Comparison

Tertiary Markdown vs Edge Mind Ai

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

Head to head
About

Tertiary Markdown

Features
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Tertiary Markdown is a fast, native Markdown notes app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It manages your files and folders the way Obsidian does — open any local folder as a vault and your notes stay as plain .md files you fully own. KEY FEATURES • Open any folder as a vault — fully compatible with your existing Obsidian vault. Your notes are plain Markdown files, never locked into a proprietary format. • File & folder management — browse, create, rename, and delete notes and folders from a clean sidebar. • Live preview editor — switch instantly between Edit, Split, and Preview. Your work autosaves as you type. • Images, Bear-style — embed pictures with standard Markdown ![](image.png) or Obsidian ![[image.png]] embeds, rendered inline. • Tables, Notion-style — GitHub-flavoured tables render as clean, bordered grids. • Everyday Markdown — headings, bold and italic, links, checklists, bullet and numbered lists, block quotes, and code blocks. • One app, every device — a true native experience on macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. Your notes never leave your device. Everything is stored as simple text files on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone, so you stay in control and your library is future-proof. Whether you keep a personal knowledge base, take meeting notes, or write long-form drafts, Tertiary Markdown gives you a distraction-free, Markdown-first workspace that travels with you.

About

Edge Mind Ai

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Edge Mind Ai is a privacy-first AI assistant that runs entirely on your iPhone and iPad. Your conversations, prompts, and photos never leave your device — all AI inference happens locally on Apple Silicon. There is no cloud server, no account required, and no data collection. RUN 20+ MODELS, LOCALLY Choose from a curated catalog of 21 open models from Apple Intelligence, Google Gemma, IBM Granite, Meta Llama, Microsoft Phi, DeepSeek, Mistral, Qwen, SmolLM, and Liquid AI. Switch between them mid-conversation. Download only the ones you want; delete them anytime to reclaim space. REAL CHAT, NOT A WRAPPER • Token-by-token streaming responses • Full Markdown rendering with code blocks and syntax highlighting • Multiple conversations — create, rename, and resume sessions from History • Attach a photo from your camera or library and ask a vision model about it • Voice dictation — speak your prompt; responses read back via on-device speech PRIVACY IS THE DEFAULT • Fully offline out of the box. Nothing is uploaded unless you turn on Live Search. • No telemetry, no analytics, no cloud sync, no login required. • A guest profile gets you chatting in one tap. • Optional Face ID / Touch ID / local credentials to protect your space. • Your HuggingFace token (for gated model downloads) is stored in the iOS Keychain. OPTIMIZED FOR YOUR DEVICE Edge Mind Ai detects your chip and tunes itself automatically — context windows of 2K–8K tokens and flash-attention acceleration on supported devices, so large models run within your iPhone's memory without crashing. OPTIONAL LIVE WEB SEARCH Turn on web grounding per prompt when you need fresh information. Bring your own key for Tavily, Brave Search, Serper (Google), or a self-hosted gateway. Search results come back with inline source citations. It's off by default — your AI stays local unless you ask it to look something up. CURATED, NOT THE WILD WEST The model catalog is hand-picked and capability-audited for this app's runtime. Thinking models stream a reasoning lane; vision models accept images; tool-calling models can trigger web search. Badges reflect what the app actually supports, not just marketing claims. WHO IT'S FOR • Privacy-conscious users who want private AI assistance without sending data to a server • Developers and researchers experimenting with local LLMs on iOS • Anyone who needs an AI assistant that works on a plane, underground, or offline • People who want to own their AI — models live on your device, under your control REQUIRES iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later and an A14 chip or newer for best results. MLX models run on physical Apple Silicon only (not the simulator). Apple Intelligence model requires a compatible device. Edge Mind Ai is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, IBM, Alibaba, Mistral, Hugging Face, or Liquid AI. Model weights are the property of their respective creators and are loaded under their original licenses.

Screenshots

Tertiary Markdown2 screens
Edge Mind Ai4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tertiary Markdown and Edge Mind Ai 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tertiary Markdown versus Edge Mind Ai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTertiary MarkdownEdge Mind Ai
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB77 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlfred AngVinoth Rajalingam

In-app purchases

None

Tertiary Markdown

No in-app purchases

None

Edge Mind Ai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tertiary Markdown free?
Tertiary Markdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Edge Mind Ai free?
Edge Mind Ai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tertiary Markdown or Edge Mind Ai have ads?
Neither Tertiary Markdown nor Edge Mind Ai shows ads.

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