Meeting Owl vs ThinkSmart Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meeting Owl
This app facilitates the setup, configuration, and management of hybrid meeting devices. It allows users to customize device settings, select video modes, pair multiple devices for expanded coverage, and manage software updates. It also provides access to technical support resources.
- Device registration and setup
- Customize device settings
- Select video modes
- Pair multiple devices
- Manage software updates
- Access technical support
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The Meeting Owl App powers Owl Labs' award-winning hybrid technology, including the Meeting Owl. Use this app to: register and set up Owl Labs devices, select and adjust device settings, manage software updates, and get technical and troubleshooting support. Meeting Owl App Features: - Device registration and setup: Set up, connect, and configure new devices (in under seven minutes). - Select and adjust device settings: Choose from different settings to customize your meeting experience. Options to ignore sections of the room, turn off 360-degree panoramic strip, and more. - Choose from different modes: Select from 5+ different video modes to customize your meeting experience. Options for grid view, speaker auto focus, manual camera control, and more. - Pair devices: Wirelessly pair 2 Owl Labs devices, with the option to pair with the Whiteboard Owl, to extend video and audio coverage in larger spaces. - Update device software: Manage software updates for your devices to always have access to the latest and greatest features and enhancements. Get technical support: Access our help articles and contact our team if you need additional help. This App requires an Owl Labs device. Visit www.owllabs.com for more information. © 2025 Owl Labs Inc. All Rights Reserved. Owl Labs Inc., Owl Labs, Meeting Owl, Meeting Owl App, the Owl Labs logo, the Meeting Owl logo and other Owl Labs Inc. marks are owned by Owl Labs Inc. and may be registered.
ThinkSmart Manager
Streamline the management of your company's smart office devices. Remotely deploy, configure, protect, and update software on your entire fleet with ease. Offers tiered plans for comprehensive IT support.
- Remote device deployment
- Software configuration
- Security management
- Auto-updating agent software
- Enterprise fleet management
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Give your IT department some time back with ThinkSmart Manager, the official manageability console for your fleet of ThinkSmart smart office devices. IT can stop putting out fires by streamlining their management of every ThinkSmart device across the enterprise—remotely deploying, configuring, protecting, and auto-updating agent software on each one with ease. Choose from tiered plans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ThinkSmart Manager at 100% against Meeting Owl's 18%. ThinkSmart Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Meeting Owl's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ThinkSmart Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Owl has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Meeting Owl's written reviews are positive against 100% of ThinkSmart Manager's.
Meeting Owl ships an update every 6 weeks, ThinkSmart Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meeting Owl | ThinkSmart Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Owl Labs Inc | Lenovo APLA |
Customer experience
Meeting Owl
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In-app purchases
Meeting Owl
No in-app purchases
ThinkSmart Manager
No in-app purchases
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