AirWeb vs MAMP Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirWeb
Browse the internet on your television using your iPhone or iPad as a remote. This app offers a comfortable and intuitive web surfing experience on the big screen, leveraging AirPlay mirroring.
- Web browsing on Apple TV
- iPhone/iPad as remote control
- AirPlay mirroring
- Trackpad and controls on iOS device
- Comfortable big-screen browsing
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AirWeb is the first web browser for your Apple TV. "Insanely impressed with how clever the implementation of @AirWebApp is. One of those "Um...DUH" type experiences :)" - Senior UI Designer at Apple This is the first TV browsing experience that is actually pleasant to use! Using your iPhone/iPad as an input device you can now finally take advantage of that big beautiful HDTV to browse the web. Share webpages with friends or colleagues, or just surf on your own, either way BIGGER is BETTER. AirWeb runs on any iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that support AirPlay Mirroring and uses AirPlay to show the webpages directly on your Apple TV connected TV, while creating a trackpad and controls on your touchscreen iOS device. It takes full advantage of the width and height of your HDTV, and allows you to browse comfortably without having to look down at your iOS device. Note that you need an Apple TV to use this app wirelessly.
MAMP Viewer
This app allows web developers to preview and test local websites directly on their iOS devices. It offers real-time previews, easy setup, and automatic WLAN transfer for seamless development on the go.
- Real-time website preview
- Easy setup for MAMP sites
- Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
- Automatic WLAN project transfer
- Intuitive user interface
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MAMP Viewer – Your Mobile Companion for Web Development With MAMP Viewer, you can view and test your local websites directly on your iPhone or iPad. Connect the app to MAMP PRO and review your projects on a real iOS device without having to publish them online first. Key Features Preview on Real Devices View your local websites directly on your iPhone or iPad and check how they look and work on iOS. Easy Setup Connect to your MAMP PRO websites in just a few steps. Broad Compatibility Test websites built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, WordPress, and other common web technologies. Local Network Access Access your MAMP PRO websites over Wi-Fi, with no cables or uploads required. Easy to Use Switch between your projects using a clean and intuitive interface. MAMP Viewer is the ideal companion for web developers, designers, and users of MAMP PRO 6 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AirWeb at 5.0 against MAMP Viewer's 4.0. AirWeb also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months). MAMP Viewer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ratings volume (232 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. AirWeb sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. MAMP Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.
AirWeb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAMP Viewer has 232 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of AirWeb's written reviews are positive against 34% of MAMP Viewer's.
AirWeb ships an update every 5 weeks, MAMP Viewer every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | AirWeb | MAMP Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.0 (232 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better | 33.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 232 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Arild Strommen | MAMP GmbH |
Customer experience
AirWeb
MAMP Viewer
User reviews
AirWeb
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy setup and use
- 👍 Solid browsing experience
- 👍 Productivity booster
- 👍 Works great on iPad
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Compatibility issues
- 🐛 Laggy and unresponsive
- 🐛 Doesn't work as expected
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable
MAMP Viewer
From 232 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for remembering development addresses
- 👍 Convenient for local mobile testing
- 👍 Good for productivity
- 👍 Works well with MAMP Pro
- 👍 Handy for testing mobile versions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work at all
- 🐛 Fails to load hosts
- 🐛 Error loading page
- 🐛 Aggressively cached CSS
- 🐛 Not working with WordPress
Bugs and requests
AirWeb
Reported bugs
5 issues- Doesn't work with Apple TV
- Doesn't work with iPhone 4
- Doesn't work with secure websites
- Doesn't work with video playback
- Doesn't work with certain websites
Requested features
6 requests- Bookmarks support
- Landscape mode
- Full-screen mode
- Desktop site mode
- Video playback support
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- Improved scrolling and clicking
MAMP Viewer
Reported bugs
34 issues- No MAMP Pro hosts found
- Error loading page: Mamp viewer is not able to load the requested page
- CSS files aggressively cached, no way to turn off or empty
- All resolution options grayed out in MAMP Pro General tab
- App has stopped working
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- Won't find hosts even with viewer enabled and on same network
- iOS viewer has never worked
- Upgrade to version 6 disables localhost on mobile
- Locally hosted site fails to load, error text truncated
- Page will not reload if iPad goes to sleep, requires restart
- Not working on custom hosts running Wordpress sites on Nginx
- Cannot change address in address bar manually
- Too many redirects error with WordPress
- Stuck in a redirect loop with WP sites
- Errors trying to load anything, won't let you enter a URL
- Hardly ever works
- Doesn't list hosts
- Cannot access free MAMP site
- Input shows up but won't type or delete anything
- All hosts failed
- Cannot load pages, error message with no explanation
- Menu scrolls to tags causing crash
- Fails to load, error message with no explanation
- Picks up host but fails to load
- Works well for one host, fails for multiple instances
- Doesn't work with any site, they appear but never load
- Only allows access to root page, cannot access subpages
- Incompatible with MAMP's self-signed SSL certificates
- Won't allow viewing anything with a self-signed certificate
- Doesn't support self-signed certificates
- Dynamic PHP sites show plain, unstyled with no images
- Help icon goes to MAMP downloads page
- 'Help' section contains placeholder text
- No hosts show in the app
Requested features
12 requests- Update user interface
- Add URL bar for manual entry
- Improve WordPress support
- Fix SSL certificate issues
- Add tutorial video for setup
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- Allow access to subpages
- Improve MAMP Pro integration
- Add admin section for settings
- Provide iPhone X support
- Enable manual URL entry
- Fix caching issues
- Allow viewing of multiple instances
In-app purchases
AirWeb
- Weekly$1.997 Days
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Quarterly subscription$2.993 Months
- Quarterly3 Days trial$2.993 Months
- Yearly subscription$5.991 Year
- Yearly3 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Yearly subscription$9.991 Year
MAMP Viewer
No in-app purchases
