Comparison

Computer Wake Up vs MeshDrop

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

Head to head
About

Computer Wake Up

Remotely wake and sleep your computers and servers using Wake-on-LAN and Sleep-on-LAN magic packets. Customize your devices with names, icons, and notes, and access them quickly from widgets, Siri, or your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Wake and sleep computers remotely
  • Supports Wake-on-LAN and Sleep-on-LAN
  • Save multiple computers and servers
  • Customize device profiles
  • Home Screen widgets and Siri integration
  • Apple Watch app
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Computer Wake Up! This app gives you a fast, calm way to wake and sleep your computers from across your Apple devices. Save multiple computers, servers, NAS boxes, and Macs Send Wake-on-LAN and Sleep-on-LAN magic packets from Watch, iPhone, and iPad Customize each computer with names, icons, colors, notes, ports, and addresses Wake computers from Home Screen widgets, Control Center, Siri, Shortcuts, and Apple Watch Use the Mac menu bar companion to scan your network, import discovered computers, edit saved devices, reorder them, and sync them through iCloud Keep saved computers in sync across iPhone, widgets, Watch, and Mac companion Schedule wake reminders and trigger wake actions from notifications Enjoy a focused, card-based interface built for quick everyday use Thank you for trying the first version of Computer Wake Up! I built it to make waking my own machines less fiddly, and I hope it earns a useful little spot in your setup too.

About

MeshDrop

Share text and files directly between your devices on the same local network without needing the cloud or an account. Devices discover each other automatically for quick, secure transfers. Supports resuming interrupted transfers and two-way messaging.

Highlights
  • Automatic device discovery
  • Send text and files
  • Resume interrupted transfers
  • Two-way messaging
  • Trusted device management
  • Live transfer status
  • Share Sheet integration
Features
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Share text, photos, videos and files directly between your iPhone, iPad and Mac with MeshDrop. No account, ads or cloud relay. CONNECT NEARBY Discover devices on your local network, use Bluetooth, or connect Apple devices over peer-to-peer Wi-Fi without joining the same network. Keep MeshDrop open on both devices; peer-to-peer Wi-Fi requires Wi-Fi to be enabled. ENCRYPTED TRANSFERS Local-network and Apple peer-to-peer connections use TLS 1.3 with device identity verification. Bluetooth transfers use encrypted system connections. Confirm a device once and remember it as trusted. A USEFUL CONVERSATION HISTORY Copy received text, read Markdown, view images and play videos from conversations and history. Preview or share received files, and optionally copy received text to the clipboard automatically. Delete an individual entry together with its received file and app-managed copies on this device; your original sent file and the other device's history are preserved. BUILT FOR YOUR DEVICES Follow transfer progress, share from other apps on iPhone and iPad, and choose from Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German and Spanish. The app follows your system language. Update both devices to MeshDrop 1.1 or later for encrypted native transfers. Earlier clients using the old unencrypted protocol cannot connect to this version.

Screenshots

Computer Wake Up4 screens
MeshDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Computer Wake Up at every 3 weeks against MeshDrop's every 2 months. MeshDrop's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Computer Wake Up against 5.0 for MeshDrop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Computer Wake Up ships an update every 3 weeks, MeshDrop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Computer Wake Up versus MeshDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComputer Wake UpMeshDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCory Borg玉琴 孙

Customer experience

Computer Wake Up

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MeshDrop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Computer Wake Up

No in-app purchases

None

MeshDrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Computer Wake Up free?
Computer Wake Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MeshDrop free?
MeshDrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Computer Wake Up or MeshDrop?
Computer Wake Up and MeshDrop are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Computer Wake Up or MeshDrop have ads?
Neither Computer Wake Up nor MeshDrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Computer Wake Up or MeshDrop?
Computer Wake Up ships an update every 3 weeks, and MeshDrop every 2 months. Most recently, Computer Wake Up was updated on October 28, 2026 and MeshDrop on October 24, 2026.

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