Comparison

Easy MD vs MD Viewer

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

Head to head
About

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.

About

MD Viewer

Features
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MD Viewer shows Markdown files as clean, readable documents. READ FIRST Every file opens in reading mode. Headings, lists, quotes, tables, code blocks, links and images are rendered natively with the system fonts, your text size and your accent colour. Text is selectable, links open in your browser, and the layout adapts from a phone to a full Mac window. EDIT WHEN YOU WANT Tap Edit to change the source. In Formatted mode the Markdown is styled as you type, with headings large, emphasis rendered, code monospaced and the syntax dimmed, plus a formatting bar for headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, code, links, images, lists, quotes, code blocks, tables and rules. Prefer the raw source? Text mode is a plain editor. Either way the file stays plain Markdown, saved automatically, with undo. YOUR FILES, WHEREVER THEY ARE Files app, iCloud Drive, Finder, Dropbox and other providers, Share, Open With, drag and drop. Multiple windows on iPad and Mac. Keyboard shortcuts including ā‡§āŒ˜E to toggle editing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Your documents never leave your device; the only network use is loading images your own document links to. Supports CommonMark plus tables and strikethrough. Requires iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 or later.

Screenshots

Easy MD4 screens
MD Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MD Viewer at none against Easy MD's shown. Easy MD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy MD ships an update every 2 days, MD Viewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Easy MD versus MD Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy MDMD Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHIU TSUIEnke Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

None

Easy MD

No in-app purchases

None

MD Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easy MD free?
Easy MD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MD Viewer free?
MD Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Easy MD or MD Viewer have ads?
Easy MD shows ads; MD Viewer does not.
Which is updated more often, Easy MD or MD Viewer?
Easy MD ships an update every 2 days, and MD Viewer weekly. Most recently, Easy MD was updated on October 23, 2026 and MD Viewer on October 10, 2026.

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