Comparison

Search Ads Manager vs iWaka

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

Head to head
About

Search Ads Manager

Manage all your Apple Search Ads campaigns, ad groups, and keywords from a single, secure workspace on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Streamline workflows with powerful tools for bulk editing, campaign creation, and keyword control.

Highlights
  • Unified workspace for campaigns, ad groups, and keywords
  • Bulk editing of budgets, geo-targeting, and status
  • SKAG builder for single-keyword ad groups
  • Keyword control center with bulk updating
  • Campaign creation wizard
  • Automatic refresh and persistent settings
Features
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See where your Apple Ads (Apple Search Ads) budget goes. SearchAds Manager brings campaign reporting and bulk management to iPhone, iPad, and Mac for app developers and marketers. TRACK PERFORMANCE - Monitor spend, impressions, taps, installs, cost per tap (CPT), and cost per acquisition (CPA). - Review trends and explore reports by date range, campaign, ad group, and keyword. MAKE CHANGES FASTER With a paid upgrade: - Adjust daily budgets, bids, countries, and campaign status. - Paste keyword lists to update bids and statuses in bulk. - Create single keyword ad groups (SKAGs) and launch campaigns across multiple countries. - Manage ad groups and their ads from the same workspace. On Mac, connect compatible tools through the optional local MCP server for reporting and campaign actions. CONNECT YOUR ACCOUNT Requires an Apple Ads account with API access. Connect using your API credentials; your private key is stored in the device Keychain. The app interface is in English. IN-APP PURCHASES Reporting is free. Creating or changing campaigns, ad groups, ads, and keywords requires a paid upgrade. Choose a lifetime purchase or an auto-renewing subscription where offered. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.rs.ltd/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.rs.ltd/terms

About

iWaka

View your programming metrics from WakaTime on your iPhone. Track daily and historical stats for projects, languages, and editors. See recent commits and time spent on tasks.

Highlights
  • View today's top projects, languages, and editors
  • Track current day and past date range stats
  • Detailed summary of task categories, editors, and languages
  • See time worked on separate projects
  • Check recent commits of linked projects
  • Supports light/dark mode
Features
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WakaTime is an open source platform with open source plugins for metrics about your programming. This 3rd party client app is to see your programming metrics on your iPhone. Currently this app supports to display * Today's top project, language and editor * Stats for current day and past date ranges * Detailed summary of task categories, editors and languages * All projects linked with WakaTime * Check recent commits of linked projects * See time worked on separate projects * View task categories, editors used and languages used for programming on a particular project * View primary details of profile * Supports light/dark mode * Send feedback There are more features and UI/UX improvements to come in future. A new tab is coming soon with Insights! Stay tuned with iWaka!

Screenshots

Search Ads Manager4 screens
iWaka4 screens

Verdict

The call

Search Ads Manager and iWaka both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Search Ads Manager's written reviews are positive against 0% of iWaka's. Search Ads Manager also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). iWaka's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Search Ads Manager sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. iWaka asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Search Ads Manager against 5.0 for iWaka. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Search Ads Manager's written reviews are positive against 0% of iWaka's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Search Ads Manager ships an update weekly, iWaka every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Search Ads Manager versus iWaka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSearch Ads ManageriWaka
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRemote Sunrise LTDPramodya Abeysinghe

Customer experience

Search Ads Manager

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

iWaka

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Search Ads Manager

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 week$4.997 Days
  • Premium - 1 month$9.991 Month
  • Premium - 1 year$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium - lifetime$39.99
None

iWaka

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Search Ads Manager free?
Search Ads Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iWaka free?
iWaka is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Search Ads Manager or iWaka?
Search Ads Manager and iWaka are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Search Ads Manager or iWaka have ads?
Neither Search Ads Manager nor iWaka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Search Ads Manager or iWaka?
Search Ads Manager ships an update weekly, and iWaka every 2 weeks. Most recently, Search Ads Manager was updated on November 3, 2026 and iWaka on November 4, 2026.

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