Coca vs Sidekick Translate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coca
Monitor and control your Mac's power settings remotely from your iPhone. Keep your system awake for long tasks, receive battery alerts, and manage settings like closed-lid mode for uninterrupted workflows.
- Prevent system sleep
- Stop display dimming
- Menu bar control
- Automatic timers
- Closed lid mode
- Battery and thermal monitoring
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A companion app for Coca's macOS version, in order to check in on your Mac that is kept awake with Coca at any time. Check device battery, thermals, charging state, deep control, lapsed time and more from your iPhone, while your Mac is working. All using local connectivity, absolute private and no third party involved. Get notified if your MacBook is running out of battery or whether it went to sleep while your work was running! Coca is commonly used to override macOS energy saving settings and keep your Mac running during presentations, long downloads, backups and many more such scenarios. A brand new addition to such workflows is the use of AI agents with a closed MacBook. Coca on macOS can allow your MacBook to keep running while it has the lid closed, no power cable or external monitor needed. Just one checkbox in Coca settings and it keeps running with closed lid. Together with the iOS app a perfect combination to stay in control of your setup with maximum flexibility. Key Features • Prevent your system from sleeping • Stop the display from dimming or starting screen savers • Quickly enable or disable from the menu bar • Optional timers to automatically turn Coca off • Focus Filters and Shortcuts support • Closed Lid Mode for laptops Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.cammalleri.dev/
Sidekick Translate
Translate text systemwide in any app with advanced AI. Choose tone and dialect for culturally appropriate messages. Supports offline, on-device translation for privacy.
- Systemwide translation
- AI-powered tone and dialect selection
- iOS Shortcut integration
- Conversation mode
- Offline on-device translation
- Translation history
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Sidekick Translate is more than just a translation app, it's your systemwide assistant. Leverage our premium translation power in any context - no need to switch to our app to translate your message. Advanced AI Translations: Go beyond literal translations. Our premium translation lets you choose a tone (Polite, Casual, or Informal) and even specify a dialect, ensuring your message is not only accurate but also culturally appropriate. iOS Shortcut Integration We offer a free iOS Shortcut that works seamlessly with our app, letting you translate or get phonetic spellings (transliterations) without leaving the app you’re in. Perfect for quick, on-the-go translations, it can instantly translate messages from any language into your own. It also helps you craft messages in your target language, carefully tailoring your tone while respecting cultural and linguistic nuances. Not sure how to pronounce a word in your target language? Use transliteration to get a phonetic spelling that makes your meaning clear and helps others understand you effortlessly. All of this can be achieved without disrupting your workflow or opening another app Conversation Mode Our app enables seamless two-way translation and instantly speaks your messages aloud to your conversation partner. Enjoy natural, context-aware, face-to-face conversations with our premium AI translation, or switch to Apple’s powerful on-device translation for a private, and fully offline experience. Choose from a wide range of system voices for both yourself and your partner, downloadable from your device’s settings. Translation History All your conversations and Shortcut usage are saved securely to your device, never on our servers. You can rename, manage, and revisit your history at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sidekick Translate at none against Coca's 5. Sidekick Translate also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Coca's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Coca sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sidekick Translate asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Coca against 5.0 for Sidekick Translate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Coca ships an update every 3 weeks, Sidekick Translate every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coca | Sidekick Translate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Angelo Cammalleri | Ascenso Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Coca
- Patron Monthly$2.991 Month
- Patron Yearly$12.991 Year
- Coca ExtrasFree
- Coca Coffee$3.99
- Patron Lifetime$49.99
Sidekick Translate
No in-app purchases









