Comparison

Markdown Editor vs Marko

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

Head to head
About

Markdown Editor

Features
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What you type is already what you read. A Markdown editor for Mac, iPad and the browser. There's no preview pane to switch to. Headings grow and take on color right where you type, tables become real tables with borders, checklists become clickable checkboxes, and diagrams are drawn in place. The screen you edit on is the finished document. ■ What people use it for · Turning meeting notes into headings and bullets as the meeting happens · Writing specs and how-tos, then sharing a link for review · Tracking tasks as a checklist and ticking them off · Keeping research notes and reading notes, day by day · Drafting articles and blog posts in Markdown you can paste anywhere · Saving snippets of code and commands with syntax highlighting ■ Features · Styling as you type — headings, bold, italic, quotes, rules, footnotes and nested lists are formatted the moment you write them · Tables render as tables — click one to go back to the raw Markdown and edit it · Diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams and more) drawn inline from mermaid syntax · Code blocks with syntax highlighting and a one-click copy button · Clickable checkboxes (- [ ] / - [x]) · Inline images, plus drag-and-drop upload · Paste a URL and get a link preview card · Six themes (Light, Sepia, Solar, Dark, Night, Contrast) and three text sizes · Available in 12 languages ■ Your files live in your Google Drive · Saved automatically. There's no save button · Your Drive folder structure stays as it is — create, rename and delete files without leaving the app · Shared drives are supported · Copy a Drive link and share it as-is · The app only accesses files it created and files you explicitly open ■ Mac, iPad and the web Edit the same files from the Mac app, the iPad app or your browser (app.monoshiri.jp). Use the iPad on the move, the Mac at your desk and the browser on a machine that isn't yours — and pick up right where you left off. ■ About usage · Free to use. · A Google account is required.

About

Marko

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Marko is a fast, native Markdown viewer for iPhone and iPad. Open any .md file and read it the way it was meant to look, with real typography, syntax-highlighted code, GFM tables and task lists, Mermaid diagrams, and KaTeX math. Everything renders on your device with no network access, so your documents never leave it. Marko is a viewer, not an editor. It never changes your files. Open Markdown straight from the Files app, or share it in from Mail, Safari, or any other app, and read it full-screen with an outline, find in page, and adjustable text size. It is built for the Markdown you didn't write by hand, too: the .md that AI assistants and coding agents produce, generated READMEs, and agent output. DOCUMENT INTELLIGENCE, ON DEVICE Summarize a long document, ask questions about it, or explain a selected passage, all processed on your device with Apple Intelligence. Nothing is sent to a server. (Requires a device with Apple Intelligence.) HIGHLIGHTS - Native Swift and SwiftUI app for iPhone and iPad. Not a web app. - Renders fully offline. Your documents never leave your device. - Opens Markdown in place from Files, and via the share sheet from other apps. - Outline, find in page, and text zoom. - Light, Dark, and System themes. - Universal purchase: buy once, use on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Marko collects no data. It has no analytics, no accounts, and makes no network requests of its own. Free. Requires iOS or iPadOS 18 or later.

Screenshots

Markdown Editor4 screens
Marko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Markdown Editor at 4 against Marko's —. Markdown Editor also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Markdown Editor versus Marko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkdown EditorMarko
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better—
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakoto KobayashiYash Banka

In-app purchases

None

Markdown Editor

No in-app purchases

None

Marko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Markdown Editor free?
Markdown Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marko free?
Marko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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