Comparison

Otto vs Easy MD

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

Head to head
About

Otto

Control your personal AI agents running on your own hardware. Chat with full visibility, approve critical actions, and manage multiple agents and devices from anywhere. Stay in control of your AI's tasks and spending.

Highlights
  • Chat with AI agents with full visibility
  • Approve critical AI actions
  • Monitor AI task logs and file browsing
  • Secure one-tap service connections
  • Control AI spending and set limits
  • Manage multiple AI agents and devices
  • End-to-end encrypted communication
Features
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Otto is the control surface for your AI agents. Your agent runs on your own Otto device, not on rented cloud servers. The app is how you talk to it, see what it's doing, approve what matters, and stay in control of everything running on your behalf from anywhere. CHAT WITH FULL VISIBILITY Work with your agent in a conversation built for real tasks. Follow its reasoning as it works, see every tool call before it happens, and get a push notification the moment it needs a decision from you. Your agent asks before doing anything consequential. You approve or decline, and it picks up where it left off. SEE EVERYTHING IT DOES Live activity for running and completed tasks, agent logs, file browsing, and a remote shell when you want to get hands-on. Nothing happens off-screen. ONE-TAP CONNECTIONS Passkey links your agent to the services you already use. The app handles the sign-in flow on your phone, so your agent never has to juggle tokens or config files. SPEND UNDER CONTROL Gateway shows exactly what is being spent, by agent, by model, over time. Set per-agent limits and usage caps, and switch between cloud and on-device models. RUN A FLEET Manage multiple agents across multiple Otto devices from one place. Give each one its own identity, email, and phone number, and check in on any of them at any time. SET UP BY TAPPING Hold your phone to a new Otto to pair it over the local network. Wi-Fi setup, software updates, and device settings all live in the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN When you are away from home, the app reaches your device through Otto's encrypted relay. Messages are end-to-end encrypted, so there are no ports to forward, no VPN to configure, and nothing readable in between. Sign in with a passkey or with Apple. REQUIRES AN OTTO DEVICE Otto is the companion app for Otto hardware running Otto OS. An Otto device is required to set up and run an agent. Learn more at myotto.ai.

About

Easy MD

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Sometimes you only want to open a Markdown file, read it, and move on. Easy MD gives you a direct path into the folders you keep in iCloud Drive. Choose a starting folder, step through its subfolders, and tap any .md file. The app only looks at the folder currently open, so it doesn't scan your whole library or build an index first. Keep important folders and files in Favorites, or reopen one of your ten most recently read documents from Recent Reading. Choose whether the app opens at your starting folder or returns to the last screen you were reading. Reading support includes: • Headings, lists, task lists, quotes, tables, code, links, and images • Mermaid diagrams and inline or block LaTeX equations • Relative images and links between Markdown files • Favorites for folders and Markdown files • Recent Reading for the last ten documents • Sorting by name or last update • Optional Pin To Top choices for README, Index, and Home files • Previous and next document controls in Reader • Expanded Rows option to scroll long tables with the page • GitHub-style callout cards for NOTE, TIP, IMPORTANT, WARNING, and CAUTION quotes • Find in Document with Previous and Next match navigation • Immersive Reader: tap to show or hide reading controls • Tappable wikilinks to notes in the same folder • Tappable folder breadcrumbs • Reader controls for text size, line spacing, font, and background • Expandable YAML front matter • On-device speech in English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese, with Auto Detect and paragraph highlighting • Pull to refresh • System, Light, and Dark app appearance, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver Easy MD is deliberately read-only. It cannot create, edit, rename, move, or delete documents. File contents, paths, favorites, and reading history are never uploaded. Folder access, navigation state, favorites, recent reading, reading position, and preferences stay on the device. The free app shows banner advertisements in Favorites; its advertising SDK may collect the data described in the privacy policy.

Screenshots

Otto3 screens
Easy MD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Otto at none against Easy MD's shown. Easy MD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Otto ships an update weekly, Easy MD every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Otto versus Easy MD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOttoEasy MD
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe Tokenry, Inc.CHIU TSUI

In-app purchases

None

Otto

No in-app purchases

None

Easy MD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Otto free?
Otto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy MD free?
Easy MD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Otto or Easy MD have ads?
Easy MD shows ads; Otto does not.
Which is updated more often, Otto or Easy MD?
Otto ships an update weekly, and Easy MD every 2 days. Most recently, Otto was updated on October 28, 2026 and Easy MD on October 26, 2026.

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