Comparison

MDPeek vs md Viewer

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

Head to head
About

MDPeek

Features
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MDPeek opens Markdown the way it was meant to be read: instantly, and beautifully rendered. Tap a .md file and it appears as a clean, GitHub-style document โ€” no raw symbols, no fuss. One app for iPhone and iPad, with the same rendering engine as MDPeek for Mac, so a document looks the same everywhere you read it. VIEW EVERYTHING, FREE โ€ข Full GitHub-Flavored Markdown: headings, bold, lists, links โ€ข Tables with alignment, task lists, and strikethrough โ€ข Fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting โ€ข LaTeX math, typeset beautifully (inline and display equations) โ€ข Images that sit next to your document โ€ข Automatic light and dark mode โ€ข Outline view to jump between headings โ€ข Opens Markdown from Files, iCloud Drive, and any app that can share a file MDPeek PRO Unlock the tools you reach for once Markdown is part of your workflow: โ€ข Edit mode โ€” a live editor beside the preview on iPad, stacked on iPhone โ€ข Export to Word (.docx) โ€” tables, images, and formatting intact โ€ข Every future Pro feature, included Pro is a universal purchase: buy it once and it unlocks MDPeek on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Choose once: Pro Lifetime, or an inexpensive yearly plan. PRIVATE BY DESIGN MDPeek collects nothing. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your documents are read on your device and never leave it. The only network request MDPeek ever makes is to show a remote image your own document links to. Perfect for developers reading READMEs, writers drafting in Markdown, students taking notes, and anyone who just wants their .md files to look right. MDPeek Pro Yearly is an auto-renewing subscription (US$1.99/year). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. A one-time Lifetime option is also available. Privacy Policy: https://techcardiff.github.io/privacy.html ยท Terms (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

md Viewer

Features
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md Viewer opens Markdown files, shows them cleanly formatted right away, and lets you edit that same text in place, create new documents, and save them back to the file. No file browser. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Open a .md or .txt file from the Files app or the share menu. md Viewer renders headings, lists, tables, bold/italic, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and quotes. No raw text, no characters to decode. CREATE, EDIT, SAVE Start without a file: tap Paste on the start screen to take text from the clipboard, or choose Blank Document. The draft opens straight in the editor. The red checkmark saves it as a new .md file; you pick the folder and name in the Files dialog. After that, the checkmark writes to that same file as usual. Existing files: tap Edit in the top right. The preview turns into a text editor. Save with the red checkmark; after a short confirmation the original file is overwritten. The X discards your changes (after a confirmation), and the arrow steps back through individual changes. No autosave, no export, no second copy. .txt files open in the app and in the share extension too. When you edit a .txt, the app also offers Save as Markdown. If you only want to read, none of this gets in the way. Every file opens in the formatted preview first. WHY SO MINIMAL? Most Markdown apps today are full editors with file management, cloud sync, and menus. Handy, but too much when you just want to read a file quickly, jot down a quick note, or fix a typo now and then. md Viewer deliberately does only that: tap a file, read, change or create if needed, done. FEATURES - Open via Open With in the Files app or straight from the share menu (mail attachments, AirDrop). The share extension shows the document formatted right away, without switching apps - Create a new document from pasted or typed text and save it as a .md file - Opens .md and .txt - Keep several documents open at once: as tabs on iPad, via the Open Documents list on iPhone. Open files come back after a restart - Find in the document with the magnifying glass or โŒ˜F, plus Find and Replace while editing - Clean Markdown rendering: headings, lists, task lists, tables (scroll horizontally), code blocks with syntax highlighting, quotes, links, images - Edit and save in place in the open file, with a confirmation before overwriting and before closing with unsaved changes - Full Unicode support: emoji, Arabic and Hebrew (right-to-left), Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters - Supports Dynamic Type and VoiceOver - Automatic Dark Mode / Light Mode - Runs entirely offline: md Viewer loads nothing from the internet, not even images PRIVACY md Viewer collects no data at all. No analytics, no tracking, no account, no cloud sync. Files you open, edit, and create are processed only locally on your device. Only your open documents and folders allowed for images are remembered, locally, and you can remove either at any time. The clipboard is read only when you explicitly tap Paste. Who is it for? Anyone who regularly receives or manages .md or .txt files (notes, READMEs, technical docs, meeting notes) and wants to read them quickly and cleanly, edit them now and then, or jot down a new one, without opening a full editor.

Screenshots

MDPeek4 screens
md Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: md Viewer at none against MDPeek's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. MDPeek sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. md Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
MDPeek versus md Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMDPeekmd Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCARDIFF PRIVATE LIMITEDEric Pierre Bertrand

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MDPeek

Subscriptions1
  • MDPeek Pro$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • MDPeek Pro$5.99
None

md Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MDPeek free?
MDPeek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is md Viewer free?
md Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MDPeek or md Viewer have ads?
Neither MDPeek nor md Viewer shows ads.

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