Progress vs Boreal Markdown Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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 (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
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 every 4 days, Boreal Markdown Editor fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 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 | Every 4 days — 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 | 3 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$6.99
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