Comparison

md Viewer vs .html

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

Head to head
About

md Viewer

Features
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Your Markdown files deserve better than plain text. md Viewer opens them as real documents: headings, tables, diagrams, maps and callouts display beautifully on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Open a file from Files, an email or another app: it's ready to read. Need the gist? The app 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. WHAT YOU'LL LOVE β€’ Faithful rendering: headings, tables, lists, quotes. β€’ Mermaid diagrams (flowcharts, sequences, Gantt, mind maps) and maps, zoomable full screen. β€’ Callouts and wiki-links, compatible with Obsidian notes. β€’ Presentation mode: your document becomes a slideshow. β€’ Export to PDF, Word and PowerPoint. β€’ On-device AI summary, chat and translation. β€’ Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts: β€œOpen the latest report”. β€’ Dark mode and an interface in 5 languages. OFFLINE AND PRIVATE No account, nothing uploaded: your documents stay on your devices. Only map tiles load online. The AI requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible device.

About

.html

Features
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.html is an HTML document viewer. It is not an editor: no code writing, no console, no syntax highlighting. It stores the HTML files you already have, keeps them organized, and opens them when you need them. AI generates more HTML files than ever: reports, calculators, dashboards, interactive summaries. They come out of a chat, get opened once in a browser, and disappear among tabs and downloads. .html is the tool for handling them. WHAT IT DOES β€’ Saves every HTML inside the app β€” its own copy, which opens offline. β€’ Shows it full screen, with no address bar and no tabs. β€’ Runs the document as it is: its scripts, styles and buttons all work. β€’ Organizes files into folders, with pinned documents on top and sorting by date, name, or your own order by dragging. β€’ Groups them by date automatically: today, yesterday, last 7 days, last 30 days. β€’ Searches by title. MEMORY A document opened in Safari starts from scratch every time. Not here: whatever the document saves stays saved. Tick a checkbox in a list, fill in a form, switch a tab in a dashboard β€” close the app, come back days later, and it is exactly as you left it. Each document keeps its own state, and none can read another's. PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics. The app never connects to a server: your documents never leave your iPhone. ADDING DOCUMENTS Through the + button, which opens the Files app and shows only HTML files. Also via Β«Open withΒ» from Files or Safari.

Screenshots

md Viewer4 screens
.html3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: md Viewer at 3 against .html's 1. .html's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

md Viewer ships an update fortnightly, .html every 9 days. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
md Viewer versus .html: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermd Viewer.html
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.418.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick OstertagLUCAS LONGUEIRA MARINO

In-app purchases

None

md Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

.html

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is md Viewer free?
md Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is .html free?
.html is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do md Viewer or .html have ads?
Neither md Viewer nor .html shows ads.
Which is updated more often, md Viewer or .html?
md Viewer ships an update fortnightly, and .html every 9 days. Most recently, md Viewer was updated on September 27, 2026 and .html on September 27, 2026.

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