md Viewer vs Markdown.md
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
md Viewer
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Your Markdown files deserve better than plain text. AI assistants write in Markdown: reports, briefs, news digests, meeting notes. md Viewer is made for reading what they produce. md Viewer turns them into real documents: headings, tables, diagrams, maps and callouts display cleanly on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Open a file from Files, an email or another app: it is ready to read. A report to present? The app turns it into a slideshow: choose the number of slides and watch them build one by one, with the report's images, maps and diagrams. Need the gist? It summarises the document and answers your questions about it. Written in another language? It translates it. Everything happens on your device, even offline. Free, no account; the Analytic option is a one-time purchase. WHAT YOU'LL LOVE • Faithful rendering: headings, tables, lists, quotes, footnotes. • Five reading themes, in light and dark. • Mermaid diagrams (flowcharts, sequences, Gantt, mind maps) and maps, zoomable full screen. • Callouts and wiki links, compatible with Obsidian notes. • Report-to-presentation conversion, and a slideshow with eleven transitions. • Export to PDF, Word and PowerPoint. • AI summary, chat and translation, on device. • On a large screen, the presentation, summary or chat next to the document. • Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts: "Open the latest report". • An interface in 15 languages. ANALYTIC OPTION To read beyond the text, a one-time purchase: • The people, organisations, places and products in the document, in a gallery and on a map. • Annotate with Apple Pencil, finger or mouse: your notes carry into PDF and Word exports. • Import your Word, PDF and PowerPoint documents, one at a time or a whole folder. • Share a page from Safari: md Viewer turns it into a reading sheet, translated into your language. • Search across all your reports, and find them in Spotlight. • Present on two screens, with your notes and the timer. • Several windows to compare, and your actions in Shortcuts. Everything is computed on the device; Wikidata is consulted only if you agree. OFFLINE AND PRIVATE No account, no upload: your documents stay on your devices. Only map tiles load online. AI features require an Apple Intelligence-compatible device, in a language it supports.
Markdown.md
This app offers a fast, offline Markdown reader and editor with advanced rendering capabilities, including syntax highlighting and diagram support. Organize your documents with folders and tags, and export them in various formats. It prioritizes privacy with no account or tracking required.
- Offline Markdown reading and editing
- Advanced rendering with syntax highlighting
- Support for diagrams, math, and images
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Document organization with folders and tags
- Export to PDF, HTML, and Markdown
- Privacy-focused with no tracking
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Markdown.md is a beautiful, blazing-fast Markdown reader, editor, and library — built to work 100% offline, with no account and no tracking. Whether you live in READMEs, technical docs, meeting notes, or your own writing, every document renders cleanly and opens instantly. BEAUTIFUL RENDERING Headings, bold, italics, tables, task lists, blockquotes, and nested lists all render with care. Fenced code blocks get real syntax highlighting for dozens of languages. Mermaid diagrams — flowcharts, sequence, Gantt, class, and state — and Excalidraw sketches render inline. SVG graphics, LaTeX math, footnotes, images, and embedded video links are supported too, along with YAML frontmatter. MAKE READING YOURS Choose a reading font and a separate code font from the system faces plus 100+ bundled typefaces, with a searchable picker and favorites. Fine-tune text size, line spacing, and content width (Narrow, Normal, Wide). Pick from 14+ built-in themes — GitHub, Solarized, One Dark, Dracula, Nord, Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Gruvbox, Rosé Pine, Ayu, Everforest, Night Owl, Kanagawa, Monokai — each in light and dark, or craft your own with a color picker. Set backgrounds like Paper or Sepia, and override the theme per document. Move through long files with a searchable outline and a scrubber, find text with a live match counter, flip to raw source, and pick up right where you left off. A REAL EDITOR, BUILT IN Write and edit with a syntax-highlighted editor and a full formatting toolbar: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, bullet/numbered/task lists, blockquotes, indent and outdent, plus one-tap insert for links, images, tables, and code blocks. Undo and redo, autosave, live preview, and word, character, line, and reading-time stats. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY Keep everything tidy with folders, tags, and full-text search. Sort by name, created, or last opened, filter by folder or tag, and switch between list and grid. Rename, duplicate, move, and delete with ease. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Open files from the Files app, the Share Sheet, and AirDrop, paste a link to any Markdown file, or browse public GitHub repositories by owner/repo or URL — then read them offline. EXPORT & SHARE Turn any document into a polished PDF, HTML, Markdown, or plain-text file, each with a preview before you share. Back up and restore your entire library too. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE The attachments panel automatically gathers every link, image, code block, diagram, video, and footnote into one searchable view — copy links, view code, or save images to Photos or Files. HIGHLIGHTS & BOOKMARKS Highlight passages in five colors, add notes, and jump straight back to them anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Rendering happens on-device with all assets bundled — no CDN, no account, no tracking. Turn on iCloud to sync documents, folders, tags, bookmarks, and appearance across devices, or keep everything local. Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID. BUILT FOR iPHONE, iPAD & MAC Enjoy a sidebar and split view on iPad, and run it on your Mac. Free to use with up to 10 documents and 20 bookmarks. Unlock unlimited documents, bookmarks, and usage with Pro. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
md Viewer and Markdown.md are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. md Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Markdown.md sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | md Viewer | Markdown.md |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 | 26.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Ostertag | Life Utility Apps, LLC |
In-app purchases
md Viewer
- Analytic$2.99
Markdown.md
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Lifetime Access$19.99









