Comparison

AnyMarkdown vs DocNavy

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

Head to head
About

AnyMarkdown

Features
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Turn almost any file into clean Markdown โ€” right on your iPhone and iPad, with every conversion running offline. AnyMarkdown converts documents, web pages, and images into well-structured Markdown, then gives you a powerful editor to polish and share the result. Every conversion happens on your device: your files are never uploaded to our servers or to any third party. CONVERT ALMOST ANYTHING โ€ข PDF โ€” text extraction with smart headings, plus OCR for scanned pages โ€ข Word (docx), EPUB, HTML, RTF โ€ข Excel (xlsx) and CSV โ€” turned into Markdown tables โ€ข PowerPoint (pptx) โ€” slides become headings and bullets โ€ข Images and screenshots โ€” text and tables via OCR โ€ข Jupyter notebooks, JSON, XML, and source code files โ€ข Web pages โ€” paste a link and get a clean, readable article BUILT FOR MARKDOWN โ€ข Full syntax highlighting as you type โ€ข Smart lists, task checkboxes, auto-pairing, and a dedicated keyboard toolbar โ€ข Visual table editor โ€” no more counting pipes by hand โ€ข Document outline for quick navigation โ€ข Find & replace โ€ข Live preview with adjustable themes ORGANIZE & SHARE โ€ข Library with full-text search, pinning, and grouping โ€ข iCloud sync keeps your library identical on iPhone and iPad, with an offline copy always kept on device โ€ข Send files or links from any app via the share sheet โ€ข Export as Markdown, HTML, or PDF โ€ข Word count that handles Chinese, Japanese, and Korean correctly PRIVATE BY DESIGN All conversion and OCR run locally on your device โ€” nothing is uploaded for processing. The network is used only when you import a web link, or when your own documents sync through your private iCloud account. No accounts to create, no tracking, no third-party servers. FREE & PRO Try it for free. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited conversions โ€” monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Whether you are a writer collecting research, a developer keeping notes, or a student turning lecture PDFs into editable notes, AnyMarkdown makes everything Markdown. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DocNavy

Features
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Turn PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and 10 more formats into clean Markdown โ€” entirely on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Your documents never leave the device. No server, no account, no upload. WHAT IT CONVERTS โ€ข PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, ODT, EPUB โ€ข XLS, XLSX, XLSB, ODS, CSV โ€ข PPT, PPTX, ODP WHAT SURVIVES THE CONVERSION Tables, merged cells, footnotes, headings, bold and italic, nested lists, math formulas as LaTeX, embedded images written out next to the Markdown, and โ€” when you convert a whole folder โ€” the folder structure itself. SCANNED PAGES, HANDLED PROPERLY Pages with no text layer go through on-device OCR. The language is detected automatically, so a Japanese invoice and an English contract in the same batch both come out right. Nothing is sent anywhere to make that happen. HONEST ABOUT QUALITY Every conversion comes with a per-page report: how many pages were read directly, how many needed OCR, how many failed, and why. Most converters hand you a file and hope you do not check. DocNavy tells you what it actually managed to read. BUILT FOR MARKDOWN PEOPLE Made for Obsidian, Logseq, Bear and plain-text vaults. Preview the result, read the raw Markdown side by side, then save the .md file wherever you keep your notes. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY DocNavy makes no network requests at all. You do not have to take our word for it: turn on Settings โ€บ Privacy & Security โ€บ App Privacy Report, use the app for a few days, and the domain list for DocNavy will stay empty. The App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected because that is literally what happens. FREE AND PRO The free tier is the whole app: all 14 formats, on-device OCR, whole-folder conversion, zip export and the full diagnostics report โ€” every page of every file, however long. One limit applies: 5 documents a day. Pro removes it and changes nothing else: no extra features, no watermark, no upsell. Take it monthly at $2.99 with a 3-day free trial, or pay $29.99 once and keep it. Either way it is a Universal Purchase, so buying on iPhone unlocks iPad and Mac too. Privacy Policy: https://docnavy.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://docnavy.com/terms

Screenshots

AnyMarkdown4 screens
DocNavy4 screens

Verdict

The call

AnyMarkdown and DocNavy are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. AnyMarkdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DocNavy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnyMarkdown ships an update every 9 days, DocNavy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AnyMarkdown versus DocNavy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnyMarkdownDocNavy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size105 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperๅŸน ๆŽThi Thanh Van Do

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AnyMarkdown

Subscriptions2
  • AnyMarkdown Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • AnyMarkdown Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • AnyMarkdown Pro Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

DocNavy

Subscriptions1
  • DocNavy Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • DocNavy Pro - Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is AnyMarkdown free?
AnyMarkdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocNavy free?
DocNavy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AnyMarkdown or DocNavy have ads?
Neither AnyMarkdown nor DocNavy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnyMarkdown or DocNavy?
AnyMarkdown ships an update every 9 days, and DocNavy weekly. Most recently, AnyMarkdown was updated on October 13, 2026 and DocNavy on October 4, 2026.

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