Comparison

md Viewer vs Nela

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

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About

md Viewer

Features
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md Viewer opens Markdown files, shows them cleanly formatted right away, and lets you edit that same text in place, create new documents, and save them back to the file. No file browser. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Open a .md or .txt file from the Files app or the share menu. md Viewer renders headings, lists, tables, bold/italic, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and quotes. No raw text, no characters to decode. CREATE, EDIT, SAVE Start without a file: tap Paste on the start screen to take text from the clipboard, or choose Blank Document. The draft opens straight in the editor. The red checkmark saves it as a new .md file; you pick the folder and name in the Files dialog. After that, the checkmark writes to that same file as usual. Existing files: tap Edit in the top right. The preview turns into a text editor. Save with the red checkmark; after a short confirmation the original file is overwritten. The X discards your changes (after a confirmation), and the arrow steps back through individual changes. No autosave, no export, no second copy. .txt files open in the app and in the share extension too. When you edit a .txt, the app also offers Save as Markdown. If you only want to read, none of this gets in the way. Every file opens in the formatted preview first. WHY SO MINIMAL? Most Markdown apps today are full editors with file management, cloud sync, and menus. Handy, but too much when you just want to read a file quickly, jot down a quick note, or fix a typo now and then. md Viewer deliberately does only that: tap a file, read, change or create if needed, done. FEATURES - Open via Open With in the Files app or straight from the share menu (mail attachments, AirDrop). The share extension shows the document formatted right away, without switching apps - Create a new document from pasted or typed text and save it as a .md file - Opens .md and .txt - Keep several documents open at once: as tabs on iPad, via the Open Documents list on iPhone. Open files come back after a restart - Find in the document with the magnifying glass or ⌘F, plus Find and Replace while editing - Clean Markdown rendering: headings, lists, task lists, tables (scroll horizontally), code blocks with syntax highlighting, quotes, links, images - Edit and save in place in the open file, with a confirmation before overwriting and before closing with unsaved changes - Full Unicode support: emoji, Arabic and Hebrew (right-to-left), Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters - Supports Dynamic Type and VoiceOver - Automatic Dark Mode / Light Mode - Runs entirely offline: md Viewer loads nothing from the internet, not even images PRIVACY md Viewer collects no data at all. No analytics, no tracking, no account, no cloud sync. Files you open, edit, and create are processed only locally on your device. Only your open documents and folders allowed for images are remembered, locally, and you can remove either at any time. The clipboard is read only when you explicitly tap Paste. Who is it for? Anyone who regularly receives or manages .md or .txt files (notes, READMEs, technical docs, meeting notes) and wants to read them quickly and cleanly, edit them now and then, or jot down a new one, without opening a full editor.

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Nela

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Study with a little friend who grows with every session. Nela is a focus timer with a study pet. Start a session, put your phone down, and your little red panda sits down to study with you. When the timer ends, you earn coins, your bond grows, and sometimes your pet finds something in the world you explore together. HOW IT WORKS • Start focus in one tap: Pomodoro, a timer or a stopwatch, with pause. • Pick a subject and, if you like, a task from your to-do list. • Put your phone down. The timer keeps running on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, even when you leave the app. • When it ends, your pet asks whether you finished your task, and you collect your rewards. BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS, IF YOU WANT Turn on Block distracting apps for a session and Nela uses Apple's Screen Time to keep the apps you choose away until it ends. It's a switch, never a requirement. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A daily goal, with today's focus time on Home and in a widget. • Your days in a row, with a flame. Missing a day never takes away anything you've earned. • Stats by day, week and subject, with your best day. • Study quests with coins to claim: finish 3 sessions today, focus 2 hours this week, study 7 days in a row. • Routines with gentle reminders for the study days you plan. A PET AND A WORLD THAT GROW • Every session, your pet studies somewhere in its world, and each subject sends it to a different kind of place. • Collect postcards and discoveries, and open new parts of the map. • Spend coins in the shop on furniture, room styles and outfits, including a study corner. • Ambient sounds for your sessions: rain for everyone, and campfire, breeze, night and lo-fi with Nela Plus. KIND BY DESIGN Your pet never gets sick or runs away. Ending a session early is allowed, and the time you focused still counts. No ads. NELA PLUS, IF YOU WANT MORE The timer, your pet, the shop, study quests and app blocking are free. Nela Plus adds: • All 5 ambient sounds • All 12 study routines, up to 3 at a time • Double coins from every session • Your full stats history • Plus items and a daily deal in the shop Nela Plus is $3.99 a month, or $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial. Prices may differ by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. PRIVATE • No account needed to start. Your sessions and progress stay on your iPhone, with an optional backup when you sign in. • You choose which apps to block. Nela never sees which ones they are, and doesn't read anything inside your apps. Nela is a study tool, not a medical or mental-health treatment. Available in English, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Portuguese and Hebrew. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getnela.app/privacy

Screenshots

md Viewer4 screens
Nela4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: md Viewer at none against Nela's 2. md Viewer also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Nela sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. md Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
md Viewer versus Nela: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermd ViewerNela
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB97 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEric Pierre BertrandKovacs Software Solutions

In-app purchases

None

md Viewer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nela

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is md Viewer free?
md Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nela free?
Nela is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do md Viewer or Nela have ads?
Neither md Viewer nor Nela shows ads.

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