Comparison

iWaka vs BlueIOTerm

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

Head to head
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!

About

BlueIOTerm

Features
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BlueIOTerm is a Terminal app for the BlueIO832 UART devices (BLueIO832Mini, UARTBridge, etc) of I-SYST Inc. BlueIOTerm connects to the BlueIO832 devices to transmit/receive commands to/from UART Terminal (i.e., CoolTerm)

Screenshots

iWaka4 screens
BlueIOTerm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: iWaka at every 2 weeks against BlueIOTerm's every 22 months. 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

iWaka ships an update every 2 weeks, BlueIOTerm every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
iWaka versus BlueIOTerm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWakaBlueIOTerm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPramodya Abeysinghei-SYST

In-app purchases

None

iWaka

No in-app purchases

None

BlueIOTerm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iWaka free?
iWaka is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueIOTerm free?
BlueIOTerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iWaka or BlueIOTerm have ads?
Neither iWaka nor BlueIOTerm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWaka or BlueIOTerm?
iWaka ships an update every 2 weeks, and BlueIOTerm every 22 months. Most recently, iWaka was updated on October 25, 2026 and BlueIOTerm on October 24, 2026.

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