Comparison

MDflow vs Lorem

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

Head to head
About

MDflow

Features
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MDflow is an online markdown workspace for writing in a clean, portable format and keeping your knowledge organized. This is the official iOS companion — your whole workspace, ready on iPhone and iPad. Sign in and pick up exactly where you left off on the web. Browse your folders and favorites, search across your entire workspace, and edit any document with autosave so your work is always kept. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Sign in securely with Apple, Google, GitHub, or Microsoft • Browse folders, subfolders, and your favorite documents • Search across your whole workspace and jump straight to a match • Write and edit in clean Markdown with a live rendered preview • Autosave keeps your changes without a manual save • Create new documents and folders on the go • Rename, move, favorite, and delete documents • Unlock password-protected documents, encrypted on your device with Face ID • Adjust text size for comfortable reading and writing • Pull to refresh to sync the latest changes YOUR CONTENT, YOUR FORMAT Everything you write stays as plain Markdown — portable, future-proof, and never locked into a proprietary format. Sensitive documents are encrypted with a password directly on your device, so their contents are never visible to the server. EVEN MORE ON THE WEB MDflow on the web adds side-by-side editing and preview, version history, collections, public and private sharing, import and export, and a full API and MCP server for scripts and AI agents. The iOS app keeps that same workspace in your pocket. Learn more at mdflow.cz Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Lorem

Features
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Lorem is a local-first Markdown app for documenting and organizing things. Every note is a plain .md file in a folder you choose — readable by any editor, today and in twenty years. WRITE • A clean Markdown editor that renders as you type: headings, lists, tasks, tables, code, callouts, footnotes • Link notes with [[wikilinks]] or @mentions and see every backlink • Attach photos, videos, audio and files; play audio in the background • Daily notes with a quick log — also from Shortcuts and the Action button ORGANIZE • Turn a folder into a database: each note is a row, its front matter becomes properties • Table, list, gallery and cover flow views with filters, sorts and groups • Select, date, checkbox, relation and formula properties • Embed a database inside any note YOURS • No account. No analytics. No tracking. • Files live on your device, in a folder you pick • Optional sync through your own private iCloud — the developer can't read it • The same workspace on iPhone, Mac and Windows

Screenshots

MDflow4 screens
Lorem4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lorem at 17.2 against MDflow's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
MDflow versus Lorem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMDflowLorem
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.517.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDataOps, s.r.o.Jiyong Ahn

In-app purchases

None

MDflow

No in-app purchases

None

Lorem

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MDflow free?
MDflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lorem free?
Lorem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MDflow or Lorem have ads?
Neither MDflow nor Lorem shows ads.

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