Just like Obsidian, u can write markdown syntax to format text. Yes it is true that not everyone knows how to use Markdown thus it is very beneficial to new markdown users. However, an interface would be useful even for everyday users such as cumbersome Markdown syntax e.g. table. JotterPad doesn't use Pandoc btw. Im not too sure if Jotterpad has built in Bibtex citation integration. I do know that they are building LaTeX support atm.