Comparison

Evolith vs PDF to Markdown

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

Head to head
About

Evolith

Features
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Speak, and Evolith turns your words into a clean Markdown noteβ€”transcribed entirely on your iPhone. No account. No servers. Nothing leaves your device. Evolith is a voice notes app for people who want to keep their own words. Tap record, talk, and watch the text appear in real time. Review it, and Evolith saves a tidy Markdown file wherever you keep your notes. WHY EVOLITH β€’ On-device transcription. Your voice becomes text using Apple's on-device speech recognition. Audio is never uploaded, and it is never stored after it's transcribed. β€’ Your files, your storage. Keep notes on this iPhone, in iCloud Drive, or in a folder you choose. They are ordinary .md files that you fully own. β€’ Made for your AI. Evolith writes to a plain folder your desktop AI can read. Point an assistant on your Mac (such as Claude Code) at it and let it work with your real notes. β€’ Opens anywhere. Because notes are plain Markdown, they open in any Markdown editor, including an Obsidian vault. β€’ No account, no tracking. No sign-in, no analytics, no ads. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap record and speak. Transcription runs live, on your device. 2. Review and lightly edit. Evolith can add a title and summary for you. 3. Save. Your note becomes a dated Markdown file with clean frontmatter. 4. Find it later in the Journal, searchable by keyword. PERFECT FOR β€’ Voice journaling and daily notes β€’ Capturing ideas and thoughts on the go β€’ Feeding your own AI a folder of your real notes β€’ Anyone who wants private, portable, plain-text notes EARLY ACCESS Evolith is free and unlimited while in early access. Paid plans arrive in a later update β€” and if you install now, unlimited on-device recording and transcription stay free for you, permanently. Optional cloud features that cost money to run will be a separate paid add-on. REQUIREMENTS Evolith needs iOS 26. Live transcription works on every iPhone that runs it. The AI clean-up β€” tidying the transcript, adding a title and summary, and applying your vocabulary list β€” uses Apple Intelligence and runs only on iPhone models that support it. On other iPhones, your note is saved as the transcript itself. PRIVACY Evolith has no servers and collects no data. Everything happens on your device. Privacy policy: https://antsline.github.io/evolith-legal/privacy/

About

PDF to Markdown

Features
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Turn PDFs into clean, editable Markdown. PDF to Markdown: Smart Export transforms documents into structured Markdown that is easy to read, edit, search, and reuse. Keep the content that matters β€” headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, images, and formulas β€” in a format that works across your favorite tools. WHY YOU’LL USE IT β€’ Convert native-text PDFs into organized Markdown β€’ Extract text from scanned documents with OCR β€’ Preserve tables, images, and mathematical formulas β€’ Preview the result before exporting β€’ Edit Markdown directly and keep your formatting under control β€’ Export Markdown and referenced assets together β€’ Revisit recent conversions from History BUILT FOR REAL WORK From research papers and meeting notes to reports and technical documentation, Smart Export gives your PDFs a useful second life. Start with a document, review the result, make any edits, and export a clean package ready for your next step. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents stay on your device during conversion. There is no account to create and no document upload required for the core workflow. PDF to Markdown: Smart Export is made for anyone who needs to move from fixed pages to flexible, reusable content. Questions or feedback? Contact us through the support link on this page.

Screenshots

Evolith4 screens
PDF to Markdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Evolith at none against PDF to Markdown's 1. Evolith also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. PDF to Markdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Evolith asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Evolith versus PDF to Markdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvolithPDF to Markdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size32 MB221 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunichi Nara纒 叢

In-app purchases

None

Evolith

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF to Markdown

One-time1
  • PDF2MD Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

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

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