Comparison

Glimpse vs Inkstone Notes Markdown

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

Head to head
About

Glimpse

This app allows you to quickly preview HTML reports, Markdown notes, and zipped web exports received on your device. You can save files locally, organize them with search and filters, and read them with customizable viewing options. It's ideal for AI reports, web presentations, and personal notes.

Highlights
  • Preview HTML, Markdown, TXT, and ZIP files
  • Browse documents as thumbnail cards
  • Search filenames and apply filters
  • Save and manage local files
  • Customizable reading modes (dark mode, font size)
  • Desktop mode for HTML viewing
Features
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Glimpse is a lightweight viewer for HTML reports, Markdown notes, and zipped web exports. Open files received on your phone from Files or the system share sheet, save them locally, and return to them whenever you need. Features: • Browse your documents as thumbnail cards • Search filenames and combine Favorites with Markdown or HTML filters • Preview HTML, Markdown, TXT, and ZIP web bundles • Preview and save files directly from the share sheet • Keep a local history, favorite important files, and delete local copies from a card’s context menu • Read Markdown with an outline, adjustable font size and line spacing, and dark mode • View HTML with zoom, portrait or landscape orientation, and desktop mode • Dynamic scripts and external content are disabled by default and can be enabled when needed • Read on iPhone and iPad with sidebar navigation • English and Chinese interfaces with matching HTML and Markdown samples and illustrated guides Imported files are stored locally on your device. Glimpse is useful for AI reports, web presentations, meeting materials, personal notes, and development demos.

About

Inkstone Notes Markdown

A Markdown writing app that stores notes as plain .md files in iCloud Drive. It offers a native editor with syntax highlighting, live preview, and supports linking between notes. Notes can be exported to PDF or HTML.

Highlights
  • Plain .md file storage in iCloud Drive
  • Native Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
  • Live preview with KaTeX and Mermaid support
  • Bi-directional note linking
  • Export to PDF and HTML
  • Task lists and image attachments
Features
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Inkstone is a Markdown writing app that keeps your notes as ordinary .md files in a folder you can open from anywhere. Your notes are files Every note is a plain Markdown file in iCloud Drive. Open the same folder from a Mac, edit it in another app, or move it somewhere else entirely — nothing is locked in a database, and nothing needs exporting. Writing, not formatting A native editor with syntax highlighting and live preview that hides the markup outside the paragraph you are working in. Formulas render with KaTeX and diagrams with Mermaid, both bundled, so neither needs a network. Notes that link to each other Write [[a note's title]] to link to it. Backlinks show what points at the note you are reading, unwritten links can be created in a tap, and renaming a note carries its links with it. Publishing Eight typesetting styles, each with its own heading treatment, for pasting into a publishing composer as rich text with the formatting intact. Export to PDF or HTML, with images carried inside the document. Also Callouts, task lists you can tick from the preview, a note for each day, outlines, inline tags, full-text search, and image attachments.

Screenshots

Glimpse3 screens
Inkstone Notes Markdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inkstone Notes Markdown at $0.99 against Glimpse's $4.99. On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Glimpse costs $4.99 and Inkstone Notes Markdown $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Glimpse versus Inkstone Notes Markdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlimpseInkstone Notes Markdown
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer浩 郭bo chen

Customer experience

Glimpse

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Inkstone Notes Markdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Glimpse

No in-app purchases

None

Inkstone Notes Markdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glimpse free?
Glimpse costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inkstone Notes Markdown free?
Inkstone Notes Markdown costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Glimpse or Inkstone Notes Markdown have ads?
Neither Glimpse nor Inkstone Notes Markdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glimpse or Inkstone Notes Markdown?
Glimpse ships an update every 2 days, and Inkstone Notes Markdown every 2 days. Most recently, Glimpse was updated on October 8, 2026 and Inkstone Notes Markdown on October 9, 2026.

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