Glimpse vs Cola Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glimpse
This app allows you to quickly preview HTML reports, Markdown notes, and zipped web exports received on your device. You can save files locally, organize them with search and filters, and read them with customizable viewing options. It's ideal for AI reports, web presentations, and personal notes.
- Preview HTML, Markdown, TXT, and ZIP files
- Browse documents as thumbnail cards
- Search filenames and apply filters
- Save and manage local files
- Customizable reading modes (dark mode, font size)
- Desktop mode for HTML viewing
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Glimpse is a lightweight viewer for HTML reports, Markdown notes, and zipped web exports. Open files received on your phone from Files or the system share sheet, save them locally, and return to them whenever you need. Features: • Browse your documents as thumbnail cards • Search filenames and combine Favorites with Markdown or HTML filters • Preview HTML, Markdown, TXT, and ZIP web bundles • Preview and save files directly from the share sheet • Keep a local history, favorite important files, and delete local copies from a card’s context menu • Read Markdown with an outline, adjustable font size and line spacing, and dark mode • View HTML with zoom, portrait or landscape orientation, and desktop mode • Dynamic scripts and external content are disabled by default and can be enabled when needed • Read on iPhone and iPad with sidebar navigation • English and Chinese interfaces with matching HTML and Markdown samples and illustrated guides Imported files are stored locally on your device. Glimpse is useful for AI reports, web presentations, meeting materials, personal notes, and development demos.
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.
- Send tasks remotely
- Attach phone files
- Monitor task progress
- Voice input for prompts
- Receive completion notifications
- Cache recent work
- Connect to desktop AI
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cola Mobile at Free against Glimpse's $4.99. Cola Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Glimpse's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). 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
Cola Mobile is free to download; Glimpse costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Glimpse ships an update every 2 days, Cola Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glimpse | Cola Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 浩 郭 | MARSWAVE PTE. LTD. |
Customer experience
Glimpse
Cola Mobile
In-app purchases
Glimpse
No in-app purchases
Cola Mobile
No in-app purchases









