MTA Shield vs Army MobileConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTA Shield
Secure your mobile devices and personal information from online threats. Protect your family with parental controls, locate lost devices, and safeguard your online activities with a VPN and password vault. Requires an active MTA Internet subscription.
- Device protection from online threats
- Online banking and shopping security
- Lost/stolen device location and protection
- Parental controls and content management
- VPN for privacy
- Password vault
- Web-based family device management
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Today, the Internet is full of criminals. Their goals range from stealing your private information, to damaging your devices, spreading harmful content and more. With MTA Shield, you can ensure the safety and security of all of you and your loved ones’ mobile devices. MTA Shield can be downloaded on up to 10 devices. Protect all of your and your family’s devices from criminals and hackers; both at home and on the go. Ensure your children are safe with the included Parental Controls and Content Management. Protect your children and decide what they see and where they go online. If your device is stolen or lost, Mobile Shield helps you locate and protect it, by locking your device or erasing its contents. With MTA Shield, you are able to: • Protect your mobile devices • Keep your personal information safe while banking and shopping online • Locate your device if it is lost or stolen • Protect your children while they surf the internet with Parental Controls • VPN for privacy • Password vault to secure all of your passwords • Manage and protect all your family’s devices using a simple, web-based dashboard *MTA Shield is exclusively available only to MTA Internet subscribers—an active MTA Internet service is a requirement for gaining access to use this app. *Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Army MobileConnect
Securely log into Army EAMS-A accounts without a password. This app adds multi-factor authentication to your mobile device, simplifying access to hundreds of Army sites. Choose between push notifications or one-time passcodes for instant, protected logins.
- Passwordless login
- Multi-factor authentication
- Push notifications
- One-time passcodes (TOTP)
- Secure access to Army sites
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Instant, secure logins to EAMS-A using your personal mobile device. Protect your Army EAMS-A account by adding second factor authentication with Army MobileConnect. After logging in to EAMS-A as you normally would, MobileConnect will send a notification to your device, asking you to approve the login, or will generate a one-time passcode to use instead. MobileConnect will now allow users to login without a username and password once registered. This simplifies desktop and mobile access to hundreds of Army sites backed by EAMS-A. You may still use MobileConnectas a second factor for username and password logins if needed. You may use automatic push notifications or TOTP for validating your second factor with MobileConnect. Note: This app requires a US Army EAMS-A account and registration for the MobileConnectservice. Simple instructions are provided in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MTA Shield at 4.6 against Army MobileConnect's 2.0. Army MobileConnect's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, 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.
MTA Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Army MobileConnect has 96 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MTA Shield ships an update every 8 months, Army MobileConnect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTA Shield | Army MobileConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better | 2.0 (96 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 9.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 277 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matanuska Telephone | TRADOC Mobile |
Customer experience
MTA Shield
Army MobileConnect
Bugs and requests
MTA Shield
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Army MobileConnect
Reported bugs
34 issues- App not working as it should
- Registration process wastes time
- Claims no internet connection
- App stopped working after phone update
- Service is down
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- App says it will not function without internet while actively connected
- App says it doesn’t have an internet connection
- App says phone isn’t connected to internet
- Customer support link broken
- Black screens, no tokens generated
- App states it “needs a connection to the internet.”
- App hangs on iOS 18.1, spinning wait indicator
- App is glitchy and does not connect to the internet
- Stuck on code scanner
- Error: internal data corruption
- Authentication server is constantly down
- App shows a blank screen after update
- Mobile Connect forgets authentication every 2-3 days
- Invalid codes or error messages
- App stops working, won’t load past logo screen
- App fails after a day or more, requires re-registration
- Installed wrong version (Android on iOS)
- App broke since Apple updates
- App cannot authenticate and fails to register
- App sits at landing page and does nothing
- App doesn’t progress past splash screen
- App gets stuck after loading and doesn’t display menus
- App only works in one orientation on iPads
- App opens in iPhone mode on iPad, cuts off code
- App refuses to scan QR code
- App says no connectivity, asks for access code with no input field
- App continuously crashes on iOS 16.3.1
- Unexpected Error. Unusable App
- Moving background on OTP screen is distracting
Requested features
5 requests- Allow copy from the app
- Fix iPad orientation issues
- Allow vertical orientation on iPad
- Fix iPhone mode on iPad display
- Allow Soldiers to use app for all military websites
In-app purchases
MTA Shield
No in-app purchases
Army MobileConnect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MTA Shield free?
Is Army MobileConnect free?
Which has better reviews, MTA Shield or Army MobileConnect?
Do MTA Shield or Army MobileConnect have ads?
Which is updated more often, MTA Shield or Army MobileConnect?
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