I built a Markdown reader for Android because every one I tried sucked

Source: Dev.to

The problem nobody talks about

I use Markdown for everything—notes in Obsidian, documentation, ChatGPT exports, random .md files people send me. On my laptop, life is good: VS Code, Typora, whatever. Files look great.

Then I try to open the same file on my Android phone. And it’s… bad. Every app I found falls into one of these categories:

• Full editors – I don’t want to edit a README on my phone. I want to read it.
• Ugly renderers – Monospace font, no syntax highlighting, looks like 2005.
• “Create an account to continue” – No thanks.
• File‑manager approach – Opens as raw text. Cool, I love reading ## Heading with my eyes.

So I built MarkDeck

MarkDeck is a Markdown reader for Android. Emphasis on reader—it doesn’t edit, it doesn’t sync, and it doesn’t need an account. You open a .md file and it renders it nicely. That’s the whole thing.

What it does

• Opens from anywhere – tap a .md file in your file manager, email, browser downloads, etc. MarkDeck handles it.

What’s next

I have a list of stuff I want to add:

• Table of contents for long documents

But first I need to make sure the basics are solid.

Try it?

I’m in Google Play closed testing right now. I need a few more testers before Google lets me publish publicly.

If you have an Android phone and read Markdown files, I’d genuinely appreciate you trying it:

• 👉 Join the beta:
• Check out the landing page:

Tell me what breaks, what’s confusing, what’s missing. I’m a solo dev building this from Colombia, and real feedback from real people is the most valuable thing right now.

Thanks for reading this far. 🤙