KALX vs GuessWise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KALX
Listen to UC Berkeley's student and community radio station live from your device. Stream broadcasts from 90.7 FM and the web, bringing campus radio wherever you go.
- Live radio streaming
- Access to 90.7 FM broadcast
- Web stream access
- UC Berkeley student radio
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The KALX Radio app allows you to listen to KALX-FM, pause and rewind the live audio, catch up on the news from KALX, send in your audio or video comments, view the playlists and view the program schedules all at once! You can also wake up to KALX with the alarm clock! Live Streaming • DVR-like controls (pause, rewind, and fast forward). You can pause the live stream to have a conversation and pick up right where you left off. Or rewind to catch a comment you just missed. • Listen to KALX-FM even while traveling. • Integrated program schedules. • Listen to KALX-FM in the background while browsing the web or catching up on your emails. Program Archives • Access the archived shows easily and quickly. • DVR-like controls. Pause, rewind and fast-forward your show with ease. Additional Features • Support KALX Radio by donating through the app. • View the recently played songs. • Record and send your audio and video comments to KALX Radio. • Easily share KALX Radio with family and friends. • A built in Sleep Timer and Alarm Clock allows you to go to sleep and wake up to the KALX-FM live stream. The KALX Radio app is brought to you by the people at KALX and Public Media Apps. We work to provide our valued listeners with great solutions to find what you want, when you want it, and where you want it. Please support KALX today! https://kalx.berkeley.edu/ https://www.publicmediaapps.com
GuessWise
This app helps you solve and analyze five-letter word games. It offers live filtering of possible answers based on your guesses and provides detailed personal statistics on your gameplay. You can also import game progress from screenshots.
- Live candidate filtering
- Screenshot import
- Detailed personal statistics
- Core and Expanded word lists
- Wordle-style keyboard and feedback
- Private local history
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GuessWise is a private companion for solving and reflecting on five-letter Wordle-style games. Enter each guess, tap tiles to match gray, yellow, and green feedback, and see possible answers narrow instantly. Import supported Wordle and Wordly screenshots from Photos or the share sheet when you want to skip manual entry. After a game, log your solved, failed, or abandoned attempts, and explore on-device stats including solve rate, average solve length, starting-word performance, candidate reduction, and solve distribution. - Live candidate filtering with exact duplicate-letter rules - A focused Core List plus an optional offline Expanded List for additional five-letter possibilities - Wordle-style keyboard and feedback entry - Screenshot import for supported official Wordle and Wordly layouts - Private local history and detailed personal statistics - No account, advertising, or analytics - (Optional tips unlock nothing; every feature remains available for free) GuessWise is an independent companion and is not affiliated with The New York Times Company or Wordle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GuessWise at 5.0 against KALX's 4.2. KALX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. GuessWise sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. KALX asks for nothing beyond the download.
GuessWise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KALX has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | KALX | GuessWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California, Berkeley | Jacob Hawken |
Customer experience
KALX
GuessWise
In-app purchases
KALX
No in-app purchases
GuessWise
- Tip 1$0.99
- Tip 2$1.99
- Tip 5$4.99
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- Tip 10$9.99









