Comparison

Netcraze vs Wake PC

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

Head to head
About

Netcraze

Manage your home network remotely with detailed usage analysis and content filtering. Create user profiles with custom access schedules and receive real-time network status alerts.

Highlights
  • Remote network control
  • Internet usage analysis
  • Family member profiles
  • Content filtering
  • Device disconnection
  • Event alerts
Features
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Get full control of your home network from anywhere in the world where you have access to the Internet. - Analyse internet usage by device, user or network. - Create profiles for family members with access schedules and content filtering. - A wide range of public content filtering services are supported. - Disconnect a group of devices from the Internet with a single tap. - Stay up to date on network status with event alerts via push notifications or email.

About

Wake PC

Control your PC remotely from your iPhone. Power on, shut down, manage media, and launch apps with a single tap. Offers advanced features like scheduled shutdowns and arrival-based wake-ups, all secured with end-to-end encryption.

Highlights
  • Remote PC power on/off
  • Media and volume control
  • Scheduled shutdowns
  • Custom command execution
  • Live PC status monitoring
  • End-to-end encryption
Features
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Turn on your PC from iPhone — at home or from anywhere. No accounts. It just works. Wake PC turns your iPhone into a remote for your Windows PC or Mac: power on, shut down, sleep, volume, media, apps — in one tap. Power, one tap away — Wake Up your computer with Wake-on-LAN — even from the other side of the world, through a second computer at home — Shut down, restart, sleep, hibernate or lock — with optional Face ID to prevent accidental taps — Shutdown, restart or sleep on a timer, with a countdown on the Lock Screen — Wake when I arrive home: your PC starts as you pull up to the house — Notifications when your computer turns on or off, even when you're away Your couch remote — Volume slider and mute, synced with your computer in real time — Media keys: play/pause, next and previous track — Screen Off / Screen On: the monitor goes dark while the PC keeps running (Windows) — Send to PC: a link opens in the browser on your computer, text lands in its clipboard — Custom commands: "Launch Steam", "Open OBS" or any script, with real app icons, a "running" dot and long-press to close See your PC live — Online status for every computer right in the list — CPU, memory and uptime (BETA) — A snapshot of your PC screen with zoom (BETA) From anywhere, securely Control your powered-on computer over the internet — no VPN, no port forwarding, no setup. Every command is end-to-end encrypted on your iPhone and can be opened only by your computer; our relay just forwards sealed envelopes and stores nothing. Everywhere on your iPhone — Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — Control Center: Wake Up, Sleep and Mute — Live Activity: "Waking up…", then "Online" — Apple Watch app — Siri and Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, turn on my computer", or shut down every night at 11 PM — Two-column layout on iPhone Duo and iPad Setup in seconds Install the free Wake PC Agent for Windows or Mac from wakepc.app, then scan its QR code or let the app find your PC on the network. Wake-on-LAN also works with no agent at all. The agent updates itself. Make it yours 19 themes with rich gradients, including animated Rainbow, Aurora and Galaxy. Light or dark, independent of your system. Free and Premium Free forever: turning on your computer. Premium — a one-time purchase, yours forever: shutdown, restart, sleep, lock, screen off, timer, volume, media keys, Send to PC, custom commands, unlimited computers, all themes and the exclusive Cyberpunk theme. Requirements — iPhone with iOS 16.6 or later — Windows PC or Mac with the free Wake PC Agent (or manual Wake-on-LAN) — First setup on your home network; after that, control works from anywhere Available in 19 languages. Questions? support@wakepc.app Terms of Use: https://wakepc.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wakepc.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Netcraze4 screens
Wake PC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wake PC at 84% against Netcraze's 13%. Wake PC also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Netcraze's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (481 vs 13). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wake PC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Netcraze asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Netcraze holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Netcraze has 481 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Netcraze's written reviews are positive against 84% of Wake PC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Netcraze ships an update every 5 weeks, Wake PC weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Netcraze versus Wake PC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetcrazeWake PC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (481 ratings) — better4.4 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews13.0% of reviews84.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings481 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNetcraze LLCIvan Perk

Customer experience

Netcraze

All ratings381 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative82.6%

Wake PC

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative11.4%

In-app purchases

None

Netcraze

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wake PC

One-time1
  • Premium Forever$2.99

Questions

Is Netcraze free?
Netcraze is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wake PC free?
Wake PC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Netcraze or Wake PC?
Netcraze is rated higher. Netcraze averages 4.6 out of 5 from 481 ratings, while Wake PC averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Netcraze or Wake PC have ads?
Neither Netcraze nor Wake PC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Netcraze or Wake PC?
Netcraze ships an update every 5 weeks, and Wake PC weekly. Most recently, Netcraze was updated on November 12, 2026 and Wake PC on November 13, 2026.

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