Viewdown vs Markdown Buddy

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Viewdown compared with Markdown Buddy
Detail	Viewdown	Markdown Buddy
What it does	Markdown viewer for Mac, with live preview	Native Markdown editor and preview for macOS with workspace tree, find and replace, link map, and clickable task lists
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	NL	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Paid
Pricing	$11.99 USD one-time purchase, with 14-day free trial and no credit card required	$4.99 one-off purchase on the Mac App Store
Key features	Live preview with automatic file watching Automatic scrolling to changed content Mermaid diagram rendering LaTeX mathematics typesetting Syntax highlighting for 80+ languages Table of contents sidebar Smart search matching rendered text Support for tables and task lists	Import Word, PDF and RTF to Markdown with headings and tables
What makes it different	Works with any editor already in use without plugins or extensions Automatic scrolling marks recently edited content	No subscription: one-off $4.99 purchase with all features included and free updates Complete privacy: no data collection, no network access unless you add your own API key Search by meaning: find sections with semantic similarity computed on your Mac AI project overview generation with Apple Intelligence or local models MCP support for AI agents to read and suggest changes to projects
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	29 +29 (up) since last check	3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	24	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	19	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	39	18

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