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Pocket Prose vs PilcrowMD: catalog facts
Pocket Prose	PilcrowMD
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free with no ads, open source under the GPL 3.0.
Android	Android
Works on a plain folder of Markdown files Tag-based organization	Native rendering tuned for reading long documents on a phone Table of contents, in-document search and scroll memory
No Markdown preview pane Android only	Android only Young project with a small community
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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