Comparison

Wave Wedge vs UtilKB

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

Head to head
About

Wave Wedge

This app acts as a keyboard extension to scan RFID tags and barcodes directly into any text field. It streamlines data entry for inventory, asset tracking, and more, supporting various scanning devices.

Highlights
  • RFID scanning
  • Barcode scanning
  • Keyboard extension
  • Data entry
  • Inventory management
  • Asset tracking
Features
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Wave Wedge RFID and Barcode Keyboard Extension

About

UtilKB

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A utility keyboard for iOS that helps developers, testers, and power users quickly insert useful content like, hashes, encodings, UUIDs, timestamps and dummy data — right from the keyboard. Features - Dummy Data - Lorem Ipsum - Words, sentences, paragraphs - UPPER / lower / Title Case / Sentence case - Random names and addresses - Dummy email addresses in latin characters - Addresses in regional format (CA, CN, JP, RU, UK, US) - Timestamps - Epoch (seconds and milliseconds) - ISO 8601 (standard and compact, custom format) - Encode & Decode - Base2 (binary) - Base64 - Hash - SHA-256 - SHA-1 - MD5 - CRC32 - Random - UUID v4 (UPPER and lower case) - ASCII - Simple and Full US Keyboard - More keyboard layout (customizable) coming soon. ---- More keyboard functionalities will be added soon. Feature request is welcomed! This app is in early development stage.

Screenshots

Wave Wedge4 screens
UtilKB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UtilKB at daily against Wave Wedge's every 2 months. Wave Wedge's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wave Wedge ships an update every 2 months, UtilKB daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Wave Wedge versus UtilKB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWave WedgeUtilKB
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimplyRFiDAngda Song

In-app purchases

None

Wave Wedge

No in-app purchases

None

UtilKB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wave Wedge free?
Wave Wedge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UtilKB free?
UtilKB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wave Wedge or UtilKB have ads?
Neither Wave Wedge nor UtilKB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wave Wedge or UtilKB?
Wave Wedge ships an update every 2 months, and UtilKB daily. Most recently, Wave Wedge was updated on October 24, 2026 and UtilKB on October 30, 2026.

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