Comparison

CmdForge vs Vays

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

Head to head
About

CmdForge

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CmdForge is a command and snippet organizer for personal use. Save commands and text snippets you use often, organize them into groups, and copy them with one tap. Search finds a saved command quickly. Everything is stored locally on your device. There are no accounts, no ads, and no analytics. An optional feature lets you sync your commands to a Google Sheet. This requires your own Google Cloud service account credentials, which you create and manage yourself. CmdForge does not run its own servers and does not see your data.

About

Vays

Features
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Your AI writes Markdown all day. Now you can read it anywhere. VAYS MD is a native iPhone and iPad reader and editor for .md files — READMEs, specs, meeting notes, transcripts. Open a file and read it like a document, with real typography, not source code. No cloud in the middle. Nothing leaves your device. READ • GitHub Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, strikethrough • Callout cards — GitHub [!NOTE] / [!TIP] / [!WARNING] and Obsidian styles • Display math typeset natively — no web view • shields.io badges drawn natively, front-matter shown as a tidy card • Footnotes become superscripts with gathered definitions • Mermaid blocks appear as clean code cards (full diagram rendering is on the roadmap) • Dark mode tuned for night reading WRITE • Source editor with Markdown highlighting • Autosave straight back to the file — no export dance • Works with the Files app: iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, and any provider PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No analytics. No network requests. Your documents stay in your storage, exactly where they were. BETTER TOGETHER WITH THE MAC APP VAYS MD Reader for Mac adds a folder library, Mermaid diagrams rendered offline, a visual diagram creator, QuickLook, PDF export and Claude Code integration. Same design, same privacy. PART OF THE VAYS FAMILY From the maker of Vays, the private voice-note app. Record on the go, read the transcript beautifully. Built by a solo developer. Every feedback email is read.

Screenshots

CmdForge4 screens
Vays4 screens

Verdict

The call

CmdForge and Vays are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CmdForge versus Vays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCmdForgeVays
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian ImaiARVIND JUNEJA OUMM

In-app purchases

None

CmdForge

No in-app purchases

None

Vays

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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