Progress vs Boreal Markdown Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Progress
This app combines a task board, team chat, and calendar into a single workspace for managing projects collaboratively. It also includes file sharing, document signing, and booking capabilities.
- Kanban task board with checklists and labels
- Team chat with channels and direct messages
- Integrated calendar with Google Calendar sync
- File upload, preview, and sharing
- Document signing and sending
- Activity feed for project updates
- Booking link for scheduling meetings
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Progress is a shared workspace for running projects together: a task board, team chat, and calendar in one place, with files and signing alongside. WHAT'S IN EVERY PROJECT • Board: a fast kanban board with checklists, labels, attachments, comments, and due dates • Chat: channels and direct messages with mentions, threads, and photo and file sharing • Calendar: your events and due dates together, with two-way Google Calendar sync • Files: upload, preview, and share images, videos, and documents • Links: save the links a project depends on • Sign: send documents for signature and sign them on your phone • Activity: see what changed across the project • Bookings: share a link so people can book time with you BUILT FOR IPHONE • Share to Progress: send screenshots, photos, and files from the share sheet straight into a chat or a board card • Home and Lock Screen widgets for today's tasks and agenda • Push notifications for messages, mentions, and card updates • Works alongside the web and desktop apps, so everything stays in sync
Boreal Markdown Editor
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Boreal Markdown is a focused iOS document tool for people who already keep notes, drafts, specs, and reports in plain Markdown files. Open a .md or .markdown file from Files, read the rendered preview, edit the source, then save intentionally or export a clean PDF. Boreal Markdown is built around the small document loop, not a new notes database or cloud workspace. Included for everyone: - Open Markdown and plain text files through iOS file access - Read a rendered Markdown preview with clear document typography - Switch between preview and source editing - Apply headings, bold, italic, links, lists, and code to the cursor or selected text - See saved and unsaved states near the document title - Choose Save, Discard, or Cancel before leaving a document with unsaved edits - Save changes back to the opened file when iOS file access allows it - Export the rendered document as a PDF with paper, theme, text size, and title options - Share the PDF or save it back to Files - Persist appearance, accent, editor text, and PDF defaults between launches Boreal Pro is an optional one-time purchase. It unlocks: - Document outline navigation - Find and replace - Markdown cleanup - Split editing and preview on supported layouts - Advanced PDF themes, margins, table of contents, page numbers, headers, footers, and reusable presets Boreal Markdown is local-first. There is no account, subscription, hosted sync service, AI processing, backend document storage, or collaboration system. Use Boreal Markdown when you want a quiet iPhone and iPad workbench for opening, editing, saving, and sharing Markdown files as PDFs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progress at none against Boreal Markdown Editor's 1. Progress also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Boreal Markdown Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.
Progress ships an update weekly, Boreal Markdown Editor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Progress | Boreal Markdown Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catch Recap LLC | Borealbit Technology Limited |
In-app purchases
Progress
No in-app purchases
Boreal Markdown Editor
- Boreal Markdown Editor Pro$2.99
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