MTA Home Shield vs AKtips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTA Home Shield
This app provides comprehensive home network security through a combination of a secure router, an advanced management app, and cloud-based threat monitoring. It protects all connected devices, including IoT gadgets, from online threats.
- Secure router for home network
- Advanced security app
- Cloud-based threat monitoring
- Protects all connected devices
- IoT security technology
- Real-time network threat detection
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Use of this app requires a compatible MTA router. MTA Home Shield is the combination of a secure router, an advanced security app and industry-leading cloud protection. Home Shield easily secures every connected thing in your home using one device, now and in the future. Three-layer protection is the missing piece of your connected home. • SECURE ROUTER: The Home Shield router secures your entire home network, protecting every connected thing from online threats. • SECURE APP: The Home Shield app both manages your home network and protects your devices. • CLOUD PROTECTION: Industry-leading security cloud monitors your network for threats in real time. Every new device in our home network is a potential back door into our digital lives, since most new connected things aren’t designed to be secure. MTA Home Shield protects everything connected in your home, from desktop computers and phones to smart TVs and baby monitors. Its IoT security technology senses traffic from connected devices to provide extra protection against IoT threats.
AKtips
Submit anonymous tips to law enforcement and receive crime alerts. Access agency web and social media content directly from your device.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Agency crime alerts
- Access web content
- Access social media content
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The AKtips app provides citizens the ability to submit anonymous tips to the Alaska State Troopers. The app also displays agency crime alerts and other organization web and social media content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AKtips at 3.6 against MTA Home Shield's 2.1. AKtips also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
AKtips holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively.
| Parameter | MTA Home Shield | AKtips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matanuska Telephone | State of Alaska Department of Public Safety |
Customer experience
MTA Home Shield
AKtips
In-app purchases
MTA Home Shield
No in-app purchases
AKtips
No in-app purchases
