Markdown Notes Editor: Linen
PDF Markup, Viewer, and Math
Free · In‑App Purchases
Now with PDF markup, linked folders, links between notes, tags, math, diagrams, themes and version history.
Linen is a Markdown notes app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Write your notes in Markdown and switch to the preview to see them formatted.
WRITE
• An editor that colors headings, lists, links and code as you type
• One menu for headings, bold, italic, lists, tasks, quotes, code and tables
• Outline to jump between headings, find in note, and a focus mode that hides everything but the note
• Insert a picture or paste one from the clipboard
READ
• A preview of your note with GitHub Flavored Markdown formatted: tables, footnotes, code with syntax colors, and task lists you can tick
• Math typeset from LaTeX, inline or on its own lines
• Diagrams drawn from Mermaid text: flowcharts, sequence diagrams, timelines and more
• Four themes, Linen, Paper, Sepia and Slate, each in light and dark, with adjustable text size
CONNECT
• Link notes to each other with [[double brackets]] and see which notes link back
• Tag notes with #tags and show every note that carries a tag
• Version history keeps earlier versions of a note, ready to bring back
YOUR FILES
• Keep notes in folders inside Linen, or open .md files from anywhere
• Linen Pro: open a whole folder from iCloud Drive or Files and work on its Markdown files where they are.
• Open PDFs beside your notes. Linen Pro: highlight, underline, add text, and rotate, reorder, add or delete pages.
SHARE
• Export Markdown. Linen Pro: export HTML, PDF and Rich Text.
• Linen Pro on Mac and iPad: editor and preview side by side.
Linen is free for up to five notes. Linen Pro removes the limit and adds the features marked above, as a weekly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
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A big update.
• PDFs: open them in Linen, highlight, underline, add text, and rearrange pages
• Linked folders: open a folder from iCloud Drive or Files and edit its Markdown files in place
• Links between notes with [[double brackets]], backlinks, and #tags
• Math (LaTeX) and diagrams (Mermaid) in the preview and in exports
• Pictures: insert one or paste it from the clipboard
• Version history for every note
• Four themes and adjustable text size
• An editor that colors Markdown as you type, an outline of headings, find, and focus mode
• Rich Text export
• Tick tasks right in the preview
The developer, Ctrl Alt Go Ltd, 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
- Ctrl Alt Go Ltd
- Size
- 19.2 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Lifetime $34.99
- Pro Weekly $6.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ctrl Alt Go Ltd

