WOL vs Utility Radar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WOL
Remotely power on network devices and verify their status with a ping. This utility is designed for both IT professionals managing servers and home users needing to access devices like NAS.
- Wake up devices on a LAN
- Ping devices to check status
- Export/import backups
- Supports iCloud backups
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Wake up hosts on your network and ping them to check if they are booted up. Useful for the professional to wake up servers as for the casual user who wants to wake up a home nas. Main features: • wake up devices on a lan • ping devices to check if the are alive • export a backup to local files, iCloud or other apps • import a backup files from local files, iCloud or other apps
Utility Radar
Access real-time electricity and natural gas prices from major European markets. Visualize price trends with customizable graphs and widgets, and add taxes for accurate local cost estimates. Supports Apple Watch and various widget types.
- Real-time EPEX electricity prices
- Dutch TTF natural gas prices
- Customizable price graphs
- Homescreen and lockscreen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Manual tax and rate adjustments
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With Utility Radar, you can view real-time day-ahead electricity prices on the EPEX SPOT market (quarterly & hourly) as well as natural gas prices on the Dutch TTF Natural Gas market (gas prices are available in The Netherlands only). Supported markets for electricity prices (EPEX): - Austria - Belgium - Denmark - Germany - Finland - France - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland Supported markets for gas prices: - The Netherlands (Dutch TTF) Electricity: - View today's rates - View tomorrow's rates (available around 13:00 CET) - A customisable graph with rates - Homescreen widgets - Lockscreen widgets (iOS 16) Natural Gas (The Netherlands only): - View the current rate - View the average rate of the last few months - An historic graph Taxes can be automatically included for prices in The Netherlands only. For other countries, you can manually add an amount and/or percentage to add to the market price. Settings: - Manually add an amount or percentage to the market price - Change the thresholds for the colours in the graph on the Electricity-tab - Show the tax / rate adjustments in the graph separately - Customisable tax rates (available in The Netherlands only) - Show the 'prijsplafond' in the graph (available in The Netherlands only) Apple Watch: - View the current electricity rates - View the current gas rates (available in The Netherlands only) - Multiple watch face complications Widgets: - Home Screen widgets in all sizes - Lock Screen widgets - Support for StandBy mode - Support for Control Center & Action Button
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Utility Radar at monthly against WOL's every 17 months. Utility Radar also leads on review sentiment (18% vs 0%) and device support (5 vs 2). WOL's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On 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
WOL costs $0.99 and Utility Radar $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WOL ships an update every 17 months, Utility Radar monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WOL | Utility Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Petrucci | RocketScience IT |
Customer experience
WOL
Utility Radar
In-app purchases
WOL
No in-app purchases
Utility Radar
No in-app purchases
