Origami Live vs tramontana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Origami Live
Design interactive UI prototypes on your mobile device. This app works with a desktop design tool, allowing you to test and showcase your creations directly on your iPhone or iPad. Seamlessly transfer and share your projects for on-the-go access.
- Interactive UI prototyping
- Companion app for Origami Studio
- Test prototypes on mobile
- Export and share designs
- On-the-go prototype access
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Origami Live is the companion app for Origami Studio for Mac, a free design tool for creating interactive UI prototypes. Create prototypes using Origami Studio for Mac, and connect an iPhone or iPad running Origami Live to use them on your device. Export prototypes to Origami Live to take them on the go. Open and share any file from Origami Studio sent over email or AirDrop.
tramontana
Prototype interactive spaces and connected products using your smartphone's sensors and actuators. Control features like flash, vibration, and screen display, or read device orientation, accelerometer, and touch events. Integrates with machine learning software for advanced prototyping.
- Smartphone sensor access (orientation, accelerometer, magnetometer)
- Smartphone actuator control (flash, vibration, screen brightness)
- Remote camera triggering and Dropbox upload
- Integration with Wekinator for machine learning
- Libraries for Processing, Javascript, and OpenFrameworks
- Wireless prototyping capabilities
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A prototyping kit for iOS. Tramontana leverages the capabilities of the object that we have all come to carry with us anywhere, all the time, our smartphone. With libraries for Processing, Javascript and OpenFrameworks you can access the inputs and outputs of one or more smartphones to easily and quickly prototype interactive spaces, connected products or just something you’d like to be wireless. More information at: tramontana.xyz To use Tramontana and access all the features of your phone you need to use the open source Processing, javascript or openFrameworks libraries. You can use your device as actuator triggering remotely: - flash light; - vibration; - changes to screen brightness and color: - playback of video, audio, and images as you can see from the screenshots; You can use the device as a sensor reading: - orientation; - magnetometer; - accelerometer; - distance sensor; - audio jack; - changes in the power source; - touch events; You can also trigger remotely the camera and upload pictures to Dropbox. Tramontana now interfaces with Wekinator and you will be able to use touch or accelerometer inputs from your device with the machine learning software.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: tramontana at 5.0 against Origami Live's 3.5. tramontana also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). Origami Live's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (59 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
tramontana holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Origami Live has 59 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Origami Live ships an update fortnightly, tramontana every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Origami Live | tramontana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Enrico Gueli |
Customer experience
Origami Live
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In-app purchases
Origami Live
No in-app purchases
tramontana
No in-app purchases
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