ThinkSmart Manager vs HPE Instant On
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThinkSmart Manager
Streamline the management of your company's smart office devices. Remotely deploy, configure, protect, and update software on your entire fleet with ease. Offers tiered plans for comprehensive IT support.
- Remote device deployment
- Software configuration
- Security management
- Auto-updating agent software
- Enterprise fleet management
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Give your IT department some time back with ThinkSmart Manager, the official manageability console for your fleet of ThinkSmart smart office devices. IT can stop putting out fires by streamlining their management of every ThinkSmart device across the enterprise—remotely deploying, configuring, protecting, and auto-updating agent software on each one with ease. Choose from tiered plans.
HPE Instant On
Manage and troubleshoot your network of access points and switches remotely. This app provides a simple, secure, and reliable way to ensure high performance for your small business network.
- Remote setup
- Network management
- Troubleshooting tools
- Wi-Fi access point control
- Switch management
- Secure network performance
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Set up, manage, and troubleshoot an Instant On network from anywhere, at any time. Instant On Wi-Fi access points, switches, and secure gateways work together to deliver high performance and built-in security, ideal for small businesses with one site or many.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ThinkSmart Manager at 100% against HPE Instant On's 20%. ThinkSmart Manager also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). HPE Instant On's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ThinkSmart Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HPE Instant On has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ThinkSmart Manager's written reviews are positive against 20% of HPE Instant On's.
ThinkSmart Manager ships an update every 3 months, HPE Instant On every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThinkSmart Manager | HPE Instant On |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lenovo APLA | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company |
Customer experience
ThinkSmart Manager
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In-app purchases
ThinkSmart Manager
No in-app purchases
HPE Instant On
No in-app purchases
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