Mocha WOL vs piMenuboard
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.
piMenuboard
A digital signage application for iOS devices that allows businesses to create and manage dynamic displays for marketing specials, promotional items, or menus. It offers centralized management for multiple locations and screens.
- Easy-to-configure digital signage
- Point-of-purchase displays
- Lobby poster boards
- Retail/restaurant menu boards
- Centralized management for multiple displays
- iPhone and Mac management
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piMenuboard+ is a powerful and easy-to-configure digital signage application that will not break your bank. It can be deployed on any Apple iOS or tvOS devices. This version (piMenuboard) is the iOS version. The tvOS version (piMenuboardTV) can be downloaded via the App Store app from an Apple TV. When deployed on iPads, it can serve as point-of-purchase displays to market your daily specials or promotional items. When deployed on Apple TVs, it can serve as poster boards in your lobby or menu boards in your retail or restaurant business. Whether you have one display or twenty displays at your location, one location or a hundred locations, all of them can be conveniently managed with the same application running on your iPhone or Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mocha WOL at Free against piMenuboard's $4.99. Mocha WOL also leads on ratings volume (39 vs 1). piMenuboard's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 24 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Mocha WOL is free to download; piMenuboard costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
piMenuboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mocha WOL has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mocha WOL ships an update every 24 months, piMenuboard every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mocha WOL | piMenuboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MochaSoft | Nalasoft, LLC |
Customer experience
Mocha WOL
piMenuboard
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
piMenuboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mocha WOL
No in-app purchases
piMenuboard
No in-app purchases
