Watts Up? vs Coverage Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watts Up?
Easily determine microwave cooking times by inputting recipe details and your microwave's wattage. The app automatically saves your microwave's power for future use. Optimized for high-resolution displays on supported devices.
- Calculate recommended cook time
- Input recipe cook time
- Input recipe microwave wattage
- Input your microwave wattage
- Saves microwave wattage automatically
- High resolution graphics
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Take the guesswork out of microwave cook times. With this app, you can calculate a recommended cook time based on your microwave wattage. Features: - Calculates a recommended cook time based on the recipe cook time, recipe microwave wattage, and your microwave wattage. - Saves your microwave wattage automatically. - High resolution retina graphics optimized for latest models. In-app purchase: - Remove Ads
Coverage Map
This app provides a crowdsourced map of cellular network performance and coverage across the US, Canada, UK, and Puerto Rico. Users can view real-time speed test data, compare carrier performance, and check signal strength in specific areas. It also includes a built-in speed test to contribute to the map.
- Crowdsourced speed test map
- Real-time performance data
- Download, upload, and latency details
- Carrier and network type filters
- Built-in speed test functionality
- Signal strength mapping (US only)
- Data-driven coverage reports (US only)
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Coverage Map helps you find the #1 cell phone carrier in your area. It is a crowdsourced map of cellular networks in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico with more countries launching soon. SPEED TEST MAP (All Countries) • Highly accurate: see real-world performance reported by users • Real-time: map updates in real-time as new data comes in • Rich detail: tap any square to see download speeds, upload speeds, and latency for all carriers in that area • Powerful filters: filter by carrier, LTE/5G, download speeds, upload speeds, or see your speed tests only • Helpful color profiles: default, heat map, and best carrier help you visualize and understand the data • Easy to understand: see what carrier performs best in an area at a glance with the Best Carrier color profile BUILT-IN SPEED TEST (All Countries) • Test your speeds: see how fast your LTE or 5G connection is by running a speed test • Accurate results: get accurate results for download speed, upload speed, and latency • Recurring tests: run up to 500 recurring tests automatically and customize the pause duration between tests • Set a data limit: limit how much data the app can use • Tag your tests: tag a test as indoor, outdoor, driving, or other • Improve the Speed Map: running a speed test automatically contributes to the fastest-growing crowdsourced map of cellular networks (note: if your country is not currently supported, when we do launch in your country all of your tests will instantly be mapped and will show up on the map) SIGNAL STRENGTH MAP (US only) • Check reception: see where each carrier has great, good, or poor coverage • Compare coverage footprints: toggle between carriers to see how coverage footprints compare in different areas • Data for every location: the Signal Strength Map uses data from the FCC Broadband Collection, which has coverage data for the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii COVERAGE REPORT MAP (US only) • Data-driven reports: the Coverage Report Map aggregates all available data points to generate detailed reports of cellular coverage & performance in every state, county, city, and ZIP code • Percentage covered: see what percentage of an area each carrier covers • Weighted median: see weighted median values for download speed, upload speeds, and latency for a better picture of real-world cellular performance • Carrier rankings: see what carrier ranks best for coverage, speed, reliability, and overall performance in every area • Distribution graphs: see the distribution graphs for download speeds, upload speeds, and latency • Performance by time of day: see how data speeds vary over the course of day as network traffic picks up Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://coveragemap.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coverage Map at none against Watts Up?'s 1. Coverage Map also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (798 vs 15). Watts Up?'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads 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. Watts Up? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coverage Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Watts Up? against 4.7 for Coverage Map. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coverage Map has 798 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Watts Up?'s written reviews are positive against 68% of Coverage Map's.
Watts Up? ships an update every 32 months, Coverage Map fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watts Up? | Coverage Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (798 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 67.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 798 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Kasnetsis | Coverage Map LLC |
Customer experience
Watts Up?
Coverage Map
Bugs and requests
Watts Up?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Coverage Map
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes when viewing maps
- Speed test failures and timeouts
- Inconsistent speed test results
- Incorrect location detection
Requested features
5 requests- Low data mode
- Offline coverage map downloads
- Ability to set test duration and frequency
- Display cell tower locations
- Expand to international coverage
In-app purchases
Watts Up?
- Remove Ads$0.99
Coverage Map
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Watts Up? free?
Is Coverage Map free?
Which has better reviews, Watts Up? or Coverage Map?
Do Watts Up? or Coverage Map have ads?
Which is updated more often, Watts Up? or Coverage Map?
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