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Good iOS Markdown Viewer ?

Anyone know of a good Markdown viewer on iPhone?  I'd like to export my Org files to Markdown and drop them onto a USB key that I (or my family) could read anywhere when needed.

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Thanks.  Obsidian looks very good.  Do you know if the Markdown that Org exports is fully compatible with Obsidian and vice versa?

According to  Obsidian's website it supports these 2 flavors:

Obsidian supports CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown

 

Regular org-mode Markdown support though uses the (pretty plain) standard as described on org-mode info on Markdown export

 

The Markdown export back-end, “md”, converts an Org file to Markdown format, as defined at https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/.

 

Some people made an effort to export org-mode in the GFM flavor. How well this works and how well the compatibility is, I don't know.

  1. GFM exporter for org-mode: https://github.com/larstvei/ox-gfm
  2. Exporting from org-mode via Pandoc with GFM option: https://francopasut.netlify.app/post/org-to-markdown-gfm/

Do you need a markdown viewer only (as the initial post may imply)?
Or do you need also a markdown editor for kind of "round-trip editing", which the second reply could may imply ("fully compatible.. and vice versa")?

Just from hearing and their popularity, perhaps have a look also in
  • https://www.textasticapp.com/ (probably more coding oriented)
  • https://ia.net/writer (writer focused, probably one of the best apps for writing on iOS - but I couldn't find which markdown flavor it supports (iA Writer's Markdown Guide), but contacting their support should help; yes it comes at a price point, but no subscription; you probably want to filter out also any app not capable of accessing local storage on iPhone ("Files" provider) or relevant file providers you are looking for - if "roundtrip editing" is a must-have)

A markdown viewer that  can follow links is enough for me.  I think it would be easier for my family to use rather than try to setup an HTML server.  Also, a USB key is safer for family data than using a server over the Internet.


I'll look into your suggestions.  Thanks.

If focus is solely on viewing, then I guess that most - if not all - markdown-supported editors/viewers on iOS probably support / display the markdown-exports from Emacs.

Here's a free iOS app, called "Typewriter":


https://eightysix.github.io/


https://apps.apple.com/us/app/typewriter-for-markdown/id1556419263?platform=iphone


It can access Apple's "Files", once an .md file has been opened, click on "Preview", which also renders markdown-formatted URLs (next to simple URLs as well) into clickable links and tap one. That will open the mobile Safari web-browser. Just tested it briefly, could be a viable option.

Thanks.  I'll take a look at Typrwriter.  It looks simpler than Obsidian.

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