Three ways to read Markdown
Editors, previewers, and viewers do different jobs. Here's where Markdown Better View fits — and why a focused viewer wins when you just want to read.
Full editing, plugins, sync — powerful, but heavier. Overkill when all you want is to read a file someone sent you.
A live preview window beside your editor. Brilliant while you write — but it pairs with an editor, and Marked 3 is now a subscription.
Double-click a .md and read it rendered — native, instant, one-time. Themes, table of contents, instant find, Quick Look, reading mode, folder → tabs. Editing in another app? Live reload re-renders on every save — so it does the previewer's job too, without pairing to an editor or a subscription.
Typora, Obsidian, and Marked are excellent at their jobs. Markdown Better View is built for reading — and with live reload on save, it quietly covers the previewing job too, one-time.