Comparison

MiaoYan vs Cola Mobile

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

Head to head
About

MiaoYan

A calm Markdown editor for notes, ideas, and documents. Write in plain text, organize with folders, and access your files across devices via iCloud Drive. Enjoy a clean reading experience with customizable typography.

Highlights
  • Read and edit Markdown notes
  • Organize notes by folders
  • Use your own iCloud Drive folder
  • Clean typography for reading
  • Search and open notes quickly
  • No account required
Features
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MiaoYan is a calm Markdown editor for notes, ideas, documents, and everyday writing. Write in plain Markdown, read with clean typography, and keep your notes organized in folders. MiaoYan works with your own files, so your notes stay portable and easy to manage. Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, MiaoYan lets you use the same Markdown folder across devices through iCloud Drive. Features: • Read and edit Markdown notes • Browse notes with previews, dates, and file sizes • Organize notes by folders • Use your own iCloud Drive folder • View images, quotes, lists, code, and structured notes • Adjust reading font size • Search and open notes quickly • No account required MiaoYan is built for people who prefer simple files, focused writing, and a quiet reading experience.

About

Cola Mobile

This mobile app connects to a desktop AI assistant, allowing you to send instructions, add files, and monitor task progress remotely. It ensures your computer work continues even when you're away from your desk.

Highlights
  • Send tasks remotely
  • Attach phone files
  • Monitor task progress
  • Voice input for prompts
  • Receive completion notifications
  • Cache recent work
  • Connect to desktop AI
Features
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An idea comes up after you have left your desk. A screenshot or document is already on your phone. A long task is still running on your computer. Cola is an AI with a soul, living on your Mac or Windows computer. You can chat with it, give it context and files, and let it move your tasks forward on the desktop. Cola Mobile is the phone connection to that workspace. It does not replace the desktop app. It helps you send instructions, add files, check progress, and get notified when your desktop Cola is done. Cola Mobile keeps you connected to Cola without making you go back to your Mac or PC. Open the app, choose your online Cola desktop, send a message, attach what you have, and follow the result from your phone. It is built for the everyday moments when work should keep moving: on the train, between meetings, on the couch, or right before you close your laptop for the night. KEY FEATURES SEND TASKS WHEN THEY COME TO MIND Turn quick thoughts into Cola tasks from your phone. Send a new request, add missing details, continue a conversation, or stop a task if it is going the wrong way. ADD THE FILE THAT IS ALREADY ON YOUR PHONE Attach a PDF, screenshot, photo, note, log, or camera capture. Cola Mobile passes it to Cola on your computer so the task has the context it needs. FOLLOW PROGRESS WITHOUT SITTING AT YOUR DESK See live replies, task status, errors, completion, and generated files from your selected Chat session. SPEAK INSTEAD OF TYPE Use system speech recognition to put your thought into the prompt box. Review or edit the transcript before sending. GET A TAP WHEN IT IS DONE When a task started from your phone finishes, receive a notification and jump back to the right device and session. KEEP RECENT WORK HANDY Recently synced messages and downloaded files are cached on this phone for quick review. Search the session history that has already been synced to this device. BUILT AROUND YOUR COMPUTER Cola continues to work on your online desktop. Your desktop app keeps the local session history, files, tools, and task results, while your phone gives you a fast way to hand off ideas and check back later. WHO IS COLA MOBILE FOR? Cola Mobile is for people who use Cola on macOS or Windows and want to: - Capture ideas before they disappear. - Send phone files, screenshots, or photos into a Cola task. - Check long-running work without staying at the desk. - Add one more instruction when something comes to mind. - Get notified when a task is finished. - Keep computer work moving while life moves around it. IMPORTANT Cola Mobile requires a Cola account and an online Cola desktop app on macOS or Windows. When no desktop device is online, the app may only show local content already cached on this phone. Cola Mobile does not run tasks independently on the phone and does not use cloud conversation history sync. Download Cola Mobile and let your computer keep working, even when you step away.

Screenshots

MiaoYan4 screens
Cola Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cola Mobile at Free against MiaoYan's $12.99. Cola Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On 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

Cola Mobile is free to download; MiaoYan costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MiaoYan ships an update monthly, Cola Mobile every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MiaoYan versus Cola Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiaoYanCola Mobile
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer威 汤MARSWAVE PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

MiaoYan

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cola Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MiaoYan

No in-app purchases

None

Cola Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiaoYan free?
MiaoYan costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cola Mobile free?
Cola Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MiaoYan or Cola Mobile have ads?
Neither MiaoYan nor Cola Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MiaoYan or Cola Mobile?
MiaoYan ships an update monthly, and Cola Mobile every 9 days. Most recently, MiaoYan was updated on October 28, 2026 and Cola Mobile on October 18, 2026.

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