Comparison

WOL vs MagicPing

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Wake up devices on a LAN
  • Ping devices to check status
  • Export/import backups
  • Supports iCloud backups
Features
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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

About

MagicPing

Features
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One tap, and your computer wakes up. MagicPing wakes PCs, Macs, NAS boxes, and servers on your home network via Wake-on-LAN — from your iPhone, your Mac, your Apple TV, and your Apple Watch. And when you're done, MagicPing shuts them down again over SSH. BUILT FOR THE LIVING ROOM The Apple TV launcher starts your gaming PC right from your television — before you stream via Moonlight/Sunshine or Steam Link. MagicPing even shows you when the streaming service is ready to accept connections. YOUR COMPUTERS, EVERYWHERE Enter a computer once and it appears on all your devices: the list syncs through iCloud — no account, no sign-up, no server run by us. WHAT MAGICPING DOES • Wake computers with a magic packet (Wake-on-LAN) • Live status: see who is online — and since when • Shut down over SSH (Linux, macOS, and Windows with OpenSSH) • Apple Watch: wake machines right from your wrist • Apple TV: the fastest way from couch to running gaming PC • Probe port selectable or automatic (Sunshine, RDP, SSH, SMB) • Type MAC addresses without colons — MagicPing formats as you type PRIVATE BY DESIGN MagicPing collects no data. Your computer list lives in your private iCloud; SSH passwords are stored only in the keychain. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. GOOD TO KNOW Wake-on-LAN must be enabled on the target machine (BIOS/UEFI and network adapter). Shutting down requires SSH access to the target. iCloud sync requires a signed-in iCloud account.

Screenshots

WOL4 screens
MagicPing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MagicPing at Free against WOL's $0.99. MagicPing also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 17 months) and device support (5 vs 2). WOL's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

MagicPing is free to download; WOL costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WOL ships an update every 17 months, MagicPing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WOL versus MagicPing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWOLMagicPing
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco PetrucciFrank Weigand

In-app purchases

None

WOL

No in-app purchases

None

MagicPing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WOL free?
WOL costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MagicPing free?
MagicPing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WOL or MagicPing have ads?
Neither WOL nor MagicPing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WOL or MagicPing?
WOL ships an update every 17 months, and MagicPing every 2 days. Most recently, WOL was updated on September 23, 2026 and MagicPing on September 27, 2026.

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