SoloMD
Minimalist Markdown editor
Free
SoloMD is a lightweight, distraction-free Markdown editor for iPad. One file. One window. Just write.
Built from the ground up as a focused writing tool - no account, no cloud, no telemetry, no subscription. Your notes stay in plain .md and .txt files on your iPad, readable by any editor on any platform, today and in ten years.
CORE EDITING
- Live preview - Markdown symbols fade out after the cursor leaves the line.
- Rich syntax styling - real big headings, real bold, real monospace for code.
- Light and Dark themes that follow iPad system appearance.
- Multi-encoding - auto-detects UTF-8, UTF-16, GBK, Big5.
- Tabs with dirty indicators.
- File tree sidebar, outline view, and global search.
MARKDOWN POWER
- KaTeX math - inline and block math render instantly.
- Mermaid diagrams - flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts.
- Task lists with clickable checkboxes.
- Footnotes, YAML front-matter, text highlighting.
- Syntax highlighting for 13 plus languages.
- Synced split-pane scroll.
- Tap an image or Mermaid diagram to open a pinch-zoomable overlay.
BUILT FOR IPAD
- 44 pt touch targets across toolbar, outline, and file tree.
- Larger default font sizes tuned for iPad screen distance.
- Split-view and multitasking friendly.
- Works with hardware keyboards.
- Portrait and landscape, every orientation.
WRITER TOOLS
- Focus mode - non-current paragraphs dim for deep work.
- Typewriter mode.
- Session restore - auto-saves so you never lose a line.
- Chinese power tools - simplified/traditional conversion, pinyin, CJK word counts.
- Spell check.
- Custom CSS.
EXPORT
- HTML (newsletter quality)
- PDF with KaTeX and Mermaid baked in
- Word (.docx) with tables preserved
- Copy as HTML, plain text, or Markdown
PRIVACY FIRST
SoloMD collects no personal data. No account. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. All your notes live locally in files you own.
SoloMD is open source (MIT). Source: github.com/zhitongblog/solomd
Ratings & Reviews
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A layout built for a phone, not a shrunken desktop. The file tree and side panels now slide over the editor as drawers instead of squeezing it out of the way, split view stacks vertically, the toolbar keeps the six controls you actually reach for (everything else is one tap away, now with labels), and the status bar stops wrapping onto a second line. Tablets keep the desktop layout.
Also in this release:
- Bold text ending in a full-width punctuation mark renders correctly
- Multi-line $$ formulas stay in one piece in the block editor
- Export starts in the document's own folder
- Reading mode uses the font you chose, and its exit button no longer covers the first heading
- The first-run AI setup offers every provider with an editable base URL, and can verify servers that publish no model list
- New provider: any OpenAI-compatible server you host yourself (llama.cpp, LM Studio, vLLM)
- Code blocks have a copy button while you edit - it copies the code, without the fences or indentation
- Ollama running on another machine on your network is now detected
The developer, 向东 李, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- 向东 李
- Size
- 21 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 14.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 10.15 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 xiangdong li
