Gift Exchange Lite vs .md Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gift Exchange Lite
Organize secret Santa and other gift exchanges with ease. This app allows participants to be selected from contacts or entered manually, with options for complex giving and receiving rules. It prevents repeat drawings and can notify participants via email or print results.
- Participant selection from contacts or manual entry
- Customizable giving and receiving rules
- Exclusion grouping for family members
- Prevents drawing the same name twice
- Email notifications to participants
- AirPrint compatibility for printed results
- History of past drawings
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The easy and fun way to do your name drawings for gift exchanges. Participants may be selected from contacts or entered manually. After the drawing is completed the app will notify the participants of their names by e-mail. Gift Exchange Lite allows up to seven participants to be chosen from the device contacts or entered manually. Grouping feature allows exclusions of spouses or group members from drawing a name in the same group. Memory of previous drawing prevents people from drawing the same name as the previous drawing. Each participant may be designated as "Gives and receives a gift in shared exchange", "Gives and receives in shared exchange, also may give to receive only participant(s)", "Does not receive gift, may give to receive only participant(s)", or "Does not give gift, receive only. For example, child". The results can be printed to an Airprint printer for each participant without email, or who want a printed copy. History display shows the name drawn and gift given for each person for previous drawings. Compatible with PC Gift Exchange files. You may email your *.gx files from PC to yourself and open on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Multiple exchanges may be created and saved. For example, an exchange file can be used for your direct family. A separate file may be used for an exchange for your spouse’s family.
.md Viewer
This app allows you to read and edit Markdown files, and view HTML files in a safe, offline preview. It offers a clean interface with customizable themes and adjustable text size for a focused reading experience.
- Markdown editing
- HTML file preview
- Offline viewing
- Theme support
- Adjustable text size
- File sharing
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.md Viewer is a clean Markdown reader and editor plus a safe HTML viewer for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Open `.md`, `.markdown`, `.html`, and `.htm` files from Files and read them in a focused, native interface. Markdown files can be edited directly, with task lists, interactive checkboxes, theme support, and adjustable text size. HTML files open in a read-only offline preview built for safe viewing. Inline styles, tables, SVG and data-image charts, and rich layout render correctly, while scripts, forms, external navigation, and other active browser behavior stay blocked. Choose Light, Dark, or Sepia themes, share the original file, and keep your reading experience simple and local. 100% free. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. Visit Tombot at https://www.realtom.bot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: .md Viewer at 100% against Gift Exchange Lite's 54%. .md Viewer also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months). Gift Exchange Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
.md Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Gift Exchange Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of .md Viewer's.
Gift Exchange Lite ships an update every 13 months, .md Viewer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gift Exchange Lite | .md Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | wilsonware.com | TOMASZ ALEKSANDER WOJEWODA |
Customer experience
Gift Exchange Lite
.md Viewer
In-app purchases
Gift Exchange Lite
No in-app purchases
.md Viewer
No in-app purchases
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