PeekPlainPricing
Free, or $24 once.
Free matches Preview at everything Preview does, and is a complete Markdown, text and code viewer. Pro adds the jobs Preview cannot do, plus automation and on-device AI. Pay once. No account.
Free
$0
Forever.
- Viewing for Markdown, text, code and (as they arrive) data, PDF, images and media
- Three Markdown themes, reading controls, outline
- Quick Look and Finder thumbnails
- Tabs, folder browsing, ⌘K and ⌘P
- Everything Preview does, free: merge, crop, sign, fill forms, annotate, reduce file size, PDF to images
- Image crop, resize, color adjustments and background removal
- Password protect and unlock PDFs
- PDF export of Markdown
Pro
$24
One payment. Includes one year of updates. Launch price $19.
- Make scanned PDFs searchable (OCR), true redaction, edit existing PDF text, split
- Compress to a target size, page numbers, watermarks, metadata cleaner
- Export PDF highlights and notes to Markdown
- Batch image tools, compare slider
- Folder search, split and compare view, edit mode
- The
peekplaincommand-line tool and Shortcuts actions - All Markdown themes and custom CSS
- On-device AI: summaries, ask this document, smart rename, alt text (macOS 26)
How buying works
- Start the 14-day trial from the app. All Pro features are on, no card needed.
- Buying emails you a license key. Paste it into Settings, or click the Activate link in the email.
- One license works on up to 3 of your Macs. You can deactivate one from Settings.
- The app checks your license offline. It never locks you out because you have no internet.
- After your first year, keep the version you have forever, or renew updates for about $12 a year.
- Students get 50% off with a school email.
Checkout and receipts are handled by Lemon Squeezy. Already bought? Manage your license and orders.
See every task and which tier it is in, or compare with Preview.
What Pro will not do
- Show ads, ask for an account, or send your files anywhere.
- Take away anything in Free. Free features stay free.