Comparison

Silent Plug vs MagicPing

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Silent Plug

This utility silences the notification sounds your device makes when plugged in. By starting a journal entry, it prevents plug-in sounds, ensuring quiet charging in shared spaces or during sensitive activities.

Highlights
  • Silences plug-in sounds
  • Starts journal entry to mute
  • Discreet charging
  • Ideal for shared sleeping spaces
  • Useful in quiet environments
Features
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Never wake people up again! This app silences the sound your iPhone and iPad make when you plug them in. When you open this app it begins recording a journal entry. Because the recording is taking place no plug sounds are made! This app is great for people who charge their phone in a room where someone else is sleeping. It's also great when you need to be discreet in a quiet place like a library or classroom. Download this app and the people in your life will thank you!

About

MagicPing

Features
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One tap, and your computer wakes up. MagicPing wakes PCs, Macs, NAS boxes, and servers on your home network via Wake-on-LAN — from your iPhone, your Mac, your Apple TV, and your Apple Watch. And when you're done, MagicPing shuts them down again over SSH. BUILT FOR THE LIVING ROOM The Apple TV launcher starts your gaming PC right from your television — before you stream via Moonlight/Sunshine or Steam Link. MagicPing even shows you when the streaming service is ready to accept connections. YOUR COMPUTERS, EVERYWHERE Enter a computer once and it appears on all your devices: the list syncs through iCloud — no account, no sign-up, no server run by us. WHAT MAGICPING DOES • Wake computers with a magic packet (Wake-on-LAN) • Live status: see who is online — and since when • Shut down over SSH (Linux, macOS, and Windows with OpenSSH) • Apple Watch: wake machines right from your wrist • Apple TV: the fastest way from couch to running gaming PC • Probe port selectable or automatic (Sunshine, RDP, SSH, SMB) • Type MAC addresses without colons — MagicPing formats as you type PRIVATE BY DESIGN MagicPing collects no data. Your computer list lives in your private iCloud; SSH passwords are stored only in the keychain. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. GOOD TO KNOW Wake-on-LAN must be enabled on the target machine (BIOS/UEFI and network adapter). Shutting down requires SSH access to the target. iCloud sync requires a signed-in iCloud account.

Screenshots

Silent Plug3 screens
MagicPing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MagicPing at none against Silent Plug's 1. MagicPing also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and device support (5 vs 3). Silent Plug's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Silent Plug sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MagicPing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silent Plug ships an update fortnightly, MagicPing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Silent Plug versus MagicPing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilent PlugMagicPing
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwist Idea LLCFrank Weigand

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Silent Plug

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

MagicPing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silent Plug free?
Silent Plug is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MagicPing free?
MagicPing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Silent Plug or MagicPing have ads?
Neither Silent Plug nor MagicPing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silent Plug or MagicPing?
Silent Plug ships an update fortnightly, and MagicPing every 2 days. Most recently, Silent Plug was updated on October 6, 2026 and MagicPing on October 13, 2026.

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