Comparison

Focus Lens vs MDacrobat

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

Head to head
About

Focus Lens

Features
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Reuse the words in a screenshot without typing them again: import an image, recognize the text, then copy or export it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Import photos and screenshots from your library • Select multiple images • Recognize text on device • Review and select the result • Copy text or export a TXT file • Revisit recent recognitions on this device GET STARTED 1. Choose a photo or screenshot from your library. 2. Recognize the text and check it against the image. 3. Copy the words you need or export a TXT file. Current features require no account or purchase. Recognition depends on image clarity and content, so check important details against the source image. Open the app and start with the workflow that fits your next task.

About

MDacrobat

This app provides a comprehensive Markdown editing experience for iPhone and iPad, offering live previews, robust export options, and offline functionality. It treats Markdown files as editable documents with advanced features for formatting and organization.

Highlights
  • Live GitHub-Flavored Markdown preview
  • Offline rendering of math, code, and diagrams
  • Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
  • Export to PDF, HTML, DOCX, RTF, and plain text
  • Native document browser integration
  • Hardware keyboard shortcuts on iPad
Features
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MDacrobat is the complete Markdown app for iPhone and iPad — what Acrobat is for PDF, MDacrobat is for Markdown. It treats your .md files as real documents, with a live, reference-quality preview and honest export, and your files stay ordinary Markdown on disk. No account, no sync service, no tracking, no ads. LIVE PREVIEW • GitHub-Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough, autolinks • Math with KaTeX, code highlighting, and Mermaid diagrams — all rendered offline • Flicker-free updates and synced scrolling between editor and preview • Tap task checkboxes in the preview to check them off in the source • Five typographic themes, light and dark EDITOR BUILT FOR MARKDOWN • Live syntax highlighting, smart list continuation, and auto-pairing • A formatting bar above the keyboard, and full hardware-keyboard shortcuts on iPad • Front matter shown as a tidy metadata card DESIGNED FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Native document browser (works with the Files app and iCloud Drive) • Side-by-side editor and preview on iPad; editor / split / preview modes everywhere • Outline sidebar to jump between headings EXPORT & SHARE • PDF, self-contained HTML, Word (.docx), RTF, and plain text • Copy as HTML, print, and share anywhere Your documents never leave your device. MDacrobat works entirely offline.

Screenshots

Focus Lens4 screens
MDacrobat2 screens

Verdict

The call

Focus Lens and MDacrobat 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
Focus Lens versus MDacrobat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus LensMDacrobat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玉凤 崔Prabhjot Singh Sandhu

In-app purchases

None

Focus Lens

No in-app purchases

None

MDacrobat

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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