MarkNote vs zOutline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MarkNote
Create and manage markdown notes with rich formatting, image embedding, and code snippets. Sync across Apple devices via iCloud and access notes from any web browser. Publish notes as blog posts or share them easily.
- Markdown editing with live preview
- Embed photos, images, and code snippets
- iCloud synchronization across devices
- Web browser access for notes
- Publish notes as blog posts
- Graph view for note relations
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Take notes with markdown. Sync notes into iCloud. Access your documents with any of your mac or iOS devices. Share your notes with your friend. You can easily embed photos, format text, create tables, send rich formatted mail message, and share and edit notes from any devices. FEATURES - Embed photos and images into note - Live preview while writing - Auto save - Send mail with rich format - Swipe to delete a note - Syntax highlighting - Embed code snippets and mathematics formulas - Click to update the task status in todo list - Review and edit your notes from any web browsers or smart devices - Sync your notes into iCloud drive, and share with all your devices. You can read and edit your notes with marknote app on iPhone/iPad or marknotes on mac - Publish your note as blog posts - Import web page shared from apps like mobile safari, save in markdown format, so that you can read it later or edit it later - graph view, visualize notes relations You have complete control to your data. SUPPORT If you have any feedback or questions, reach us by mail at marknote@aliyun.com
zOutline
This is a simple outline editor that allows for easy creation and management of hierarchical lists. It supports multiple outlines in tabs, text formatting, and various export options like HTML, RTF, and plain text. The app remembers your progress and allows sharing via email attachments.
- Simple tap and gesture controls
- Multiple outlines in tabs
- Text formatting (bold, italic, underline)
- Export to HTML, RTF, and text
- Email attachment sharing
- Persistent editing state
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A straightforward, uncomplicated outline editor. You tap an item to select. You double-tap to edit an item. You swipe left on an item to delete an item.. Or you tap-and-hold to cut & paste, etc. Multiple outlines can be edited at once in different tabs. zOutline remembers what you were editing even if you kill the app. You can send outline files as email attachments, and open outline file attachments. zOutline permits export as HTML, RTF or text. Outline items can be enumerated or dotted. Items can be bold, italic, underlined. Several fonts and text colors are available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: zOutline at Free against MarkNote's $1.99. zOutline also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MarkNote's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 50%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
zOutline is free to download; MarkNote costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
zOutline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of MarkNote's written reviews are positive against 50% of zOutline's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MarkNote | zOutline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 淑敏 孙 | Zack Smith |
Customer experience
MarkNote
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In-app purchases
MarkNote
No in-app purchases
zOutline
No in-app purchases









