Wasteclock vs RobotKloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wasteclock
This app displays the real-time financial cost of meetings as they happen. Input attendee numbers and their hourly rates or salaries to see the total amount spent, with visual cues for high costs. Share meeting summaries easily.
- Live running cost tracker
- Adjustable headcount and rates
- Automatic salary to hourly conversion
- Visual cost alerts
- Pause and resume functionality
- One-tap shareable summaries
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Wasteclock shows what a meeting costs while it's happening. Set how many people are in the room and roughly what they earn, tap Start, and watch the dollar amount climb every second. Use it to keep your own meetings short, or set your phone on the table and let everyone watch. HOW IT WORKS • Set the headcount, from 1 to 100 people • Enter an hourly rate, or an annual salary and Wasteclock converts it • Tap Start. The cost updates every second. • Past $500, the number turns red • Pause and resume anytime. It pauses itself if you leave the app. • Change the headcount or rate mid-meeting without starting over • When it's over, share the total cost, length, headcount and rate in one tap PRIVATE No account, no ads, no analytics. Nothing you enter leaves your phone. PRICE Your first 2 meetings are free. After that, a one-time $2.99 purchase gives you unlimited meetings. No subscription.
RobotKloud
Transform documents and presentations into interactive workspaces. Add notes directly onto pages and have them read aloud in a natural voice for hands-free review. Ideal for students and professionals to capture and recall information efficiently.
- Annotate PDFs and presentations
- Add notes directly on pages
- Notes read aloud in natural voice
- Hands-free review mode
- Adjustable reading speed
- Highlight key text
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RobotKloud turns any presentation, PDF, or document into an interactive, read-out-loud workspace — built for students and professionals who want to capture their thinking right on the page and hear it back. Start with a PDF: open a slide deck, research paper, report, or work assignment (export or print it to PDF first if it isn’t one already), then add notes exactly where they matter. Drop a note marker anywhere on the page, type what you want to remember or flag, and RobotKloud reads it back in a clear, natural voice — so you can review on the go, hands-free. GETTING STARTED • RobotKloud works with PDF files. To annotate slides, documents, or web pages, export or print them to PDF first, then open them here. • You can also open and listen to any RobotKloud (.rbtk) file you’ve saved or received. WRITE MODE • Double-tap anywhere on a page to drop a note, then type it. • Drag notes to reposition them — even from one page to another. • Highlight key words, sentences, or whole regions in yellow, blue, or pink. • Zoom in with a pinch or the +/− buttons to work on fine detail. • Tap the speaker to hear any note read out loud as you write it. • Save your annotated document as a RobotKloud (.rbtk) file to the Files app or iCloud Drive. READ MODE • Notes are read out loud in a natural top-to-bottom order. • Turn on Auto Read to play through every note hands-free — with Loop to replay continuously. • Follow along as each word highlights while it’s spoken. PERFECT FOR • Students annotating lecture slides, textbooks, and readings. • Professionals marking up proposals, reports, and meeting decks. That Wall Street MD or consultant that wants a deck or proposal improved and think that 'Please Fix' is not enough. • Reviewing assignments and feedback by ear — on the commute or between meetings. • Anyone who remembers more by listening as well as reading. SIMPLE & FLEXIBLE • Adjustable reading speed — slow, normal, or fast. • Choose from the natural, human-sounding voices installed on your device. • Clean, distraction-free interface with optional sound effects and haptics. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no sign-in, no ads. • No data collection and no tracking of any kind. • Your documents and notes stay on your device. Text-to-speech runs entirely on-device using Apple’s built-in voices. From lecture slides to client decks, RobotKloud helps your notes and documents speak for themselves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: RobotKloud at free against Wasteclock's free with in-app purchases. RobotKloud also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wasteclock against 5.0 for RobotKloud. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Wasteclock ships an update weekly, RobotKloud daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wasteclock | RobotKloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blackhook Group LLC | Michael Lovette |
Customer experience
Wasteclock
RobotKloud
In-app purchases
Wasteclock
No in-app purchases
RobotKloud
No in-app purchases


