Comparison

Progress vs Boreal Markdown Editor

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

Head to head
About

Progress

Consolidate all your project needs into a single workspace, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications. Organize tasks, documents, calendars, and communication with integrated tools and AI assistance.

Highlights
  • Integrated Kanban board
  • Real-time collaborative documents
  • Two-way Google Calendar sync
  • Team chat with channels
  • File sharing and preview
  • Screen and voice recordings
  • AI assistant for project summaries
Features
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Progress puts everything a project needs into one shared workspace — so you stop juggling ten different apps and losing track of where things live. Every project you create comes with a full set of built-in tools. Use the ones you need, hide the ones you don't, and reorder them to match how you work. One link holds the entire project. WHAT'S INSIDE EVERY PROJECT • Board — a fast kanban board for tasks, with checklists, labels, and due dates • Notes & Documents — rich documents with @mentions and real-time collaboration • Calendar — events that sync two-way with Google Calendar • Chat — real-time team chat with channels, DMs, mentions, and file sharing • Files — upload, preview, and share images, videos, and documents • Recordings — capture screen and voice recordings in seconds • Sketch — a whiteboard for diagrams and quick ideas • Sign — send and sign documents • Bookings — share a link and let people book time on your calendar • Sheets, CRM, and more A PROJECT-AWARE AI ASSISTANT Progress includes an AI assistant that reads from your project's board, notes, files, and chat — so you can ask questions, summarize what's happening, and get help with full context instead of a blank slate. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY WORK • Two-way Google Calendar sync • Built-in voice dictation • Real-time notifications and sounds • Native desktop and iPhone apps, plus the web — your work stays in sync everywhere The whole project. One link. No tab-juggling.

About

Boreal Markdown Editor

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Boreal Markdown Editor3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progress at none against Boreal Markdown Editor's 1. Progress also leads on update cadence (every 4 days 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boreal Markdown Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 4 days, Boreal Markdown Editor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Progress versus Boreal Markdown Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressBoreal Markdown Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatch Recap LLCBorealbit Technology Limited

In-app purchases

None

Progress

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Boreal Markdown Editor

One-time1
  • Boreal Markdown Editor Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boreal Markdown Editor free?
Boreal Markdown Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Progress or Boreal Markdown Editor have ads?
Neither Progress nor Boreal Markdown Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Boreal Markdown Editor?
Progress ships an update every 4 days, and Boreal Markdown Editor fortnightly. Most recently, Progress was updated on September 19, 2026 and Boreal Markdown Editor on September 24, 2026.

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