Active IQ vs SmarTech Shredder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active IQ
This digital advisor uses AI and machine learning on telemetry data to proactively manage and optimize NetApp storage. It identifies risks and provides actionable guidance to enhance performance, efficiency, and availability.
- Storage wellness dashboard
- Risk identification and actions
- Inventory summary and details
- Capacity planning
- Renewal management
- Support case viewer
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NetApp Active IQ is a digital advisor that simplifies the proactive care and optimization of NetApp storage. Fuelled by telemetry data from our highly diverse installed base, it uses advanced AI and ML techniques to uncover opportunities to reduce risk and improve the performance and efficiency of your storage environment. It then provides the prescriptive guidance and actions to make it happen. This “actionable intelligence” simplifies storage administration and leads to higher availability, improved security, and higher-performing storage. Features of Active IQ Digital Advisor App: 1. Customer/Site/Group/System Wellness Dashboard 2. Wellness Risks & Actions 3. Inventory summary & details 4. High Level System Configuration 5. Planning a. Capacity Planning b. Renewals 6. Upgrades 7. Capacity & Efficiency 8. Support Cases 9. AutoSupport Viewer
SmarTech Shredder
This app allows for remote monitoring and control of smart shredding devices. Receive real-time notifications on your mobile device about shredding progress and operational status, including alerts for bin fullness or jams.
- Remote shredding monitoring
- Real-time job completion notifications
- Operational status alerts (bin full, jams)
- Fleet management visibility
- Maintenance optimization
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Leading the way in fast, secure shredding the SmarTech™ Shredder app means that instead of monitoring in person, you can just stack, lock and walk away. The shredder automatically shreds the documents whilst you get real-time updates to your mobile device with notification once the job is complete. For administrators, visibility over the operational status of their shredding fleet with the SmarTech™ Shredder app will give visibility to any issues such as bin full, jams or low oil which can then be actioned. SmarTech™ Shredder helps ensure appropriate maintenance, optimising performance over the machine’s lifetime. SmarTech™ Shredder providing smart functionality for secure and remote shredding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Active IQ at 55% against SmarTech Shredder's 0%. Active IQ also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0). SmarTech Shredder's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Active IQ holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Active IQ's written reviews are positive against 0% of SmarTech Shredder's.
Active IQ ships an update every 5 weeks, SmarTech Shredder every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Active IQ | SmarTech Shredder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NetApp | ACCO Brands USA LLC |
Customer experience
Active IQ
SmarTech Shredder
In-app purchases
Active IQ
No in-app purchases
SmarTech Shredder
No in-app purchases
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