Comparison

Text Editor vs ClipMD

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live Markdown highlighting
  • Preview mode
  • Local file saving
  • Multiple themes
  • Find & Replace
  • Export options
Features
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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.

About

ClipMD

Features
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ClipMD turns web pages and copied text into clean Markdown clips you keep on your device. Paste a URL or share a page to ClipMD, and it extracts the article body and converts it to Markdown - headings, lists, and links included. Copy the result into your notes app, or keep it in ClipMD as a reading archive. Features: - Convert web pages to Markdown by URL or from the share sheet - Convert copied text in one tap - Clean extraction focused on the article body - Copy, share, edit, or delete any clip - Clips are stored locally on your device - Network access is used only to fetch pages you explicitly request - No account, no telemetry, no ads, no tracking Made for note-takers who live in Markdown: clip it now, paste it anywhere later.

Screenshots

Text Editor4 screens
ClipMD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClipMD at none against Text Editor's 1. 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. Text Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ClipMD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Text Editor versus ClipMD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText EditorClipMD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn HaasZEC Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Text Editor

One-time1
  • Text Editor Pro$4.99
None

ClipMD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Editor free?
Text Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClipMD free?
ClipMD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Editor or ClipMD have ads?
Neither Text Editor nor ClipMD shows ads.

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