Meshtastic vs Iru Access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meshtastic
This app enables off-grid, decentralized communication via a low-power mesh network. Send text messages in areas lacking cellular or WiFi service.
- Off-grid communication
- Decentralized mesh network
- Low-power LoRa radio support
- Text messaging
- No cellular/WiFi required
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Meshtastic® is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on low-power Lora radios letting you send text messages in areas without reliable cellular or WiFi service.
Iru Access
This application provides secure, passwordless authentication for your organization's apps and services. It uses hardware-bound cryptography and platform security to ensure your credentials never leave your device, offering a frictionless and verifiable sign-in experience.
- Passwordless sign-ins
- Hardware-bound cryptography
- Platform security
- FIDO2 and WebAuthn integration
- Local credential verification
- Device trust confirmation
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Iru Access is your organization’s secure authentication client, powered by Iru Identity. It enables strong, passwordless sign-ins across your company’s apps and services — backed by hardware-bound cryptography and platform security. When you sign in with Iru Access, your credentials never leave your device. Each login is verified locally, then cryptographically attested to Iru Identity to confirm both authenticity and device trust. Built for enterprise environments, Iru Access integrates with modern identity standards like FIDO2 and WebAuthn, ensuring every authentication is secure, private, and verifiable — without passwords, prompts, or friction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Iru Access at 100% against Meshtastic's 44%. Iru Access also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1). Meshtastic's advantage is ratings volume (824 vs 23) and device support (4 vs 2). 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.
Iru Access holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meshtastic has 824 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Meshtastic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Iru Access's.
Meshtastic ships an update every 10 days, Iru Access every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meshtastic | Iru Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (824 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 824 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meshtastic LLC | Iru, LLC |
Customer experience
Meshtastic
Iru Access
Bugs and requests
Meshtastic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Canned messages configuration issues
- Location sharing and traceroute functions not working
- Settings screen bugs and crashes
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline maps support
- Ability to customize notifications
- More sorting and filtering options for nodes
- Apple Watch and Shortcuts integration
- Improved documentation and user guidance
Iru Access
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meshtastic
No in-app purchases
Iru Access
No in-app purchases
