Comparison

Marklens vs Document Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Marklens

This app is a fast, native Markdown viewer for macOS, iPadOS, and iPhone. It renders .md files instantly with beautiful typography, themes, syntax highlighting, and diagrams. Designed for reading, it offers a private and friction-free experience.

Highlights
  • Instant Markdown rendering
  • Syntax highlighting for 30+ languages
  • Mermaid diagram support
  • GitHub-Flavored Markdown
  • Light and dark themes
  • Export to PDF
  • Quick Look preview on macOS
Features
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Marklens is a fast, native Markdown viewer for macOS, iPadOS, and iPhone. Open any .md file with a click and see it rendered immediately — beautiful typography, light and dark themes, syntax-highlighted code, and Mermaid diagrams. No editor, no library, no friction. HIGHLIGHTS • Instant render — every .md opens in a clean, focused window • 30+ language syntax highlighting via highlight.js, bundled offline • Mermaid 11 diagrams — flowcharts, sequence, state, xy-charts and more • GitHub-Flavored Markdown — tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough • Light and dark theme matching the system appearance • Quick Look on macOS — press Space on any .md in Finder for a rendered preview • Export to PDF on every platform • Pinch-to-zoom on iPadOS and iPhone, ⌘+ / ⌘− / ⌘0 on macOS • Open files via drag-and-drop, the Share Sheet, or the Files app MADE FOR READING Marklens doesn't try to be a notes app or a knowledge base. It opens a file, renders it perfectly, and gets out of the way. If you write Markdown in another tool — VS Code, Obsidian, GitHub, your favorite text editor — Marklens is the viewer you reach for to look at the result. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Marklens collects nothing. No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reports, no network requests. Every rendering asset — Mermaid, highlight.js, fonts — ships inside the app. Read the full privacy policy at https://donald-jackson.github.io/marklens/privacy/ OPEN SOURCE Marklens is MIT-licensed and developed in the open. Source, issues, and contribution guide live at https://github.com/donald-jackson/marklens.

About

Document Viewer

Features
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Palmory is a mobile viewer for Markdown notes, HTML artifacts, PDFs, and related files hosted in GitHub repositories. It is built for browsing knowledge vaults, design docs, research notes, and AI-generated HTML reports on mobile. Use Palmory to open a repository, browse folders, read Markdown, view safe HTML artifacts, search your indexed content, and return to recently opened notes. Palmory stores your GitHub token in local secure storage on your device and keeps repository indexes and cached content local to the app. The current release focuses on viewing and search. It does not edit repository files, commit changes, push branches, resolve merge conflicts, or run a backend operated by GAVRRI. It also does not include ads, tracking, or paid features. Palmory is an independent app and is not affiliated with GitHub, Inc.

Screenshots

Marklens3 screens
Document Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Document Viewer at every 2 weeks against Marklens's monthly. Document Viewer also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Marklens ships an update monthly, Document Viewer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Marklens versus Document Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarklensDocument Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDonald JacksonGAVRRI

In-app purchases

None

Marklens

No in-app purchases

None

Document Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Marklens free?
Marklens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Document Viewer free?
Document Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Marklens or Document Viewer have ads?
Neither Marklens nor Document Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Marklens or Document Viewer?
Marklens ships an update monthly, and Document Viewer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Marklens was updated on September 19, 2026 and Document Viewer on September 27, 2026.

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