ZenNotes vs Hashleaf

ZenNotes is a local-first markdown notes app for writing, organizing, and connecting ideas without giving up ownership of your files. YOUR NOTES, YOUR FILES Every note is a plain .md file in a vault you control. Start with storage on your iPhone or iPad, use iCloud Drive, or open a folder through the system document picker. Local and iCloud vaults work without an account. ZENNOTES CLOUD Connect an optional ZenNotes Cloud plan to: • Sync a vault across ZenNotes desktop and mobile • Sync notes and attachments • Create manual and automatic daily backups • Restore a full vault or a single note from a backup • Publish notes to the web and manage their public links Cloud never replaces the free local-first workflow. Use it only when you want hosted sync, backup, or publishing. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Use a focused editor with headings, lists, tasks, tables, code, links, wikilinks, tags, callouts, footnotes, and frontmatter. A mobile formatting bar keeps common actions close to the keyboard, and a pinch resizes the text to your eyes. RICH, OFFLINE PREVIEW Render KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, JSXGraph, function plots, tables, callouts, and more directly on your device. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Pin your go-to notes and folders to the top, swipe rows to act on them, create and rename nested folders, browse tags, search the full vault, manage tasks, create periodic notes, and work with table databases stored as CSV. CAPTURE QUICKLY Create a quick note from the app or send text and links to ZenNotes from the iOS share sheet. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Start a note, open a recent one, or check today's tasks without opening the app. New Note also lives on the Lock Screen, and the widgets wear your theme. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT ZenNotes has no advertising or tracking. Local and iCloud notes stay in the storage you choose. When you enable ZenNotes Cloud, the account identity, connected-device information, and vault content needed for the Cloud features you use are sent to the ZenNotes service. Payment details are handled by Stripe. ZenNotes is open source. Your vault remains useful outside the app because it is made of ordinary files.

Hashleaf is a clean, focused viewer that makes Markdown documents easy to read on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Open Markdown files from local storage, iCloud Drive, Dropbox through the Files app, and other document providers. Features • Headings, lists, tables, block quotes, code blocks, and links • Images referenced with relative paths • Inline and display math • A table of contents generated from headings • Search within the displayed document • Open individual files or folders from Files and cloud storage • Open multiple documents, with separate windows on Mac • Adjustable text size and Light or Dark Mode • Share the original Markdown file • Finder Quick Look previews on Mac • UTF-8, UTF-16, and Shift_JIS text support Hashleaf Pro — one-time purchase • Advanced PDF export and self-contained HTML export • Export themes and custom CSS • PDF headers, footers, page numbers, and table of contents • Export multiple documents separately or as one combined document • Full-text folder search and broken-link checks • Live preview on Mac when an external editor saves a document One purchase unlocks Hashleaf Pro on iPhone, iPad, and Mac when the same Apple Account is used. Math rendering resources are bundled with the app. Selected documents and images are processed on your device and are not uploaded to the developer's servers.