MAMP Viewer vs myTextViewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MAMP Viewer
This app allows web developers to preview and test local websites directly on their iOS devices. It offers real-time previews, easy setup, and automatic WLAN transfer for seamless development on the go.
- Real-time website preview
- Easy setup for MAMP sites
- Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
- Automatic WLAN project transfer
- Intuitive user interface
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MAMP Viewer – Your Mobile Companion for Web Development With MAMP Viewer, you can view and test your local websites directly on your iPhone or iPad. Connect the app to MAMP PRO and review your projects on a real iOS device without having to publish them online first. Key Features Preview on Real Devices View your local websites directly on your iPhone or iPad and check how they look and work on iOS. Easy Setup Connect to your MAMP PRO websites in just a few steps. Broad Compatibility Test websites built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress, and other common web technologies. Local Network Access Access your MAMP PRO websites over Wi-Fi, with no cables or uploads required. Easy to Use Switch between your projects using a clean and intuitive interface. MAMP Viewer is the ideal companion for web developers, designers, and users of MAMP PRO 6 or later.
myTextViewer
Easily open and view any text-based file, including code, logs, and configurations, on your iPhone or iPad. Enjoy offline syntax highlighting, instant search, and a clean interface without ads while reading.
- Open unsupported text file formats
- Offline syntax highlighting for multiple languages
- Fast in-file search with live count
- File library on home screen
- Light, Dark, and System appearance modes
- Smart encoding and large file support
- 100% on-device privacy
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Open any text, source code, config, or log file on your iPhone or iPad in seconds — even when iOS Mail or the Files app says the format is unsupported. Whether someone just emailed you a server .log, a .yaml deployment config, a .cfg or .ini file, or a Python/JSON script, myTextViewer opens it cleanly with offline syntax highlighting, line numbers, and instant in-file search. No accounts. No cloud uploads. And zero ads while you are reading a file. WHY DEVELOPERS, SYSADMINS & POWER USERS KEEP IT INSTALLED • Opens Anything Text-Based — Unknown or non-standard file extensions (.log, .cfg, .conf, .diag, .env, .ini, .dat, .sql, .md, .toml, and more) open directly as readable text instead of hitting an "unsupported file" dead end. • 100% Offline Syntax Highlighting — Automatic syntax coloring for Python, JSON, YAML, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, C/C++, C#, Java, Ruby, Shell scripts, SQL, and more. Use the toolbar menu (‹/›) to switch languages or view as Plain Text, remembered automatically per file extension. • Fast In-File Search — Jump straight to the error or config key you need with live match counting ("3 of 12") and next/previous navigation. • Your File Library on the Home Screen — Every file you open is saved to your searchable home screen library so you can reopen it anytime with a single tap, or tap "+" to import files directly from the Files app. • Comfortable Reading Anywhere — Switch between Light, Dark, and System appearance in place without losing your scroll position. Toggle line numbers and pinch-to-zoom with a tap. • Smart Encoding & Large File Support — Cleanly reads UTF-8, UTF-16, BOM-prefixed logs, Windows-1252, and multi-megabyte log files without garbled characters or freezes. • 100% On-Device Privacy — Your files never leave your device. Decoding, syntax highlighting, and search run entirely locally on your iPhone or iPad. TWO EASY WAYS TO OPEN A FILE 1. From Mail, Files, Slack, or Messages: Tap Share on any attachment or file and choose myTextViewer. It opens right away and stays in your library for next time. 2. Directly Inside myTextViewer: Tap "+" in the top-right corner of the home screen to pick and open any file from your device or iCloud Drive. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MAMP Viewer at none against myTextViewer's shown. MAMP Viewer also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). myTextViewer's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 34%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MAMP Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 235 and 159 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 34% of MAMP Viewer's written reviews are positive against 53% of myTextViewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MAMP Viewer ships an update every 9 months, myTextViewer every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | MAMP Viewer | myTextViewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (235 ratings) — better | 3.7 (159 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.6% of reviews | 53.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 235 — better | 159 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAMP GmbH | Yaniv Kalsky |
Customer experience
MAMP Viewer
myTextViewer
User reviews
MAMP Viewer
From 235 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for remembering development addresses
- 👍 Convenient for local mobile testing
- 👍 Good for productivity
- 👍 Works well with MAMP Pro
- 👍 Handy for testing mobile versions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work at all
- 🐛 Fails to load hosts
- 🐛 Error loading page
- 🐛 Aggressively cached CSS
- 🐛 Not working with WordPress
myTextViewer
From 159 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Opens unsupported file formats reliably
- 📂 Handles multiple file types (XML, JSON, LOG, EML, YML)
- 🎯 Simple and straightforward functionality
- ⚡ No unnecessary features or bloat
- 🆓 Free to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Files display as blank or won't open
- ❌ Inconsistent file compatibility
- 😤 Requires review before using app
- 📱 Compatibility issues with iOS updates
- 🔄 Confusing sharing/import workflow
Bugs and requests
MAMP Viewer
Reported bugs
34 issues- No MAMP Pro hosts found
- Error loading page: Mamp viewer is not able to load the requested page
- CSS files aggressively cached, no way to turn off or empty
- All resolution options grayed out in MAMP Pro General tab
- App has stopped working
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- Won't find hosts even with viewer enabled and on same network
- iOS viewer has never worked
- Upgrade to version 6 disables localhost on mobile
- Locally hosted site fails to load, error text truncated
- Page will not reload if iPad goes to sleep, requires restart
- Not working on custom hosts running Wordpress sites on Nginx
- Cannot change address in address bar manually
- Too many redirects error with WordPress
- Stuck in a redirect loop with WP sites
- Errors trying to load anything, won't let you enter a URL
- Hardly ever works
- Doesn't list hosts
- Cannot access free MAMP site
- Input shows up but won't type or delete anything
- All hosts failed
- Cannot load pages, error message with no explanation
- Menu scrolls to tags causing crash
- Fails to load, error message with no explanation
- Picks up host but fails to load
- Works well for one host, fails for multiple instances
- Doesn't work with any site, they appear but never load
- Only allows access to root page, cannot access subpages
- Incompatible with MAMP's self-signed SSL certificates
- Won't allow viewing anything with a self-signed certificate
- Doesn't support self-signed certificates
- Dynamic PHP sites show plain, unstyled with no images
- Help icon goes to MAMP downloads page
- 'Help' section contains placeholder text
- No hosts show in the app
Requested features
12 requests- Update user interface
- Add URL bar for manual entry
- Improve WordPress support
- Fix SSL certificate issues
- Add tutorial video for setup
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- Allow access to subpages
- Improve MAMP Pro integration
- Add admin section for settings
- Provide iPhone X support
- Enable manual URL entry
- Fix caching issues
- Allow viewing of multiple instances
myTextViewer
Reported bugs
8 issues- App fails to open files from Files app
- JSON files display blank
- XML files not rendering properly
- App crashes or won't launch
- Incompatibility with iOS 14 and iOS 16
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- Text files cannot be opened
- Help screen appears instead of file content
- No response when sharing files to app
Requested features
7 requests- Search/find function within documents
- File editing capabilities
- Remove ads or ad-free option
- Support for action extensions
- Better file import options
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- Plain English display instead of code format
- Export functionality
In-app purchases
MAMP Viewer
No in-app purchases
myTextViewer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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