Endpoint Central vs Admin By Request
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Endpoint Central
This app provides IT administrators with a mobile solution for securely managing, monitoring, and controlling endpoints. It offers real-time visibility, faster remediation, and secure control over IT environments, even when away from the desk.
- Onboard, approve, and manage computers
- Deploy, approve, and monitor patches
- View hardware and software inventory
- Securely access and control devices remotely
- Monitor system health and compliance
- Dark theme for reduced eye strain
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Endpoint Central's mobile app empowers IT admins to securely manage, monitor, and control endpoints anytime, anywhere! About Endpoint Central ManageEngine Endpoint Central is a unified endpoint management and security platform trusted by 100,000+ organizations worldwide. Acclaimed by Gartner®, Forrester, and IDC, it helps modern enterprises simplify endpoint management while maintaining strong compliance and security posture. Endpoint Central mobile app extends the power of the Central console to your fingertips, enabling real-time visibility, faster remediation, and secure control over your IT environment—even when you’re away from your desk. Key Features: Scope of Management: Centrally onboard, approve, and manage computers across domains and remote offices with real-time visibility into agent installation and connectivity status. Patch Management: Deploy, approve, and monitor patches for OS and third-party applications in real time. Asset Management: Gain instant visibility into hardware inventory, software usage, licenses, and warranty details. Remote Control: Securely access devices to troubleshoot, reboot, lock, wipe, or transfer files remotely. System Health Monitoring: Track live alerts, endpoint health, compliance status, and performance metrics at a glance. Dark Theme: Reduce eye strain with an optimized dark mode designed for extended monitoring sessions. Awards and Recognition: Recognized as a Leader in the IDC ProductScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software 2025 vendor assessment. Recognized as Best Unified Endpoint Management at the 9th Cyber & Data Security Summit. Received Voice of the Customer recognition in Gartner Peer Insights for UEM in the year 2024 Recognized as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ – Future of Work (Workplace) – UEM for SMBs in the year 2023
Admin By Request
This app provides systems administrators with a solution for managing local administrative rights on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. It allows users to view data and approve administrative access requests remotely.
- Local admin lock-down solution
- Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux
- View system data
- Approve admin access
- Remote management
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Admin By Request is a local admin lock-down solution to Windows, macOS and Linux for systems administrators. The Admin By Request app helps you view data and approve admin access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Endpoint Central at 4.7 against Admin By Request's 3.8. Endpoint Central also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (411 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Endpoint Central holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Endpoint Central has 411 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Endpoint Central's written reviews are positive against 40% of Admin By Request's.
Endpoint Central ships an update weekly, Admin By Request every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Endpoint Central | Admin By Request |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (411 ratings) — better | 3.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 411 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | Admin By Request ApS |
Customer experience
Endpoint Central
Admin By Request
Bugs and requests
Endpoint Central
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications menu item not showing
- App broken, no info after sign-in
- Won't accept on-prem credentials
- Login credentials not saved (previously)
Requested features
10 requests- Create configurations outside patches
- Create configurations from mobile app
- Push patches and configurations
- Manage configurations
- Manage software deployments
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- Manage MDM
- Push notifications for alerts
- Ability to wake or reboot machines
- Sortable inventory lists
- MSP version release
Admin By Request
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Endpoint Central
No in-app purchases
Admin By Request
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Endpoint Central free?
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