MarkNote vs Athena Editor
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
Athena Editor
A code editor for iOS that supports various cloud storage services and syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages. It also offers special support for Bluetooth keyboards with Zawgyi input for Myanmar users.
- File opening via iOS Document Picker
- Integration with Google Drive, iCloud, Git2Go
- Syntax highlighting for Markdown, Swift, C#, Java, XML
- Bluetooth keyboard support with Zawgyi input
- Control + Shift keyboard switching
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Athena is code editor that support opening file iOS Document Picker. It's supporting Google Drive, iCloud Document, Git2Go, etc. It's supporting syntax highlighting for markdown, swift, C#, java, XML,etc. Special feature for Myanmar people is "SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD". Yes, you can type with Zawgyi in Athena Editor. Using Control + Shift to change the keyboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Athena Editor at Free against MarkNote's $1.99. Athena Editor also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Athena Editor is free to download; MarkNote costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MarkNote against 4.8 for Athena Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of MarkNote's written reviews are positive against 100% of Athena Editor's.
MarkNote ships an update every 3 weeks, Athena Editor monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MarkNote | Athena Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 淑敏 孙 | COMQUAS Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
MarkNote
Athena Editor
In-app purchases
MarkNote
No in-app purchases
Athena Editor
No in-app purchases
