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SimpleMarkdown vs PilcrowMD: catalog facts
SimpleMarkdown	PilcrowMD
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.	Free Free with no ads, open source under the GPL 3.0.
Android	Android
Simple editor focused on Markdown Rendered preview	Native rendering tuned for reading long documents on a phone Table of contents, in-document search and scroll memory
Android only Basic feature set compared with full note apps	Android only Young project with a small community
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	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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