MDPeek vs md Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
MDPeek
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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 โข Full GitHub-Flavored Markdown: headings, bold, lists, links โข Tables with alignment, task lists, and strikethrough โข Fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting โข LaTeX math, typeset beautifully (inline and display equations) โข Images that sit next to your document โข Automatic light and dark mode โข Outline view to jump between headings โข 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: โข Edit mode โ a live editor beside the preview on iPad, stacked on iPhone โข Export to Word (.docx) โ tables, images, and formatting intact โข 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/
md Viewer
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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 โF, 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.
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Verdict
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.
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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.
| Parameter | MDPeek | md Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CARDIFF PRIVATE LIMITED | Eric Pierre Bertrand |
In-app purchases
MDPeek
- MDPeek Pro$1.991 Year
- MDPeek Pro$5.99
md Viewer
No in-app purchases









