Nota6
Nota6
Free
Must-have Markdown reader for the AI era — 12-doc Library built in. Mermaid, KaTeX, outline, code highlighting.
Zero telemetry. Fully offline.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Reader-first Markdown app for the AI era — with a built-in Reference Library so it's useful the moment you open it.
BUILT-IN LIBRARY (12 references, all offline)
The welcome screen has a "Browse Library" button. Tap it and you have 12 curated documents available immediately, in English and Simplified Chinese:
• Markdown / GFM syntax references
• Mermaid Diagram Gallery — 10 diagram types (flowchart, sequence, class, state, ER, gantt, pie, mindmap, timeline, git graph), each with source + rendered output
• KaTeX Math Reference — symbols, operators, matrices, common formulas
• Code Highlighting Gallery — Swift, Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, SQL, and more (190+ languages bundled)
• Reading AI-Generated Markdown — four shapes of agent output and how to read each
• CLAUDE.md & AGENTS.md spec — how AI-instruction files work
• README Patterns, Design Doc & RFC Patterns
• Nota6 Tips & Tricks, iPad Keyboard Shortcuts, Themes Showcase
These aren't placeholders — they're useful reading material for anyone who works with AI coding assistants and the .md files they produce.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM A BROWSER
• Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, syntax-highlighted code, all rendered offline. No network requests during rendering. Safari Reader can't do Mermaid; Nota6 can.
• Auto-refresh on file change with smart scroll anchoring: when an external editor rewrites the file, the preview re-renders in place and stays at the same heading even if the document length shifts.
• Open files from anywhere via the system share sheet, Files, iCloud Drive, or the "Open in Nota6" action.
iOS-NATIVE INTEGRATIONS
• Shortcuts / App Intents: "Open Markdown File" and "Export Markdown as HTML" are first-class Shortcuts actions. Automate from Siri or your iPad keyboard.
• iCloud sync: your theme, font, width, and Custom-theme colors follow you across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
• Workspace full-text search (⌘⇧F) across an entire folder of .md files.
• Bookmark self-heal: if AI tooling renames or moves files in your workspace, Nota6 reattaches by content fingerprint instead of breaking.
READING EXPERIENCE
• Quick Edit: switch to Source, correct raw Markdown, and save with Command-S on a hardware keyboard. Nota6 preserves the original encoding, BOM, and line endings, and warns before overwriting external changes.
• 5 themes: GitHub · Paper · Notion · Terminal · Custom. Custom lets you pick body + monospace fonts and 4 colors (background, text, heading, code block) right inside the app.
• 4 font sizes, 3 reading widths, Light / Dark / Auto appearance.
• Outline panel with live filter and scroll-synced active heading; floating breadcrumb when the outline is closed.
• Per-file reading-progress dots in the workspace sidebar.
• Click-to-zoom for Mermaid diagrams and images; long-press to Copy or Save as PNG.
iPAD HARDWARE KEYBOARD
Full shortcut set: ⌘O · ⇧⌘O · ⌘F · ⌘P · ⌥⌘O · ⌘R · ⌘[ / ⌘] · ⌘W. Press-and-hold ⌘ for the discoverability HUD.
EXPORT
PDF or self-contained HTML via the system share sheet — straight to Files, Mail, Slack, Notion, or any other destination.
PRIVACY
No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No network requests unless the document itself references remote images. Rendering libraries (KaTeX, Mermaid, highlight.js) are bundled offline. English + Simplified Chinese.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Improved the compact iPhone toolbar with direct access to Source and a clearer More menu. Added bounded preview recovery when web content is interrupted. Improved PDF export reliability, timeout handling, and error reporting.
The developer, 笑天 刘, 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
- Seller
- 笑天 刘
- Size
- 11.5 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Liu XT
