When comparing Markdown Plus vs Stylo, the Slant community recommends Markdown Plus for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for OS X?” Markdown Plus is ranked 38th while Stylo is ranked 43rd. The most important reason people chose Markdown Plus is:
Markdown Plus can easily create a clear table of contents.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Support for table of contents
Markdown Plus can easily create a clear table of contents.
Pro Good support and updates
Also provides a separate app for Markdown display only with same specs: Markdown Mate
Pro Custom containers
Supports 4 custom containers (success, info, warning, danger).
Pro Extended Markdown
Extended Markdown is supported.
Pro Supports multiple markdown
Supports:
- Task Lists
- Math Formula
- Flowchart Syntax
- Sequence Diagram Syntax
- Gantt Diagram Syntax
- Emoji
- Fontawesome
- Ionicons
Pro Flexible styling using CSS
Markdown source styling is really flexible because the App relies on CSS.
Pro CSS style definitions editable inside the editor
There is no need for complicated theme manipulation steps to create a style, everything is right in the editor along with the Markdown source.
Pro CommonMark support
CommonMark Markdown standard got a lot of traction lately and it's good to use an editor that conforms to it.
Cons
Con Not free
Unlike some other comparable apps, Markdown Plus isn't free and has a purchase price of $14,99.
Con No email encryption
Does not encrypt email when exporting to HTML.
Con Exports to 4 different media
Markdown Plus can export to HTML, PNG, PDF and Paginated PDF.