WakaTime Tracker vs KDE Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WakaTime Tracker
This app automatically tracks your coding activity across various IDEs and text editors. It provides insights into your coding habits, allowing you to focus on software development.
- Automatic time tracking
- IDE and text editor plugins
- Coding activity insights
- Focus on software creation
- Open source plugins
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WakaTime is committed to making time tracking fully automatic for every programmer. By creating open source plugins for IDEs and text editors, we give powerful insights about how you code, and let you get back to what matters most: creating amazing software.
KDE Connect
Seamlessly integrate your devices with features like a shared clipboard, file sharing, and remote control. Use your phone as a virtual touchpad or keyboard, and even control presentations remotely. All communication is secured with end-to-end encryption.
- Shared clipboard
- File and URL sharing
- Virtual touchpad and keyboard
- Remote presentation control
- Remote command execution
- End-to-end encryption
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KDE Connect provides a set of features to integrate your workflow across devices: - Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices. - Share files and URLs to your computer from any app. - Virtual touchpad and keyboard: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad or keyboard - Remote presentation remote: control a laser pointer on the screen of your computer by moving your phone around. - Remote commands: run commands on your computer from your phone. - End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe. Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on your other computers/phones/tablets and keep the version up-to-date for the latest features to work. This app is part of an open source project and it exists thanks to all the people who contributed to it. Please visit the KDE Connect website to grab the source code.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KDE Connect at 61% against WakaTime Tracker's 0%. KDE Connect also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (276 vs 6). WakaTime Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KDE Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KDE Connect has 276 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of WakaTime Tracker's written reviews are positive against 61% of KDE Connect's.
WakaTime Tracker ships an update every 8 days, KDE Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WakaTime Tracker | KDE Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.2 (276 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 60.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 276 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tariq Almazyad | KDE e.V. |
Customer experience
WakaTime Tracker
KDE Connect
Bugs and requests
WakaTime Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
KDE Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Clipboard push feature not working
- App crashes on launch for some users
- Incompatibility with certain device/OS combinations
- Inability to discover/connect to devices in some cases
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for background operation
- Improve multi-file transfer capabilities
- Integrate with system share sheet
- Implement two-finger scrolling and other gestures
- Add SMS/notification sync features
In-app purchases
WakaTime Tracker
No in-app purchases
KDE Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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