Mocha WOL vs Synology Active Insight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mocha WOL
Remotely power on your Mac or PC from your iPhone or iPad. This app sends a special UDP data frame to wake up sleeping computers on your local network or even from other networks with proper router configuration.
- Local computer detection
- Computer ping for readiness check
- LAN broadcast
- Remote network access (3G/WiFi)
- Save up to 30 computer configurations
- Built-in help guides
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Wake-on-LAN for easy wake up calls. Use your iPhone or iPad to power up a sleeping Mac or PC on your network. FEATURES: - Easy detection of local computers with Bonjour and NETBIOS lookup. - Can ping your computer to check, when it it is ready. - Broadcast on a LAN. - Works from other networks as 3G and WIFI. - Can keep 30 configurations for computers to WOL. - Build in help guides. HOW IT WORKS: When you select a computer to wake, a special UDP data frame is broadcast on the LAN. When the sleeping computer see the data frame, it will wake up. If the iPhone or iPad is on another network, such as 3G, you must first configure the HOME router to forward the special UDP package.
Synology Active Insight
Monitor the health and performance of multiple Synology NAS devices from a single account. Receive system event notifications with troubleshooting guidance directly on your mobile device. View current performance and storage summaries for your NAS systems.
- Multi-NAS monitoring
- System health and performance tracking
- Event notifications
- Troubleshooting guidance
- Storage summary view
- Mobile access
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**Synology NAS and a Synology Account are required for this Application.** **DiskStation Manager 7.2 (or above) and Active Insight package 2.0.0 (or above) are required.** Synology Active Insight is a health monitoring solution that supports multiple Synology NAS system health and performance monitoring under one Synology Account. You may receive system events with detailed troubleshooting actions from Synology with your mobile device. You may view the current performance and storage summary of your Synology NAS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mocha WOL at 86% against Synology Active Insight's 23%. Mocha WOL also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.3). Synology Active Insight's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 24 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mocha WOL holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Mocha WOL's written reviews are positive against 23% of Synology Active Insight's.
Mocha WOL ships an update every 24 months, Synology Active Insight every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Mocha WOL | Synology Active Insight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (39 ratings) — better | 2.3 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 22.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MochaSoft | Synology Inc. |
Customer experience
Mocha WOL
Synology Active Insight
Bugs and requests
Mocha WOL
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes when returning from multitasking
- Does not work with HP-G6 models
- Fails to work over internet without proper router configuration
- Configuration saving issues on older iOS versions
- Does not detect VPN connections
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- Incompatible with iOS 12 after SDK updates
- Crashes on iOS 6.1.2
- GUI occasionally buggy
- Does not support wireless/encrypted connections
Requested features
12 requests- Quick wake button on home screen for favorite/recent computers
- Ability to reorder saved computer list
- Shutdown/sleep computer function
- Siri Shortcuts integration for voice commands
- Network scanning to auto-discover MAC addresses
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- Dynamic DNS support for changing IP addresses
- Auto-wake on joining specific WiFi network
- DNS lookup on every connection for dynamic IPs
- Larger wake button with single-tap access
- Computer status display on main screen
- Force Touch menu for quick wake
- Default to wake screen on app launch
Synology Active Insight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mocha WOL
No in-app purchases
Synology Active Insight
No in-app purchases
