Comparison

Plans vs Markdown.md

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

Head to head
About

Plans

A minimalist app for organizing notes, tasks, and daily plans. Features include rich text formatting, subtasks, reminders, and customizable widgets for quick access. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Rich text notes with formatting and photos
  • Task lists with subtasks and reminders
  • Daily and weekly planning views
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Quick access via share sheet and Siri
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Export notes to Markdown
Features
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Plans is a minimalist app for notes, tasks and planning. Everything you need at hand, nothing extra on screen. NOTES • Formatting, lists and photos right in the text • Folders, pinning and search • Save text and links from other apps with the share sheet TASKS • Add a task in a single line • Lists with subtasks • Time, reminders and daily repeat • Move a task to another day with a swipe • Turn a task into a note — or send a note to your tasks PLANNING • Today — only what needs doing now • Upcoming — the week ahead and a month of calendar WIDGETS AND QUICK ACCESS • Today's tasks on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, marked done right there • A new task or note from the app icon, or by voice with Siri PLANS PRO A one-time purchase, no subscriptions: • Reminders ahead of time — an hour, a day, or any moment you set • Repeat on weekdays, weekends or any days you choose • Four more themes and app icons • Note fonts: Rounded, Monospaced, Charter, and Avenir Next • Export all notes to Markdown Sync across your devices with iCloud. Light and dark themes.

About

Markdown.md

This app offers a fast, offline Markdown reader and editor with advanced rendering capabilities, including syntax highlighting and diagram support. Organize your documents with folders and tags, and export them in various formats. It prioritizes privacy with no account or tracking required.

Highlights
  • Offline Markdown reading and editing
  • Advanced rendering with syntax highlighting
  • Support for diagrams, math, and images
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Document organization with folders and tags
  • Export to PDF, HTML, and Markdown
  • Privacy-focused with no tracking
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Markdown.md is a beautiful, blazing-fast Markdown reader, editor, and library — built to work 100% offline, with no account and no tracking. Whether you live in READMEs, technical docs, meeting notes, or your own writing, every document renders cleanly and opens instantly. BEAUTIFUL RENDERING Headings, bold, italics, tables, task lists, blockquotes, and nested lists all render with care. Fenced code blocks get real syntax highlighting for dozens of languages. Mermaid diagrams — flowcharts, sequence, Gantt, class, and state — and Excalidraw sketches render inline. SVG graphics, LaTeX math, footnotes, images, and embedded video links are supported too, along with YAML frontmatter. MAKE READING YOURS Choose a reading font and a separate code font from the system faces plus 100+ bundled typefaces, with a searchable picker and favorites. Fine-tune text size, line spacing, and content width (Narrow, Normal, Wide). Pick from 14+ built-in themes — GitHub, Solarized, One Dark, Dracula, Nord, Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Gruvbox, Rosé Pine, Ayu, Everforest, Night Owl, Kanagawa, Monokai — each in light and dark, or craft your own with a color picker. Set backgrounds like Paper or Sepia, and override the theme per document. Move through long files with a searchable outline and a scrubber, find text with a live match counter, flip to raw source, and pick up right where you left off. A REAL EDITOR, BUILT IN Write and edit with a syntax-highlighted editor and a full formatting toolbar: headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, bullet/numbered/task lists, blockquotes, indent and outdent, plus one-tap insert for links, images, tables, and code blocks. Undo and redo, autosave, live preview, and word, character, line, and reading-time stats. ORGANIZE YOUR LIBRARY Keep everything tidy with folders, tags, and full-text search. Sort by name, created, or last opened, filter by folder or tag, and switch between list and grid. Rename, duplicate, move, and delete with ease. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Open files from the Files app, the Share Sheet, and AirDrop, paste a link to any Markdown file, or browse public GitHub repositories by owner/repo or URL — then read them offline. EXPORT & SHARE Turn any document into a polished PDF, HTML, Markdown, or plain-text file, each with a preview before you share. Back up and restore your entire library too. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE The attachments panel automatically gathers every link, image, code block, diagram, video, and footnote into one searchable view — copy links, view code, or save images to Photos or Files. HIGHLIGHTS & BOOKMARKS Highlight passages in five colors, add notes, and jump straight back to them anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Rendering happens on-device with all assets bundled — no CDN, no account, no tracking. Turn on iCloud to sync documents, folders, tags, bookmarks, and appearance across devices, or keep everything local. Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID. BUILT FOR iPHONE, iPAD & MAC Enjoy a sidebar and split view on iPad, and run it on your Mac. Free to use with up to 10 documents and 20 bookmarks. Unlock unlimited documents, bookmarks, and usage with Pro. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plans4 screens
Markdown.md4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plans at none against Markdown.md's 2. Plans also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Markdown.md sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Plans asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plans against 5.0 for Markdown.md. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Plans versus Markdown.md: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlansMarkdown.md
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLunus TechnologiesLife Utility Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Plans

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Markdown.md

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plans

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Markdown.md

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Plans free?
Plans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown.md free?
Markdown.md is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plans or Markdown.md?
Plans and Markdown.md are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Plans or Markdown.md have ads?
Neither Plans nor Markdown.md shows ads.

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