북극성 vs Markdown Editor & Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
북극성
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북극성은 해야 할 일을 더 많이 만드는 앱이 아니라, 내가 중요하게 여기는 방향을 잃지 않도록 돕는 개인 방향성 수첩입니다. 간단한 설문을 통해 나의 북극성을 정하고, 연간 목표, 이번 달 목표, 이번 주 목표, 오늘의 실행 목표까지 이어지는 항로를 만들 수 있습니다. 목표는 목록으로만 남지 않고 별자리처럼 연결되어 보이며, 오늘의 작은 실행이 내가 향하는 방향과 어떻게 이어지는지 확인할 수 있습니다. 오늘 탭에서는 오늘 붙잡을 실행 목표를 확인하고, 완료 여부와 한 줄 회고를 남길 수 있습니다. 오늘이 북극성에 얼마나 가까웠는지 방향감 점수로 기록하면, 최근 흐름과 캘린더에 나만의 방향 흔적이 쌓입니다. 새로운 방향이 생기면 기존 항로를 보관하고 새 북극성 항로를 만들 수 있습니다. 이전 항로는 사라지지 않고, 다시 돌아볼 수 있는 기록으로 남습니다. 북극성은 로그인 없이 사용할 수 있으며, 기록은 기본적으로 사용자의 기기 안에 저장됩니다. 주요 기능 - 설문 기반 북극성 설정 - 연간, 월간, 주간, 오늘 실행 목표 연결 - 별자리 형태의 북극성 항로 시각화 - 오늘 실행 목표 체크리스트 - 한 줄 회고와 방향감 점수 기록 - 캘린더 기반 실행/회고/방향감 확인 - 이전 북극성 항로 보관 및 다시 불러오기 - 로그인 없이 사용 가능
Markdown Editor & Notes
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You don’t need to learn all of Markdown. # at the start of a line makes a heading, - makes a bullet, and / opens a menu of tables, checklists and diagrams. Those three are all you need to keep notes that read far better than a plain notes app. What you type takes shape where you typed it, so there is no preview pane to switch to. No Google account is required — the app works with this device alone. Sign in and your notes are kept in your own Google Drive, becoming a private notebook you can pick up from Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone or the browser. ■ Open what AI writes Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another AI to summarize something in Markdown, then open it here as is — it reads cleanly and stays editable. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can paste it back into an AI to keep going, or drop it straight into Notion or GitHub without reformatting. ■ Ask AI (with your own API key) Add an API key for OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude) or Google (Gemini) and you can ask AI from inside the app. · On selected text — polish, shorten, make formal, translate, turn into a table or a diagram · From the whole note — meeting notes & to-dos, summarize, extract to-dos, tidy into Markdown, continue writing · In your own words — have it draft a how-to or a first version Check the answer before it goes into your note, and undo it in one step. Usage is billed by the service you choose, and your key stays on this device. ■ What people use it for · A notepad that reads better — jot things down and they turn into tidy headings and bullet points. As light as a plain text editor, far easier to read back · Meeting notes — organize the discussion as it happens and put decisions in a table · To-do lists and tasks — list what needs doing as a checklist and tick items off · Journal, diary and daily log — keep a note per day and find anything later with full-text search · A personal wiki — link notes to one another and build a notebook of what you know · Docs, how-tos and blog drafts — outline with headings, then paste the plain Markdown anywhere · A Markdown viewer — open an .md file and read it with its tables and headings in place · Code and command snippets — kept with syntax highlighting, copied in one click ■ Features · Styling as you type — headings, bold, italic, quotes, rules, footnotes and nested lists are formatted the moment you write them · Type / at the start of a line to insert tables, checklists, diagrams, math and more · Tables render as tables — click one to go back to the raw Markdown and edit it · Diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams and more) from mermaid syntax, and math from TeX, drawn inline · Collapsible sections (details) and clickable checkboxes · Code blocks with syntax highlighting and a one-click copy button · Images and file attachments, with PDFs opening right in the app · Paste a URL and get a link preview card · Full-text search across all your notes · Six themes (Light, Sepia, Solar, Dark, Night, Contrast) and three text sizes · Available in 12 languages ■ Choose where your notes live · Google Drive — saved automatically, with no save button. Your Drive folders stay as they are, and shared drives and multiple Google accounts are supported · On this device — no sign-in needed. On Mac and Windows you can also open any folder you already have · In Google Drive, the app only touches files it created and files you explicitly open ■ About usage · Free to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Markdown Editor & Notes at 4 against 북극성's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
북극성 ships an update every 3 days, Markdown Editor & Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 북극성 | Markdown Editor & Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INHO SHIN | Makoto Kobayashi |
In-app purchases
북극성
No in-app purchases
Markdown Editor & Notes
No in-app purchases









