Wakeyside vs Candle Making Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wakeyside
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Wake up by light, or by sound. Wakeyside is a calm nightstand clock with an alarm made first for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for anyone who wants to wake gently. BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO • Opened like a laptop, the lower half is a lamp for your nightstand: the sky goes on, a warm light rises before the alarm, and a line about your day waits. SILENT ALARM • No sound: the screen fills the room with light in a colour you choose, with five effects, from a slow breath to a storm. • The camera light can flash with the alarm, for people who cannot hear it. • Nothing flashes more than three times a second, and Reduce Motion keeps the light steady. • The light and the flash work while Wakeyside is open on your nightstand, charging. Test it first with an alarm a few minutes ahead. Wakeyside does not replace a bed shaker or a smoke alarm. LISTEN FOR ME • Lights up the room, flashes the camera light, vibrates and can chime in your headphones when it hears a sound you choose: a crying baby, a doorbell or knocking, an alarm, a barking dog and, if you turn it on, a siren or a horn in traffic. • It listens on your iPhone with Apple's sound recognition, only while Wakeyside is open on the screen, and records nothing. It can be late or miss a sound, so it does not replace a smoke alarm, a baby monitor or your eyes on the road. WAKE UP YOUR WAY • Choose the alarm's sound, from a bell or a deep pulse to gentle ones that start almost silent and only ever grow: ocean waves, dawn birds, forest, rain, a stream, chimes, a harp. The sky and weather can slowly appear before the alarm. Add as many alarms as you like. THE WEATHER WAKES YOU EARLIER • When rain or snow is forecast, Wakeyside sets an extra alarm earlier. NEVER LATE FOR WORK • Tell Wakeyside where you start, where you work and when you must be there. • It asks Apple Maps how long the trip takes, with the traffic expected when you would leave. If there is a delay, an extra alarm rings earlier and the display tells you when to leave. • It never rings later than your regular alarm. An alarm that is already set stays if Apple Maps cannot answer. • A notification tells you when it is time to leave, and says so when the traffic makes the trip much longer. It works with the alarm off too. A NIGHTSTAND WITH THE REAL SKY • The sun and the moon stand exactly where they are over you now, with the moon's true phase, the stars and the clouds of the forecast. • At night the clock dims by itself and turns red, like StandBy, easier on your eyes and your sleep. • Made for OLED screens: the clock glides around, and the screen goes fully dark after the time you choose. Knock on the nightstand or pick the phone up to wake it. YOUR DAY ON THE NIGHTSTAND • If you allow it, the reminders that are due and your first event of the day appear on the display. Tick a reminder off with a tap. • When your first event starts early, an extra alarm rings earlier, with time to get ready. It never rings later than your regular alarm. A SIMPLE WEEKLY SLEEP SUMMARY • On the last morning of the week: about how long you were in bed, on how many nights you touched your phone, and how that compares with the hours recommended for your age. • If you allow it, your sleep from Apple Health (from an Apple Watch or a sleep app) is used for the nights it has. Without it, the summary is estimated from your touches on the phone: about how long you were in bed, and whether you picked the phone up in the night. • It is an estimate, not a medical measurement, and it is not a substitute for a doctor. PRIVATE • No account, no ads, no tracking. Your places are kept on your iPhone and go only to Apple: your home place for the forecast and, if you use the trip to work, your start and destination for the travel time. Reminders, Calendar, Health (read only) and the sleep summary are read and kept on your iPhone only. Sounds are never recorded or sent. Available in English, Greek and German.
Candle Making Calculator
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Candle Making Calculator gives you exact wax and fragrance weights for every pour, whether you are making one jar or a whole batch. Tap a common jar size to start, or weigh yours with water for exact numbers. Set your fragrance load and the app works out the wax and the oil in grams or ounces. The numbers always add up to the total, so what you weigh is what goes in the jar. POUR MODE Big, clear weights one step at a time, easy to read with wax on your hands. SOAP CALCULATOR (COLD PROCESS) Pick your oils, set your superfat and lye concentration, and get the lye and water to the tenth of a gram, for bar soap (NaOH) or liquid soap (KOH). See how the lye adds up, check the bar's hardness and cleansing, and read the safety steps before you mix. Lye amounts come from published tables. Always check your numbers with a second calculator before your first batch. WHAT EACH CANDLE COSTS Add what you paid for wax, oil and jars, and see the cost of each candle. Free. PRO, PAID ONCE One purchase. No subscription. No account. - What to charge, and what you keep after platform fees - Supplies on hand: how many candles your wax and oil will make - Unlimited recipes and waxes (free keeps one recipe) - Fragrance blends, weighed oil by oil - Burn tests: log melt pool, flame height, tunneling and soot hour by hour, with a photo - Wick trials: test several wicks side by side on the same recipe - Soap: all bar quality numbers, scale to your mold, cost per bar, unlimited soap recipes PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no sign-in. Your recipes, costs and photos stay on your phone. No ads and no tracking. A NOTE ON WICKS The app never picks a wick size for you. Wax, jar, fragrance and dye all change how a wick burns, so a burn test is how you find out. Burn tests and wick trials help you judge the wick you chose. Always follow your supplier's guidance and never leave a burning candle unattended. Questions or ideas: https://candlecalc-cbs.vercel.app/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wakeyside at none against Candle Making Calculator's 1. Candle Making Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Candle Making Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wakeyside asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wakeyside ships an update every 8 days, Candle Making Calculator every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wakeyside | Candle Making Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fotios Pongas | Commonwealth Business Systems |
In-app purchases
Wakeyside
No in-app purchases
Candle Making Calculator
- Candle Calculator Pro$9.99
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