Comparison

MTA Home Shield vs LeaveWeb Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Secure router for home network
  • Advanced security app
  • Cloud-based threat monitoring
  • Protects all connected devices
  • IoT security technology
  • Real-time network threat detection
Features
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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.

About

LeaveWeb Mobile

This app allows active duty Air and Space Force members to submit and review military leave requests securely. It supports various leave types with upload capabilities and provides access to leave history and profile information.

Highlights
  • Submit personal leave requests
  • Review and approve leave requests
  • Upload leave documents
  • View leave history (2 years)
  • Access profile information
  • Copy existing leave requests
Features
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LeaveWeb Mobile will provide USAF with a user-friendly way to submit and review Active Duty Air and Space Force military leave requests utilizing Okta Authentication. Okta for USAF is a purpose-built Identity platform for the DoD and its mission partners. Okta’s achievement of an Impact Level 4 (IL4) conditional Provisional Authorization (PA) provides a next-generation security architecture that centralizes and secures access to mission-relevant resources for approved users – anywhere, anytime. The LeaveWeb Mobile App provides the following features: * The leave member can submit leave for themselves, but there is no ability to submit leave on behalf of another in mobile. * Leave submittal through return on leave types A, R&R, D, F, P, and T with upload ability. Approve Leave Inboxes and Authorize Leave Inboxes will be included. Note: All attachments included will have to be viewed and downloaded from the website, including the AF988s. * Simple profile information will be included along with ALL Open Leaves and 2 years of Leave History (2 years past from current date) with the ability to Copy Request. Note: Leave can only be submitted 2 years in the past and 2 years in advance from current date in mobile. If there is a need to submit leaves outside this window, they will need to be submitted in the website. * Inactivated leave types E and H can continue through approvals on mobile but are not submittable since they have been inactivated. * T type leave and Rule 51 can continue through the approvals on mobile but cannot be created in mobile due to one-time allowance in a member’s career and up to 14 days. This checking control is only maintained in the website. * R type leave can continue through the approvals on mobile but cannot be created in mobile since there is no ability to submit leave on behalf of another. * Types B, M and Y will be trackable but no ability to work them in mobile as these types are managed by AFFSC/Base FM. * Copy Request and Edit Request will not be available for these leave types (E, H, R, B, M, Y and T/Rule51) in mobile. * Any actions taken in mobile will have (-mobile) appended on the action and able to track within the website. * There is no reporting, Leave Audits or administrative pieces in mobile.

Screenshots

MTA Home Shield3 screens
LeaveWeb Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LeaveWeb Mobile at none against MTA Home Shield's shown. LeaveWeb Mobile also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LeaveWeb Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of MTA Home Shield's written reviews are positive against 31% of LeaveWeb Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MTA Home Shield ships an update every 22 months, LeaveWeb Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MTA Home Shield versus LeaveWeb Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMTA Home ShieldLeaveWeb Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (7 ratings)2.5 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews30.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings712 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatanuska TelephoneAFFSO

Customer experience

MTA Home Shield

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

LeaveWeb Mobile

Written reviews62 reviews
Positive30.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative66.1%

Bugs and requests

MTA Home Shield

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

LeaveWeb Mobile

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Cannot sign in with username and password, forces CAC use
  • Calendar is incorrect
  • App requires an update, but no update is available
  • Login screen freezes
  • Push notification not received
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  • Login button/link unresponsive
  • App stopped working, requires latest version (unavailable)
  • Okta verification failure
  • Stuck in endless loop of verifying via Okta and email
  • Constant cycle of 'Configure Okta Mobile'
  • Verification process sends back to login with CAC
  • Keeps kicking back to login page after verifying with work email
  • Screen freezes after login
  • Stuck on retrieval screen
  • Login page stops responding
  • Unable to get past Home Screen, login button does nothing
  • Verification process is horrendous
  • Cannot verify or set up app, error after error
  • Cannot verify with Okta, uninstalling and retrying
  • Verification codes not working
  • Cannot reset password

Requested features

7 requests
  • Allow login with username/password
  • Integrate with MobileConnect for authentication
  • Add video instruction guide
  • Improve user interface
  • Add ability to approve/authorize leave via app
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  • Make setup easier for non-technical users
  • Allow verification via SSN or username/password

In-app purchases

None

MTA Home Shield

No in-app purchases

None

LeaveWeb Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MTA Home Shield free?
MTA Home Shield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LeaveWeb Mobile free?
LeaveWeb Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MTA Home Shield or LeaveWeb Mobile?
LeaveWeb Mobile is rated higher. MTA Home Shield averages 2.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while LeaveWeb Mobile averages 2.5 from 12 ratings.
Do MTA Home Shield or LeaveWeb Mobile have ads?
MTA Home Shield shows ads; LeaveWeb Mobile does not.
Which is updated more often, MTA Home Shield or LeaveWeb Mobile?
MTA Home Shield ships an update every 22 months, and LeaveWeb Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, MTA Home Shield was updated on October 24, 2026 and LeaveWeb Mobile on October 20, 2026.

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