Comparison

Markdown Editor vs Markdown Edit

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

Head to head
About

Markdown Editor

This app offers a seamless Markdown editing experience with real-time preview, allowing for instant formatting and easy organization of notes. It integrates with cloud storage and AI tools for enhanced content creation and management.

Highlights
  • Real-time input and preview
  • AI summarization and drafting
  • Google Drive integration
  • Plain Markdown file editing
  • Syntax highlighting for code
  • Diagram and math rendering
Features
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There is no separate input and preview screen. Everything happens on one screen: what you type takes shape right where you typed it. Headings, nested lists and code get distinct colors and shapes, so the structure of a note is clear at a glance. You don’t have to memorize Markdown — type / at the start of a line and pick headings, tables, checklists or diagrams from a menu. With no styling to fiddle with, you can keep writing as you think. On Mac and Windows you can edit plain Markdown (.md) files right where they are. Connect Google Drive and you can pick the same notes up on any device; the files are saved in your own Google Drive. No Google account is needed for local files on Mac and Windows. On iPhone and iPad, notes are kept in the app’s folder or in Google Drive. ■ Open what AI writes Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another AI to summarize something in Markdown, then open it here as is — it reads cleanly and stays editable. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can paste it back into an AI to keep going, or drop it straight into Notion or GitHub without reformatting. ■ Ask AI (with your own API key) Add an API key for OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude) or Google (Gemini) and you can ask AI from inside the app. · On selected text — polish, shorten, make formal, translate, turn into a table or a diagram · From the whole note — meeting notes & to-dos, summarize, extract to-dos, tidy into Markdown, continue writing · In your own words — have it draft a how-to or a first version Check the answer before it goes into your note, and undo it in one step. Usage is billed by the service you choose, and your key stays on this device. ■ What people use it for · A notepad that reads better — jot things down and they turn into tidy headings and bullet points. As light as a plain text editor, far easier to read back · Meeting notes — organize the discussion as it happens and put decisions in a table · To-do lists and tasks — list what needs doing as a checklist and tick items off · Journal, diary and daily log — keep a note per day and find anything later with full-text search · A personal wiki — link notes to one another and build a notebook of what you know · Docs, how-tos and blog drafts — outline with headings, then paste the plain Markdown anywhere · A Markdown viewer — open an .md file and read it with its tables and headings in place · Code and command snippets — kept with syntax highlighting, copied in one click ■ Features · Styling as you type — headings, bold, italic, quotes, rules, footnotes and nested lists are formatted the moment you write them · Type / at the start of a line to insert tables, checklists, diagrams, math and more · Tables render as tables — click one to go back to the raw Markdown and edit it · Diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams and more) from mermaid syntax, and math from TeX, drawn inline · Collapsible sections (details) and clickable checkboxes · Code blocks with syntax highlighting and a one-click copy button · Images and file attachments, with PDFs opening right in the app · Paste a URL and get a link preview card · Full-text search across all your notes · Six themes (Light, Sepia, Solar, Dark, Night, Contrast) and three text sizes · Available in 12 languages ■ Choose where your notes live · Google Drive — saved automatically, with no save button. Your Drive folders stay as they are, and shared drives and multiple Google accounts are supported · On this device — no sign-in needed. On Mac and Windows you can also open any folder you already have · In Google Drive, the app only touches files it created and files you explicitly open ■ About usage · Free to use.

About

Markdown Edit

Features
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Read, write and share Markdown on iPhone and iPad: as raw text, split or as the finished page. Markdown Edit opens your .md files from iCloud Drive, from the iPhone itself or from other providers. In the finished page you tap into a paragraph and type; only the changed block goes back into the file, the rest stays the same character for character. THREE VIEWS • Raw text with syntax colours for Markdown and for code in Swift, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust, SQL, Shell, JSON, YAML, CSS, HTML and more • Split: Markdown above and the preview below on the iPhone, side by side on the iPad, scrolling together • The finished page: tables across the full width, task lists to tick, callouts in the style of GitHub, images and diagrams • Light or dark, or like the system DIAGRAMS WITH MERMAID • Tap a node and change it with large Liquid Glass buttons: seven shapes, eight colours • Tap a connection for its line and arrow, tap the diagram for curved, straight or right-angled lines and its direction • Add a node, connect two, rename, delete, all without code • Other kinds of diagram as source text FIND YOUR WAY • Contents: every heading of the document, one tap jumps there • Find, with every match marked • Raw text in the font and size you like PASSING IT ON • PDF with a preview: paper size, orientation, margins, font size, page numbers, each chapter on a new page • A Word document with headings, tables, lists, links, images and diagrams • Print, share, copy formatted for Mail, as plain text or as Markdown IMAGES • Insert a picture from Photos or Files: it is stored in a folder next to your document and linked relatively • Pictures next to the document and from the internet appear on the page YOUR FILES STAY YOURS • The document browser of iOS with iCloud Drive, On My iPhone and other providers • On the first start a welcome document shows everything on one page • No account, no tracking, no ads: your documents stay where you keep them ALSO ON THE MAC Markdown Edit is also on the Mac, with tabs like a browser, a sidebar and Quick Look in the Finder. One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and a file in iCloud Drive is the same file on every device.

Screenshots

Markdown Editor4 screens
Markdown Edit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Markdown Editor at 15.0 against Markdown Edit's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Markdown Editor versus Markdown Edit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkdown EditorMarkdown Edit
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakoto KobayashiBrian Ceccato

In-app purchases

None

Markdown Editor

No in-app purchases

None

Markdown Edit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Markdown Editor free?
Markdown Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown Edit free?
Markdown Edit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Markdown Editor or Markdown Edit have ads?
Neither Markdown Editor nor Markdown Edit shows ads.

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