Hype Reflect vs MAMP Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hype Reflect
Instantly preview and interact with animations created in Tumult Hype on your Mac directly on your iOS device. Utilize Mirror Mode for live updates as you edit, ensuring pixel-perfect results. Supports HTML/PHP documents from Tumult Whisk.
- Instant preview of HTML5 documents
- Live updates in Mirror Mode
- Responsive design viewport adjustment
- Full screen animation display
- JavaScript console for debugging
- Send animations to Mobile Safari
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With Hype Reflect, effortlessly preview and interact with animations created using Tumult Hype on the Mac! One click in Hype’s Preview menu instantly sends your content to Hype Reflect. Enter Mirror Mode to view changes live as you work to ensure colors and text are 100% pixel perfect. Hype Reflect previews HTML/PHP documents from Tumult Whisk, too. • Instant Preview - Beam your HTML5 documents and immediately see what they look like on iOS • Mirror Mode - Show changes made in Hype live while you’re editing • Responsive Design Mode - Adjust the viewport width to try a variety of differently size devices • Full Screen Preview - Fill the entire screen with your animations • JavaScript Console - View debugging messages • Mobile Safari - Send animations to Mobile Safari with one tap Gone are the tedious days of exporting to servers simply to test how your animations look on iOS devices. Using Hype Reflect, you can view your in-progress documents on iPhones and iPads with the click of a button! iOS devices running Hype Reflect must be on the same Wi-Fi network as Macs running Hype/Whisk. ==== What is Tumult Hype? Tumult Hype is the HTML5 creation app for macOS. Animated and interactive content made with Tumult Hype works on desktops, smartphones, and iPads. No coding required. Hype Reflect requires Hype 2.0 or later. For more information about Hype visit: https://tumult.com/hype/ ==== What is Tumult Whisk? Whisk is a lightweight HTML and PHP editor for macOS with a live preview that updates as you type. Hype Reflect requires Whisk 2.0 or later. For more information about Whisk visit: https://tumult.com/whisk/
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MAMP Viewer at free against Hype Reflect's paid. MAMP Viewer also leads on ratings volume (232 vs 11) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). Hype Reflect's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 34%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAMP Viewer has 232 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Hype Reflect's written reviews are positive against 34% of MAMP Viewer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hype Reflect ships an update every 15 months, MAMP Viewer every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hype Reflect | MAMP Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 4.0 (232 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better | 33.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 232 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tumult Inc. | MAMP GmbH |
Customer experience
Hype Reflect
MAMP Viewer
Bugs and requests
Hype Reflect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
Hype Reflect
No in-app purchases
MAMP Viewer
No in-app purchases
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