Geneva Moon vs xDesk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geneva Moon
This app offers an astronomically accurate moon display for your Apple Watch. It provides a visually pleasing indication of the moon's current phase and orientation, matching what you see in the sky. You can also explore future moon phases by rotating the digital crown.
- Astronomically accurate moon display
- Visually rich or simplified appearance options
- Main display shows azimuth, elevation, phase, and orientation
- Time travel through moon phases
- Compass integration for moon location (Series 5+)
- Complications for all watch face types
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I've always liked wearing a lunar complication on my Apple Watch. There is something both visually delightful but yet also slightly geeky about it. But I was unable to find a complication that provided an astronomically accurate moon display...which just kinda bothered me. So I made Geneva Moon. Geneva Moon seeks to provide a highly accurate, visually pleasing indication of what the moon looks like right now, right where you are. My goal was to make it so that if you look down at your wrist and then up into the sky the images you see should match. It includes a robust set of complications for every watch face type. Choose between either a visually rich 'actual ' appearance or a more simplified version, to fit your own personal style. The main display indicates the current azimuth and elevation of the moon along the horizon along with a visual indication of its phase and orientation. Rotate the Digital Crown to shift forward and backwards through time and see how the moon will shift (tap on the screen to reset to now) On Apple Watches equipped with a compass (Series 5) you can have Geneva Moon orient itself towards the actual moon to make it easier to locate the moon in the sky. Thank you for considering Geneva Moon, I hope you enjoy having the moon on your wrist as much I do. —Dave
xDesk
Organize all your personal data in one place, from notes and photos to documents and recordings. Create custom cards for anything, with built-in tools for scanning, recording, and managing deadlines. Share information securely with others via iCloud.
- Customizable data cards
- Integrated recorder with transcription
- Document scanner to PDF
- Deadline tracking and countdowns
- Secure iCloud sharing
- Cross-device support (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
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Why switch between five apps when one will do? xDesk is the Swiss Army knife of your personal data: an archive you build yourself, where everything has a card and every card has its place. Notes, photos, scanned documents, recordings with their transcript, deadlines, the grocery list, contacts, routes. One app, and the same one in your pocket, on the table, on the desk and on your wrist: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch. NO SERVERS, NO SIGN-UP Your data lives in your iCloud. We don't ask for an account, we don't ask for an email, we have no servers to put it on: we never had any. What you write in xDesk is yours, stays yours, and is seen only by you and the people you choose to share it with. A CARD FOR EVERYTHING A folder for the house, one for the car, one for clients, one for grandma and her recipes. You build each card yourself, as a grid: text, numbers, dates, photos, maps, QR codes, drawings, signatures. Twenty seconds. Or start from one of sixteen ready-made models: document, vehicle, warranty, Wi-Fi network, subscription, meeting, list. RECORD, AND IT BECOMES TEXT A recorder that writes down what it hears, on your phone, without sending the audio to anyone. If there are two of you, it tells the voices apart. A scanner that straightens crooked pages and turns them into a PDF. A calendar that picks the deadlines out of every card and puts them on your first page, with a countdown. SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY A folder shared through iCloud: the grocery list your kids update from their phone, quotes with colleagues, site photos with the crew. Inside there is also the space's chat, end-to-end encrypted, so the important thing sits next to the thing it refers to. WALK, TRAVEL, TRAIN Record a route, plan the stops of a trip with computed times, keep your heart rate from the watch. It all ends up in cards, like everything else. FREE TO START The free part stays free: unlimited cards and folders, the recorder, the scanner, one shared folder. When xDesk becomes the way you work there is xDesk Pro: full transcripts with speakers told apart, unlimited models, PDFs with your letterhead, messages in shared spaces, the password vault. Monthly, yearly, or once and forever. Next time someone asks "where did you put it?", answer with a tap. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: xDesk at 100% against Geneva Moon's 49%. xDesk also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7). Geneva Moon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. xDesk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Geneva Moon asks for nothing beyond the download.
xDesk holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geneva Moon has 97 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Geneva Moon's written reviews are positive against 100% of xDesk's.
Geneva Moon ships an update every 2 days, xDesk weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Geneva Moon | xDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (97 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cross Forward Consulting, LLC | Nas-Games |
Customer experience
Geneva Moon
xDesk
In-app purchases
Geneva Moon
No in-app purchases
xDesk
- xDesk Pro monthly$3.991 Month
- xDesk Pro yearly$24.991 Year
- xDesk Pro forever$44.99









