Comparison

githtml vs Cadence

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

Head to head
About

githtml

Features
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Your AI docs, finally readable. githtml is the iOS reader for HTML documentation that lives inside your GitHub repos. Documentation your AI coding agent writes, the rendered output, the framework references you keep meaning to read on the train. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Connect your GitHub, pick a repo, tap a file. That's it. โ€” WHAT IT DOES โ€ข A clean WebKit reader that gets out of the way of your content โ€” the doc's own typography and styling stay intact. โ€ข A bottom drawer for capturing notes on any page. Auto-saved per file, exportable as plain text or through the system share sheet. โ€ข Browse, Favorites, and Recents โ€” all three grouped by owner so a hundred repos stay organized. โ€ข Scroll-aware navigation chrome that fades while you read and comes back the instant you scroll up. โ€ข Offline cache โ€” once you've opened a doc, the bytes stay on your device. โ€” WHO IT'S FOR โ€ข Developers using Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or other coding agents that write extensive docs into their repos. โ€ข Solo builders maintaining a personal knowledge base in private repos. โ€ข Engineers reading framework docs, API references, and internal wikis on the train, on planes, or away from Wi-Fi. โ€ข Anyone who has tried to read raw Markdown in the GitHub mobile app and given up. โ€” HOW IT WORKS 1. Sign in with GitHub. The app uses GitHub's official App flow โ€” you pick which repos to grant access to. 2. The permission requested is "Read access to code." Nothing else. No write access, no organization data, no actions. 3. Pick an owner, then a repo, then a file. HTML files are indexed by default. โ€” LOCAL-ONLY, ALWAYS โ€ข Your GitHub token lives in the iOS Keychain. โ€ข Your notes live in local SwiftData storage. โ€ข Your cached docs live in the local file system. โ€ข "Delete all data" wipes every byte the app has ever stored, in one tap. โ€ข There is no githtml server. The only network calls are to GitHub itself and a tiny token-exchange function that never sees your token after the exchange completes. โ€” WHAT'S NEXT githtml is built around a tight V1: read your repos, take notes, work offline. Future versions will add more ways to navigate and search a large archive of cached docs. Email feedback to shape what ships next.

About

Cadence

Features
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adence shows every contribution you have made to GitHub on one screen: commits, pull requests, issues and reviews, from your first year to today. Pick a window and the grid and the total recompute. Swipe to step a year. All is simply the widest window: one row per year, one cell per month, every year you have. READ-ONLY ACCESS The scope is read:user, the narrowest permission that can count private contributions. Nothing can be pushed or edited, and your code is never read. Revoke it on GitHub at any time. NO ACCOUNT Nothing to sign up for. You approve a code on GitHub's own page and the token stays in your device keychain. There are no Cadence servers, no analytics and no advertising. WORKS OFFLINE Your history is cached on the device, so every window and every year reads without a connection. Nothing is disabled and nothing is greyed out; a quiet line names the date the record reaches. FREE, NO ADS Cadence is free, with no in-app purchases and no ads. WHAT GETS COUNTED The totals come from GitHub's own contribution calendar, so everything it counts is inside every number here, private contributions included. Commits, pull requests, issues and reviews are broken out per day; discussions and new repositories are in the total only, because GitHub does not report them separately.

Screenshots

githtml4 screens
Cadence3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cadence at none against githtml's 3. Cadence also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. githtml sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cadence asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
githtml versus Cadence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergithtmlCadence
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB21 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperWave Tech LLCIVAN LOKAS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

githtml

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro$59.99
None

Cadence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is githtml free?
githtml is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do githtml or Cadence have ads?
Neither githtml nor Cadence shows ads.

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