Admin By Request vs SnipeMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
SnipeMate
Manage IT assets on the go with this unofficial companion app for Snipe-IT. Easily assign, revoke, update, delete, and create assets directly from your mobile device. Streamline your asset management workflow with intuitive mobile access.
- Asset assignment and revocation
- Asset updates
- Asset deletion
- Asset creation
- Mobile asset management
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SnipeMate is for use with Snipe-IT Asset Management. This is an unofficial app. With SnipeMate, you can manage assets easily. Assign, revoke, update, delete, and create assets effortlessly with SnipeMate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Admin By Request at none against SnipeMate's shown. Admin By Request also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SnipeMate's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
SnipeMate holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Admin By Request's written reviews are positive against 33% of SnipeMate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Admin By Request ships an update every 6 weeks, SnipeMate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Admin By Request | SnipeMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (9 ratings) | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Admin By Request ApS | Mars Bilgi Teknolojileri |
Customer experience
Admin By Request
SnipeMate
In-app purchases
Admin By Request
No in-app purchases
SnipeMate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Admin By Request free?
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