Markdown Viewer vs Easy MD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Markdown Viewer
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You spot a line worth fixing, but explaining which file and which section to an AI takes longer than the fix itself. Markdown Viewer removes that step. Select the text and tap copy. Then paste it into your AI chat. Three steps 1. Open a Markdown file from Files or iCloud Drive 2. Long-press to select the text you want to change 3. Tap copy in the lower right, then paste into an AI chat It copies more than the text Your selection arrives with its file name and heading trail attached. Here is what actually lands on your clipboard. File name: docs/current/plan.md Headings: Chapter 3 > Setup steps Selected text: """ An administrator handles the initial setup, and members join from an invite link. """ The AI sees which file, which section, and which sentence in a single paste. No more writing out where the text came from. Set the path yourself Tap the file name to enter any relative path. Something like docs/current/plan.md helps an AI pin down the target. Features ⢠Markdown rendering with headings, tables, code blocks, and checklists ⢠Text selection with context-rich copy ⢠Open from Files, iCloud Drive, pasted text, or a sample document ⢠Copy a code block on its own ⢠Custom relative paths ⢠Light and dark themes ⢠Japanese and English, following your device language ⢠VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support Good for ⢠Reading back specs and notes written with an AI while you are out ⢠Sending a fix to your AI the moment you notice it ⢠Lining up edits before you get back to your desk ⢠Reading Markdown from iCloud Drive in a clean layout Not included ⢠Editing, saving, or exporting Markdown ⢠Writing back to the original file ⢠Automatic sending to an AI (it copies to your clipboard) ⢠Accounts, sync, or direct cloud service connections Focused on reading and handing text to an AI. Light and simple. Not saved Your document, selections, copied text, and recent files are never stored. Everything runs on your device. No ads, no analytics. Requirements iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Supports .md and .markdown files in UTF-8, up to 1 MB.
Easy MD
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Sometimes you only want to open a Markdown file, read it, and move on. Easy MD gives you a direct path into the folders you keep in iCloud Drive. Choose a starting folder, step through its subfolders, and tap any .md file. The app only looks at the folder currently open, so it doesn't scan your whole library or build an index first. Keep important folders and files in Favorites, or reopen one of your ten most recently read documents from Recent Reading. Choose whether the app opens at your starting folder or returns to the last screen you were reading. Reading support includes: ⢠Headings, lists, task lists, quotes, tables, code, links, and images ⢠Mermaid diagrams and inline or block LaTeX equations ⢠Relative images and links between Markdown files ⢠Favorites for folders and Markdown files ⢠Recent Reading for the last ten documents ⢠Sorting by name or last update ⢠Optional Pin To Top choices for README, Index, and Home files ⢠Previous and next document controls in Reader ⢠Expanded Rows option to scroll long tables with the page ⢠GitHub-style callout cards for NOTE, TIP, IMPORTANT, WARNING, and CAUTION quotes ⢠Find in Document with Previous and Next match navigation ⢠Immersive Reader: tap to show or hide reading controls ⢠Tappable wikilinks to notes in the same folder ⢠Tappable folder breadcrumbs ⢠Reader controls for text size, line spacing, font, and background ⢠Expandable YAML front matter ⢠On-device speech in English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese, with Auto Detect and paragraph highlighting ⢠Pull to refresh ⢠System, Light, and Dark app appearance, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver Easy MD is deliberately read-only. It cannot create, edit, rename, move, or delete documents. File contents, paths, favorites, and reading history are never uploaded. Folder access, navigation state, favorites, recent reading, reading position, and preferences stay on the device. The free app shows banner advertisements in Favorites; its advertising SDK may collect the data described in the privacy policy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Markdown Viewer at none against Easy MD's shown. Easy MD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Markdown Viewer ships an update every 5 days, Easy MD every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Markdown Viewer | Easy MD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yusuke Yamamoto | CHIU TSUI |
In-app purchases
Markdown Viewer
No in-app purchases
Easy MD
No in-app purchases









