Comparison

MAMP Viewer vs tersOS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time website preview
  • Easy setup for MAMP sites
  • Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
  • Automatic WLAN project transfer
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
Read full description

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.

About

tersOS

Features
Read full description

tersOS is the member app for coworking spaces that run on tersOS. Book a desk, scan in at the door, keep up with your community, and find everything about your membership in one place. BOOK IN SECONDS See what's actually free right now and book a desk, meeting room or studio from your phone. Bookings sit in one calendar alongside what's on at your space. CHECK IN WITH A SCAN Point your camera at the QR code on the door. That's the whole flow. ASK TERSAI An assistant that knows your space, not the internet. Ask what's free on Thursday afternoon, when your invoice is due, or who to talk to about the meeting room. YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT ANOTHER GROUP CHAT A feed for your space and direct messages with the people in it. Ask a question, share something, find the person who knows. EVERYTHING ELSE, IN ONE PLACE - Invoices and what's been paid, always current - Parcels, so you know the moment something arrives for you - Events at your space, with your ticket on your phone - Your team's people, bookings and shared plan - Notifications you can actually tune - Face ID sign-in WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Browse events and day passes, and look up a booking, without signing in. REQUIRES A SPACE THAT USES TERSOS tersOS is provided by your coworking space. You'll need an account from them to sign in. If your space doesn't run tersOS yet, point them at tersos.io.

Screenshots

MAMP Viewer4 screens
tersOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: tersOS at 15.1 against MAMP Viewer's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MAMP Viewer versus tersOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMAMP ViewertersOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (234 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings234 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAMP GmbHtershouse software agency

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
Show 29 more
  • 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
Show 7 more
  • 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

tersOS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MAMP Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

tersOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MAMP Viewer free?
MAMP Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tersOS free?
tersOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MAMP Viewer or tersOS have ads?
Neither MAMP Viewer nor tersOS shows ads.

Other comparisons