Comparison

Loops vs FrankenMarkdown

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

Head to head
About

Loops

Features
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I think a lot. You probably do too. Loops is a notebook to help you think. It won't answer, remind you, or connect things. It holds your reasoning until you come back. Writing something feels like learning it. The friction is the point. THE COLD OPEN Come back to a Loop you've left alone for a week or more and the composer is withheld. You get the day count, the last thing you wrote, and your open prediction with three answers: it held, it didn't, still open. Only then do you get to write. CARRY ONE WITH YOU Put a question in your pocket and it moves to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island for as long as you're chewing on it. When the answer turns up on a walk or in the shower, tap it and you're writing before the thought is gone. THINGS DIE Every Loop shows how cold it is and fades as it goes. Untouched for sixty days and it archives itself. If it mattered, open it again. YOUR REASONING CAN LEAVE Copy any loop out as Markdown — the question, why it mattered, the whole trail, every prediction and how it turned out. Straight into any notes app, or as a file. WHAT IT DELIBERATELY WON'T DO No AI. No suggested connections. No daily review. No streaks. No notifications. No account, no sync, no analytics. Totally FREE.

About

FrankenMarkdown

Write, preview, and publish Markdown documents locally without sending data to a server. Offers advanced tools for document analysis, revision comparison, and multi-chapter project management. Export as PDF or HTML.

Highlights
  • Live Markdown preview
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Document statistics
  • Revision comparison
  • Multi-chapter projects
  • Local PDF/HTML export
Features
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Write Markdown, inspect the document as a system, and publish a finished file without sending the text to a server. FrankenMarkdown keeps the source and rendered document together. The editor provides live syntax highlighting, line numbers, an outline, and an automatically updated preview. On iPad and Mac, source and output can remain visible side by side; iPhone uses focused lanes sized for the smaller display. Document Lab adds the tools needed for longer work: word and reading statistics, structure and accessibility checks, semantic comparison between revisions, polished document templates, and publishing controls. Multi-chapter projects can produce a continuous PDF or a self-contained site package. Export the current document as PDF or self-contained HTML. The bundled Rust rendering engine handles typography, tables, code, mathematical notation, and document structure locally. No account, advertising, tracking, or cloud processing is required. Your text stays on the device unless you choose to share an exported file.

Screenshots

Loops4 screens
FrankenMarkdown1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FrankenMarkdown at 3 against Loops's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 · 8 level
Loops versus FrankenMarkdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopsFrankenMarkdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames JacksonJeffrey Emanuel

In-app purchases

None

Loops

No in-app purchases

None

FrankenMarkdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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