ViewMD

ViewMD opens Markdown files on iPad and renders them properly. Diagrams, math, code, tables — all of it. No editor mode. No subscription. No sign-in.

Most "viewers" on iPad are either a web preview tucked inside an editor you don't want, or a $5-a-month sync service trying to upsell you. ViewMD is a one-time purchase. And buying it for iPad gets you the Mac version free.

WHAT IT RENDERS

• Mermaid and GraphViz diagrams

• KaTeX and MathJax equations

• Syntax-highlighted code blocks for every language you'd expect

• Tables, including wide and complex ones

• Embedded HTML

• Task lists, footnotes, blockquotes, links

HOW IT WORKS ON IPAD

• Opens files straight from the Files app — iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, anywhere

• Multiple tabs for browsing project folders

• Table of contents, in-document search, working file links

• PDF and HTML export, plus printing via AirPrint

• Light, dark, sepia, Solarized, and high-contrast themes

• Split View, Slide Over, and Stage Manager ready

• Magic Keyboard and trackpad friendly with full keyboard shortcuts

• Works on every iPad size, from mini to Pro

ONE PURCHASE, BOTH PLATFORMS

Your iPad purchase includes the Mac version free. Buy it once on the App Store, then download to every iPad and Mac signed into your Apple ID. Start a spec on iPad on the train, finish on Mac at the desk. Same app, same files, same feel.

WHO USES IT

• Developers reading READMEs and pull-request notes on the go

• Anyone reviewing AI-generated docs

• Technical writers doing final-pass quality checks

• Students and academics working through math-heavy papers

• Content creators browsing Markdown libraries from the couch

• Researchers keeping notes accessible without a heavyweight editor

WHAT YOU DON'T GET

• A subscription

• An editor you didn't ask for

• A sync service

• A login screen

• An onboarding tour

• In-app purchases or a "Pro" tier

• Telemetry or tracking — we don't know who you are, and we never see what you open. Everything runs locally on your iPad.

Buy once. View forever. On every iPad and Mac you own.