Refreshinator vs Presto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Refreshinator
This app automates web page refreshing to help users secure tickets or products during flash sales. It monitors pages for specific keywords, stopping when a change is detected and alerting the user. Features include multi-tab refreshing and quick form filling.
- Automatic page refreshing
- Keyword-based monitoring
- Page Watch Mode (no reload)
- Multi-tab refreshing
- Quick Fill for forms
- Redirect Scheduler
- Stealth User Agent rotation
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REFRESHINATOR ONLINE. Pick the text. Pick the tab. Pick the mode. Refreshinator keeps watch. AUTO REFRESH Reloads the page at your chosen interval and checks whether your target text appears or disappears. PAGE WATCH Checks the current page without reloading it. Reloads off. Eyes on. PREPARED TABS Prepare up to 30 destinations without loading them. Destination prepared. No request sent yet. Open prepared tabs individually when you are ready. If monitoring is configured, it starts after that tab completes its first load. LINK COMMANDS Press and hold a web link on iPhone or iPad, or right-click on Mac, to open it in the current tab, a new tab or a background tab. You can also open and monitor it, prepare tabs, bookmark, share or copy it. TAB CONTROL Switch the tab picker between List and Grid. Duplicate a full address, domain or path. A monitored duplicate gets its own monitoring state and starts after its own first load. WAITING-PAGE STATUS Optional waiting-page handling can recognise supported waiting pages, pause Refreshinator's own automatic activity in that tab and show clear status when human input or another action is required. MORE COMMANDS • Check for target text appearing or disappearing • Choose a monitoring interval and optional alarm • Keep the device awake while monitoring • Schedule a URL to open at a chosen time • Save reusable Quick Fill text snippets for copy and paste • Use bookmarks, sharing and private browsing options Site behaviour and availability remain under each website's control. Refreshinator monitors the pages you choose; it does not guarantee access, availability, queue position or a purchase. STATUS: READY.
Presto
This app provides design professionals and technicians with essential tools for technical support and product selection. It offers a comprehensive toolbox to assist with studies and on-site interventions, including a guide to find specific product components.
- Real toolbox for design offices
- Technical support tools
- Assistance for studies and interventions
- Head selection guide
- Find product components
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The PRESTO mobile application offers you: - A real toolbox for design offices, specifiers, installers, technicians or technical managers. - The various technical support tools to assist you in your studies and your interventions. - Discover today "the head selection guide", which allows you to find the head / cartridge of the installed PRESTO product in just a few clicks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Presto at Free against Refreshinator's $2.99. Presto also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Refreshinator's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (30% vs 0%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Presto is free to download; Refreshinator costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Refreshinator ships an update every 3 days, Presto every 14 months. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Refreshinator | Presto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 29.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BatLabs LTD | SA LES ROBINETS PRESTO |
Customer experience
Refreshinator
Presto
Bugs and requests
Refreshinator
Reported bugs
14 issues- Search word input gives 'Search Invalid'
- Browser refreshes erratically
- Cannot paste URL
- Freezes
- Constant 'cannot refresh' error
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- App crashes at last second
- Text on page not readable
- Holding page words not found
- App unresponsive on ordering page
- App unresponsive after getting through
- App freezes and cannot do anything
- Page error messages
- Search word invalid
- Web page settings reset
Requested features
7 requests- Allow multiple tabs to refresh
- Background refresh capability
- Bookmark functionality in browser
- Support for Japanese search words
- Porter service for camping spots
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- Countdown to next refresh
- Counter of attempts
Presto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Refreshinator
No in-app purchases
Presto
No in-app purchases
