Netcraze vs Wake PC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Netcraze
Manage your home network remotely with this app. Monitor internet usage per device or user, set access schedules, and filter content for family members. Disconnect devices instantly and receive alerts about network status.
- Remote network control
- Internet usage analysis
- Family member profiles
- Access scheduling
- Content filtering
- Device disconnection
- Event alerts
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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.
Wake PC
Remotely power on, shut down, and control your Windows or Mac computer from your iPhone. Offers quick setup, home and lock screen widgets, and Siri integration for convenient access without needing cloud services or accounts.
- Remote PC power on/off
- Volume and brightness control
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Local network operation
- Multiple computer management
- Customizable themes
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Turn on your PC from iPhone — from anywhere in the world. No accounts. It just works. Wake PC lets you control your Windows or Mac computer at home and away. Power on, shut down, change volume or brightness — all from your iPhone. NEW: From Anywhere in the World — Control your powered-on computer over the internet: status, shutdown, sleep, lock and volume — no VPN, no port forwarding, no setup — Wake a powered-off PC remotely: a second powered-on computer with the Agent wakes it from inside your home network — End-to-end encrypted: commands are sealed on your iPhone and can be opened only by your computer Setup in 10 Seconds Install the free Agent on your computer, open the app — it finds your PC on the network automatically. One tap and you are connected. Prefer manual setup? Just enter your PC address — Wake-on-LAN works with no agent at all. See Your PC Live — Online status right on the main screen: green means ready — PC telemetry: CPU, RAM and uptime at a glance (BETA, home network) — Screen preview: peek at your PC display from your phone (BETA, home network) — Volume slider stays in sync with your computer in real time Everywhere on Your iPhone — Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets — wake your PC without opening the app — Control Center button (iOS 18) — Apple Watch app — control your PC right from your wrist, now over the internet too — Live Activity — scheduled shutdown countdown on your Lock Screen with a cancel button Works with Siri Say "Hey Siri, turn on my computer" — and it turns on. Create automations with Shortcuts — for example, shut your PC down every night at 11 PM. What You Can Do — Turn on your PC remotely (Wake-on-LAN) — even from the other side of the world, through a second computer at home — Shut down, restart, sleep or hibernate — with confirmation to prevent accidental taps — Schedule a shutdown or restart with a timer — Control volume and mute — Control brightness (Mac) — Lock screen (Mac) — Manage multiple computers Works with Windows and Mac Full support for both platforms. Download the free Wake PC Agent for Windows or Mac at wakepc.app. Remote control over the internet requires Agent 2.9+ (Windows) or 1.3+ (Mac). Make It Yours 21 beautiful themes with rich gradients — including live animated ones: Rainbow, Aurora, Galaxy and more. Choose light or dark appearance independently of your system settings. Liquid Glass design on iOS 26. Privacy No accounts and no data collection. At home, commands go directly from your iPhone to your computer over the local network. Away from home, they travel through our relay end-to-end encrypted: every command is sealed on your iPhone and can be opened only by your computer — the relay just passes sealed envelopes and cannot read them, and nothing is stored. Free vs Premium The free version includes the core feature — turning on your computer — forever. Premium adds shutdown, restart, sleep, volume, brightness, timer, unlimited computers and all themes. Lifetime purchase includes 2 exclusive themes — Midnight and Cyberpunk — not available on other plans. Requirements — iPhone with iOS 16 or later — Windows PC or Mac with Wake PC Agent installed (or manual Wake-on-LAN setup) — First-time setup happens on your home network; after that, control works from anywhere Available in 19 languages. Terms of Use: https://wakepc.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wakepc.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wake PC at 82% against Netcraze's 13%. Wake PC also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Netcraze's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Wake PC sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Netcraze asks for nothing beyond the download.
Netcraze holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Netcraze has 381 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Netcraze's written reviews are positive against 82% of Wake PC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Netcraze ships an update monthly, Wake PC weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Netcraze | Wake PC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (381 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews | 81.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 381 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Netcraze LLC | Ivan Perk |
Customer experience
Netcraze
Wake PC
In-app purchases
Netcraze
No in-app purchases
Wake PC
- Weekly Premium$0.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
- Premium Forever$2.99








