Meow & Purr vs Text Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meow & Purr
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Meow & Purr is a native Markdown viewer for reading local .md and .markdown documents on iPhone and iPad. Open Markdown files from Files or with Open With. Meow & Purr renders your document into a clean, readable page while keeping file access explicit and read-only. Features include: • Markdown file support for local .md and .markdown documents • CommonMark-style rendering for headings, lists, block quotes, links, images, code, and fenced code blocks • GitHub Flavored Markdown features including tables, task lists, strikethrough, and bare autolinks • Markdown Extra and MultiMarkdown features including highlights and superscript • WikiLink Markdown links such as [[Page|Label]] • Find, Back/Forward navigation, zoom, and Light/Dark/System appearance • Copy buttons for code blocks • System sharing for opened documents • Toolbar controls on iPhone and iPad, with hardware keyboard shortcuts and menus on iPad • Built-in Supported Formats reference on iPad • Safe handling for local links and images, with explicit read-only folder permission when a document references files outside its folder Meow & Purr is designed as a focused read-only viewer for local Markdown documents.
Text Editor
A fast and simple editor for plain text, notes, and Markdown. Highlight Markdown as you type and switch to a preview mode. Your files are saved locally, offering full control and ownership of your writing.
- Live Markdown highlighting
- Preview mode
- Local file saving
- Multiple themes
- Find & Replace
- Export options
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A simple, fast editor for Markdown, notes, and code. Open it and start typing. There's no account to make and nothing to set up. Your Markdown is highlighted as you write — headings, bold, links, lists, code blocks — and when you want to see how it'll look, switch to Preview. Everything saves as a normal file in the Files app and iCloud Drive, so your writing stays yours: open it anywhere, move it, or back it up however you like. It's free to use, with what you need for everyday writing: • Live Markdown highlighting and a clean Preview • Four themes: System, Light, Dark, and Sepia • Find, a heading outline, and a live word count • A Markdown cheat sheet for when the syntax slips your mind • Your choice of font, size, and line spacing • Share or export as Markdown Text Editor Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: • Syntax highlighting in code blocks for Swift, Python, JavaScript, JSON, and more • Five more themes: Paper, Solarized Light, Solarized Dark, Nord, and Dracula • Focus and Typewriter modes for heads-down writing • Split View on iPad, so you can edit and preview at once • Line numbers • Find & Replace, with regular expressions • Writing stats: daily goals, streaks, and an all-time word count • Export to HTML and Rich Text It's made for iPhone and iPad, works with a hardware keyboard, supports dark mode, and fits into iPad multitasking. There are no ads and no tracking, and the app doesn't collect anything about you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meow & Purr at none against Text Editor's 1. Text Editor's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Meow & Purr asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Meow & Purr | Text Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubert Gajewski | Jake Haas |
In-app purchases
Meow & Purr
No in-app purchases
Text Editor
- Text Editor Pro$4.99





