Comparison

iWaka vs WebForge IDE

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

WebForge IDE

A comprehensive mobile environment for web development, allowing you to code, run, and debug projects directly on your device. It offers a powerful editor, built-in browser with dev tools, and full Git integration without requiring a cloud connection.

Highlights
  • Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting
  • Built-in inspect browser with dev tools
  • Complete Git support
  • On-device NodeJS & PHP project execution
  • Code checking with in-editor notices
  • Local project cloning and iCloud integration
Features
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A complete, powerful web development environment for iOS. WebForge includes everything you need to develop, run, and debug your web projects on your iPad or iPhone. No cloud needed. Includes: - Powerful code editor with syntax highlighting. - Inspect Browser built-in, providing extensive desktop-class browser dev tools. - Complete Git support - clone, branch, commit, pull, and push. - Run entire NodeJS & PHP projects on-device. Support for includes and a wide variety of extensions. Run on your device in the built-in browser. - Clone projects locally to your device or open code stored on iCloud. - Includes customizable and extensive code checking with in-editor notices to keep your code bug-free. - No cloud needed, everything runs on your device. Easily build fantastic web projects on your iPad and iPhone! Privacy Policy: https://apps.pdyn.net/webforge/privacy Terms of Service: https://apps.pdyn.net/webforge/terms

Screenshots

iWaka4 screens
WebForge IDE4 screens

Verdict

The call

iWaka and WebForge IDE both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of WebForge IDE's written reviews are positive against 0% of iWaka's. iWaka's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. WebForge IDE sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. iWaka asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for iWaka against 5.0 for WebForge IDE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of iWaka's written reviews are positive against 67% of WebForge IDE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWaka ships an update every 2 weeks, WebForge IDE fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iWaka versus WebForge IDE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWakaWebForge IDE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB156 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPramodya AbeysingheParallax Dynamics Inc.

Customer experience

iWaka

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

WebForge IDE

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iWaka

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

WebForge IDE

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time8
  • SSH PluginFree
  • JSHint Plugin$0.99
  • Bookmarks Plugin$0.99
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  • SQLite3 Plugin$1.99
  • Git Plugin$3.99
  • PHP Plugin$4.99
  • Node.js Plugin$4.99
  • Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is iWaka free?
iWaka is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WebForge IDE free?
WebForge IDE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iWaka or WebForge IDE?
iWaka and WebForge IDE are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do iWaka or WebForge IDE have ads?
Neither iWaka nor WebForge IDE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWaka or WebForge IDE?
iWaka ships an update every 2 weeks, and WebForge IDE fortnightly. Most recently, iWaka was updated on October 16, 2026 and WebForge IDE on October 3, 2026.

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