Simple Refresh for Safari vs Pressly Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Refresh for Safari
Automate webpage refreshing in Safari across iOS and macOS. Set custom intervals from 1 second to 10 minutes for individual tabs. Monitor live updates without manual intervention.
- Automatic page refresh
- Customizable refresh intervals
- Independent settings per tab
- Live countdown timer
- Efficient battery usage
- Persists settings across sessions
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Simple Refresh brings automatic webpage refresh functionality to Safari on iOS and macOS. Stop manually refreshing pages—let Simple Refresh do it for you. With an intuitive slider interface or direct input, set your preferred refresh interval from 1 second to 10 minutes and let the extension handle the rest. Each Safari tab maintains its own refresh settings, so you can monitor multiple pages simultaneously with different refresh rates. Key Features: - Automatic page refresh at customizable intervals (1s, 5s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 2m, 5m, 10m, or any custom interval between 1s and 10m) - Live countdown timer shows time remaining until next refresh - Slider control or click-to-edit display for flexible input - Independent refresh settings for each tab - Visual "On" badge shows active refresh status - Settings persist across browser sessions - Efficient battery usage with smart refresh engine - Available in 27 languages - Works on both iPhone, iPad, and Mac Perfect for: - Monitoring live scores, stock tickers, and weather updates - Watching for content changes without manual refreshing - Development and testing workflows - Any webpage that updates frequently Simple Refresh focuses on doing one thing well: refreshing webpages automatically. No complex setup, no unnecessary features—just reliable, automatic refresh when you need it.
Pressly Guide
This mobile toolkit provides injection molding professionals with practical calculators, reference guides, and checklists for process development and troubleshooting. It's designed to support better decision-making on the shop floor, even without an internet connection.
- Injection molding calculators
- Process readiness checklists
- Defect-oriented guidance
- Material and process references
- Offline-friendly operation
- Troubleshooting support
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Pressly Guide is a mobile-first reference and calculator toolkit for injection molding professionals. Built to support better decisions on the shop floor, during startup, and throughout process development. Designed for technicians, process engineers, and manufacturing engineers, Pressly combines practical calculators, structured reference guides, and lived-experience checklists into a fast, offline-friendly app you can trust when time and clarity matter. What Pressly helps with: Injection molding calculators for clamp tonnage, shot size, residence time, cooling time, and more Process readiness and startup watch-outs based on real-world molding behavior Defect-oriented guidance to help frame root cause questions—not jump to conclusions Material and process references that support engineering judgment, not replace it Built with intent: Pressly is guidance, not instruction. It’s designed to help users ask better questions, recognize common pitfalls, and organize what they already know—especially in early trials, transfers, and troubleshooting scenarios. Who it’s for: Injection molding technicians and setup personnel Process, tooling, and manufacturing engineers Engineers transitioning into plastics processing roles Whether you’re dialing in a new process, preparing for a trial, or sanity-checking assumptions on the floor, Pressly keeps essential knowledge in your pocket—no spreadsheets, binders, or signal required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pressly Guide at 5.0 against Simple Refresh for Safari's 3.5. Pressly Guide also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Simple Refresh for Safari's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
Simple Refresh for Safari costs $1.99 and Pressly Guide $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pressly Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Refresh for Safari has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Simple Refresh for Safari | Pressly Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Walker | MICHAEL GEORGE FAWCETT |
Customer experience
Simple Refresh for Safari
Pressly Guide
Bugs and requests
Simple Refresh for Safari
Reported bugs
17 issues- Latest update breaks functionality on iPad
- Start button unresponsive after update
- Extension stops working after a few hours
- Extension stops working on iOS 17
- Extension stops working after Safari updates
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- Extension turns itself off randomly
- Extension stops remembering scroll position
- Extension automatically disables after first refresh
- Extension resets to 60-second interval after disabling
- Extension not working on M1 Mac with Safari 15
- Extension disconnects when changing tabs
- Extension stops working after OS reinstall
- Extension not compatible with Safari 14 (initially)
- Auto-refresh sometimes stops working
- Extension disappears from Safari extension list
- Extension logs user out of OWA
- Extension not working on Big Sur
Requested features
15 requests- Add countdown timer display
- Allow typing custom interval
- Longer timer duration (up to 30 mins)
- Keyboard shortcut to start/stop
- Toggle to disable refresh when tab focused
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- Beep when change is noted
- Clear tab cache on reload
- Refresh by URL instead of tab
- Countdown tracker for next refresh
- Option for 3-second intervals
- Utilize on multiple windows simultaneously
- Remember settings after Safari restart
- Sound alert for page changes
- Ability to set different timers for different tabs
- Remember scroll position after refresh
Pressly Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Refresh for Safari
No in-app purchases
Pressly Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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