Akamai MFA vs KARR Security
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Akamai MFA
Enhance your organization's security with this multi-factor authenticator. It transforms your phone into a security key using FIDO2 standards for phishing-resistant logins. Offers offline passcode generation and push notifications for convenient authentication.
- Multi-factor authentication
- Phone as security key
- FIDO2 and WebAuthn standards
- Phishing-resistant logins
- Offline passcode generation
- Push notification approvals
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Akamai MFA is a new secure multi-factor authenticator that significantly improves your organization's security and account logins. Akamai MFA takes phone-based multi-factor authentication to the next level by turning your phone into a security key. This authenticator leverages strong FIDO2 authentication standards including WebAuthn to deliver a phishing-resistant authentication factor with a delightful user experience. Akamai MFA's FIDO2 solution works with the enterprise offering. Additionally, Akamai MFA can generate one-time passcodes for offline access login and can receive regular push notifications for traditional tap-to-approve requests on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Passcodes are supported by many consumer websites such as facebook.com, twitter.com, google.com, and github.com. Note: Akamai MFA enterprise offering requires an enrollment code from your organization.
KARR Security
This app enhances KARR Security systems, offering theft prevention and GPS-based vehicle recovery. It provides convenient, selectable features for seamless integration with the security products.
- Seamless integration with KARR Security products
- Theft prevention features
- GPS-based vehicle recovery
- Convenient and selectable features
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The KARR Security companion App is designed with convenient and selectable features for seamless integration with KARR Security products. KARR Security systems are theft prevention and GPS based recovery devices offered at most automotive dealers across the United States.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Akamai MFA at 5.0 against KARR Security's 2.9. KARR Security's advantage is ratings volume (192 vs 2) and review sentiment (44% vs 31%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Akamai MFA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KARR Security has 192 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Akamai MFA's written reviews are positive against 44% of KARR Security's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Akamai MFA ships an update every 6 weeks, KARR Security every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Akamai MFA | KARR Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.9 (192 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 44.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 192 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | WEBHOUSE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Akamai MFA
KARR Security
Bugs and requests
Akamai MFA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
KARR Security
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Notifications not working as expected
- Inconsistent connectivity with vehicle
- Incorrect vehicle location reporting
Requested features
4 requests- Improve remote lock/unlock capabilities
- Provide more detailed location tracking
- Add support for smartwatch integration
- Enhance customization options
In-app purchases
Akamai MFA
No in-app purchases
KARR Security
No in-app purchases
