcut set: ⌘O · ⇧⌘O · ⌘F · ⌘P · ⌥⌘O · ⌘R · ⌘[ / ⌘] · ⌘W. Press-and-hold ⌘ for the discoverability HUD. EXPORT PDF or self-contained HTML via the system share sheet — straight to Files, Mail, Slack, Notion, or any other destination. PRIVACY No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No network requests unless the document itself references remote images. Rendering libraries (KaTeX, Mermaid, highlight.js) are bundled offline. English + Simplified Chinese.

PL NetTools is the network toolkit for iPhone, iPad and Mac: a full domain diagnosis, a connection test and the classic tools, built on native networking, with no account. DOMAIN DIAGNOSIS • Enter a domain or a URL: the app checks site, email and domain together • Site: DNS, ports, certificate and chain, HTTP, security headers, www, IPv6, CDN • Email: MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS and TLS-RPT • Domain: expiry and registration (RDAP and WHOIS), DNSSEC, name servers, CAA • Problems sorted by severity, each with an explanation and a fix, decided by precise rules, not by a model CONNECTION TEST • Parallel pings to the router and to the Internet, with a response-time chart • Tells you whether the problem is in the local network or in the line, and spots a transfer in progress on the device ASK (iOS and macOS 27 with Apple Intelligence) • Describe the problem in words, for example "emails from client.com go to spam" • The app picks and runs the checks and writes a plain-language report • A ready-to-send ticket, in English or Italian, for whoever has to act: hosting, email, registrar or DNS, internet provider • Uses the on-device model or Private Cloud Compute; your public IP is never sent TOOLS • IP: your public IP or a domain's, with location, network and ASN • Native ICMP Ping and Traceroute, with chart and hop names • DNS: the main records in parallel, with readable HTTPS/SVCB and CAA • Whois with RDAP and the expiry date up front • TCP Port: check whether a port answers • HTTP/TLS: server response and the full certificate, with chain and CAA REPORTS AND SHORTCUTS • Diagnosis, Connection test and tools can be shared as Text, Markdown or PDF, ready to attach • Shortcuts actions: diagnosis, connection, domain expiry, certificate and more, in automations too PL NETTOOLS PRO Free: IP, Ping, DNS, Whois, Traceroute, the Diagnosis outcome with the problem titles and the Connection test chart. With Pro (yearly subscription, one-week free trial): explanation and fix for every problem, all the diagnosis data, full Connection test measurements, TCP Port, HTTP/TLS, Ask, reports and the Pro Shortcuts actions. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. The app does not collect personal data: requests go from your device straight to the public services you query. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://pensierolaterale.tech/privacy-nettools