Comparison

tramontana vs Markdown Viewer Mobile

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

Head to head
About

tramontana

Prototype interactive spaces and connected products using your smartphone's sensors and actuators. Control features like flash, vibration, and screen display, or read device orientation, accelerometer, and touch events. Integrates with machine learning software for advanced prototyping.

Highlights
  • Smartphone sensor access (orientation, accelerometer, magnetometer)
  • Smartphone actuator control (flash, vibration, screen brightness)
  • Remote camera triggering and Dropbox upload
  • Integration with Wekinator for machine learning
  • Libraries for Processing, Javascript, and OpenFrameworks
  • Wireless prototyping capabilities
Features
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A prototyping kit for iOS. Tramontana leverages the capabilities of the object that we have all come to carry with us anywhere, all the time, our smartphone. With libraries for Processing, Javascript and OpenFrameworks you can access the inputs and outputs of one or more smartphones to easily and quickly prototype interactive spaces, connected products or just something you’d like to be wireless. More information at: tramontana.xyz To use Tramontana and access all the features of your phone you need to use the open source Processing, javascript or openFrameworks libraries. You can use your device as actuator triggering remotely: - flash light; - vibration; - changes to screen brightness and color: - playback of video, audio, and images as you can see from the screenshots; You can use the device as a sensor reading: - orientation; - magnetometer; - accelerometer; - distance sensor; - audio jack; - changes in the power source; - touch events; You can also trigger remotely the camera and upload pictures to Dropbox. Tramontana now interfaces with Wekinator and you will be able to use touch or accelerometer inputs from your device with the machine learning software.

About

Markdown Viewer Mobile

Features
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MarkdownViewer is a distraction-free reader for .md files on iPhone and iPad. Open a file from Files, AirDrop, or a shared link; or sync an entire documentation repository from GitHub and read it offline. Just exploring? The app ships with a curated library of example documents covering every feature below — sync it with one tap from the "Try it" card on the library screen. RICH RENDERING • Full CommonMark + GitHub Flavored Markdown • Mermaid diagrams rendered inline • LaTeX math (inline and display) via KaTeX-compatible engine • Syntax-highlighted code blocks across 190+ languages • GFM tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough • GitHub-style admonitions (NOTE, WARNING, TIP, CAUTION) READING COMFORT • Material 3 design with light, dark, and sepia themes • Adjustable font size, reading width, and line height • Immersive scroll — the app bar fades away as you read • Table of contents drawer with one-tap navigation • In-document search with match counter • Reading-position bookmark — resume exactly where you left off • Keep-screen-on toggle for long-form reading • Reading time estimate BRING YOUR OWN DOCS • Sync any public GitHub repository with a single URL • Private repos supported via a personal access token (stored in the iOS Keychain — never in the app's database) • Incremental re-sync — only changed files download • Re-sync or remove a synced repo from the drawer EXPORT AND SHARE • Export any document to PDF with mermaid diagrams preserved • Share the raw markdown or a rendered PDF via the system share sheet PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No accounts, ever • Zero telemetry by default • Crash reporting is opt-in and excludes document content, file paths, and tokens • The only network traffic is to GitHub when you explicitly sync Made in the open on GitHub. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Screenshots

tramontana3 screens
Markdown Viewer Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Markdown Viewer Mobile at every 4 days against tramontana's every 6 months. tramontana's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tramontana ships an update every 6 months, Markdown Viewer Mobile every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
tramontana versus Markdown Viewer Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertramontanaMarkdown Viewer Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrico GueliCemil Ilik

In-app purchases

None

tramontana

No in-app purchases

None

Markdown Viewer Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tramontana free?
tramontana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Markdown Viewer Mobile free?
Markdown Viewer Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tramontana or Markdown Viewer Mobile have ads?
Neither tramontana nor Markdown Viewer Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tramontana or Markdown Viewer Mobile?
tramontana ships an update every 6 months, and Markdown Viewer Mobile every 4 days. Most recently, tramontana was updated on June 1, 2026 and Markdown Viewer Mobile on September 15, 2026.

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