MarkSS vs Markdown Edit

MarkSS (Markdown Simple Editor MarkSS) is a free editor for writing Markdown (.md) files. It leaves out the extras and concentrates on opening a file and letting you write. It works on iPhone and iPad. ■ The source view already looks close to the preview Headings are shown larger, and bold, italics, links, tables and images are displayed with the Markdown symbols hidden. You can edit right there, and the symbols appear only on the line with the cursor. You can switch to showing all the symbols from the menu. ■ Preview in one tap Switch between the source and the preview with a single button. You can select and copy text in the preview as well. ■ Export to PDF, .docx and plain text Export to PDF, .docx or plain text (.txt). In the .docx file the headings and tables become real document headings and tables - so you can hand the file to someone who has no Markdown editor. ■ Japanese and English The interface is available in Japanese and English. It follows your OS language at first and can be switched in the settings. ■ Light, dark, or a colour of your own Choose the theme from Light, Dark or Follow OS settings. You can also change the colour of each kind of Markdown element such as headings, bold text and links. ■ Straightforward from the moment you open a file In the Files app, tap a .md file and choose MarkSS to open it, or send one to MarkSS from another app's Share menu. Tabs let you keep several files open. Find and replace and larger or smaller text are there too. ■ Price and data Free. No advertising. No account required. The application itself never talks to the internet (the preview does not fetch images from the web, and links such as the help open in your browser).

Read, write and share Markdown on iPhone and iPad: as raw text, split or as the finished page. Markdown Edit opens your .md files from iCloud Drive, from the iPhone itself or from other providers. In the finished page you tap into a paragraph and type; only the changed block goes back into the file, the rest stays the same character for character. THREE VIEWS • Raw text with syntax colours for Markdown and for code in Swift, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust, SQL, Shell, JSON, YAML, CSS, HTML and more • Split: Markdown above and the preview below on the iPhone, side by side on the iPad, scrolling together • The finished page: tables across the full width, task lists to tick, callouts in the style of GitHub, images and diagrams • Light or dark, or like the system DIAGRAMS WITH MERMAID • Tap a node and change it with large Liquid Glass buttons: seven shapes, eight colours • Tap a connection for its line and arrow, tap the diagram for curved, straight or right-angled lines and its direction • Add a node, connect two, rename, delete, all without code • Other kinds of diagram as source text FIND YOUR WAY • Contents: every heading of the document, one tap jumps there • Find, with every match marked • Raw text in the font and size you like PASSING IT ON • PDF with a preview: paper size, orientation, margins, font size, page numbers, each chapter on a new page • A Word document with headings, tables, lists, links, images and diagrams • Print, share, copy formatted for Mail, as plain text or as Markdown IMAGES • Insert a picture from Photos or Files: it is stored in a folder next to your document and linked relatively • Pictures next to the document and from the internet appear on the page YOUR FILES STAY YOURS • The document browser of iOS with iCloud Drive, On My iPhone and other providers • On the first start a welcome document shows everything on one page • No account, no tracking, no ads: your documents stay where you keep them ALSO ON THE MAC Markdown Edit is also on the Mac, with tabs like a browser, a sidebar and Quick Look in the Finder. One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and a file in iCloud Drive is the same file on every device.