Comparison

Marko vs JihoVault

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

Head to head
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.

About

JihoVault

Features
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JihoVault opens a Markdown folder you already own β€” in OneDrive, on a WebDAV server, or on the device β€” and turns it into a fast, searchable notebook on iPhone and iPad. Your notes stay ordinary text files. Nothing is locked inside a database, and nothing passes through a server of ours, because there is no such server. CONNECT THE VAULT YOU ALREADY HAVE β€’ OneDrive β€” sign in with your Microsoft account and choose a folder. No add-on, and no copying of the whole drive onto the phone. β€’ WebDAV β€” your own NAS or server. Type the address and password, test the connection, and you are in. β€’ On My iPhone and iCloud Drive β€” any folder the Files app can reach. BUILT FOR A VAULT THAT IS ALREADY BIG β€’ The first sync reads the Markdown text so search works with no connection. After that, only what changed comes down. β€’ Search looks inside words, not only at their edges, so Korean and other languages that do not break on spaces are found properly. β€’ Aliases in front matter are indexed, so links written in your own language still resolve. WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK β€’ Live Markdown β€” headings, bold, quotes, code, and tables take shape as you type, with the marks kept out of the way. β€’ [[Wiki links]] with completion, and backlinks that show you what points here. β€’ Checklists you tick by tapping, lists that carry on by themselves, and keyboard shortcuts on iPad. A MEETING, CAUGHT WHOLE β€’ Record while you take notes. Tap a line afterwards and the playback jumps to the moment you wrote it. β€’ Transcription runs on the device. β€’ The recording is saved inside your own vault, beside the note. REAL FILE MANAGEMENT Swipe a row to rename, copy, move, or delete. Press and hold to pick several at once. Deleted items go to a trash folder inside the vault, so you can bring them back. PRIVACY No account to create, no usage tracking, no advertising, and no server of ours. Passwords and sign-in tokens live in the iOS Keychain on your device. Free. Nothing to buy inside.

Screenshots

Marko4 screens
JihoVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: JihoVault at 2 against Marko's β€”. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 4 level
Marko versus JihoVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkoJihoVault
PriceFreeFree
Adsβ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesβ€”iPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYash BankaJIHO LEE

In-app purchases

None

Marko

No in-app purchases

None

JihoVault

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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