Comparison

Midco Wi vs Apsides

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

Head to head
About

Midco Wi

Optimize, control, and protect your home network with smart Wi-Fi pods and an intuitive app. Manage devices, set access limits, and enhance security for a seamless internet experience.

Highlights
  • Streamlined navigation with dedicated tabs
  • AI-powered self-optimizing network
  • Advanced network security with threat monitoring
  • Network visibility and guest network management
  • Motion detection for user presence
  • User and device-level preference management
  • Simple self-installation with in-app guidance
Features
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A corner-to-corner connectivity solution, Midco® Wi-Fi brings your Midco internet to the next level. Midco Wi-Fi uses your existing internet connection, strategically placed pods and this app to optimize, control and protect your home network. To access the app, you must have Midco Wi-Fi (not just Midco internet). – Streamlined Navigation Using the app is now easier than ever. Its new tabbed navigation bar allows for simplified discovery and control: •Home – Provides a complete view of everything across your network. •People – View the people and devices on your network. •Newsfeed – Alerts you to any network activity, events and new features. •More – Quick access to settings and account management. – Smart Self-Optimizing Technology Midco Wi-Fi uses built-in AI to automatically adjust your network as devices come and go so you don’t have to think about your Wi-Fi – unless you want to. – Guard: Advanced Security When enabled, Midco Wi-Fi preemptively monitors threats to protect your network without impacting the performance of your browsing experience. Then, if a threat is detected, the device is automatically placed into quarantine to protect your network’s integrity. – Adapt: Network Visibility Have complete control over your home network. Know who is connecting – from which device and when. Create and manage guest networks and passwords for visitors outside your main home network. Then, use the built-in speed testing functionality within the Midco Wi-Fi app to ensure you’re getting the most out of your internet bandwidth per device. – Sense: Motion Detection Use each person’s primary device connection to determine if they’re at home or even the room where they’re connected to your network. – People and Devices Set and manage Midco Wi-Fi preferences at the user or device level. Start by creating a profile for each person. Then, set their content access limits, adblocking settings and more. Once you assign devices to each profile, those content access limits and adblocking settings will be applied to all their devices. Plus, you can set an everyday schedule by implementing device freezes. – Simple Self-Installation Grab your pods and go! Set up corner-to-corner coverage using the Midco Wi-Fi in-app tutorial or our easy, step-by-step instructions at Midco.com/Setup. Both options provide clear directions with visuals to guide you through the install process. Note: Self-installation may not be available (or a good fit) for everyone. Don’t have pods? Or have questions? Reach out at Midco.com/Contact.

About

Apsides

Features
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Apsides is one shared place for the people you split life with: roommates, students, couples, families, or friends. Split rent and bills, share a phone plan, keep calendars in step, and soon track shared cars and finances too, without chasing anyone through group texts and spreadsheets. Make an account, start a workspace, and invite the people you share with. Everyone sees the same numbers, and each person sees only the modules they're given. HOME • Rent and utilities, split evenly, by percentage, or by fixed amounts • A running balance for each person, month by month • Record a payment, or pay by card or bank transfer • A repair board: anyone can file a request and watch it move from requested to done MOBILE • Share one phone plan across everyone on it • Import the carrier bill, and Apsides works out each person's share, including installments, add-ons and discounts • Cover someone else's line when you're paying for it • See who's paid and who's behind at a glance CALENDAR • Your own calendars, shared with anyone as view-only or editable • Repeating events and reminders, delivered as notifications • Subscribe to school, work or team calendars by link • Rent days and bill due dates appear on their own ACADEMIA • Courses by term, with credits and instructors • Handwritten notebooks for lectures, synced across your devices • Turn a page of handwriting into a clean, typed lesson GARAGE (COMING SOON) • Every shared car in one place, with mileage and service history • Maintenance reminders by date or by miles • Split gas, insurance and repairs between the people who drive it VAULT (COMING SOON) • Shared accounts and budgets for a household, a couple or a group • See where the money went, and who put in what • Savings goals you work toward together AND A LITTLE EXTRA • Sign in with Face ID • Leave the sign-in screen idle and it drifts off into a live model of the solar system PLANS Joining a workspace is always free. To own workspaces and use the AI tools, subscribe from inside the app: • Basic: own 1 workspace with up to 5 members, plus a monthly AI allowance • Plus: own up to 3 workspaces with up to 10 members each, and three times the AI allowance Every new workspace starts with a 7-day free trial. Basic and Plus are monthly auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within 24 hours before that. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID's account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.apsides.io/privacy

Screenshots

Midco Wi3 screens
Apsides4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Midco Wi at none against Apsides's 2. Apsides's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Apsides sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Midco Wi asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Midco Wi versus Apsides: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidco WiApsides
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (344 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews2.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings344 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMidcontinent Communications Inc.Preston Vaughn

Bugs and requests

Midco Wi

Reported bugs

59 issues
  • App does not work
  • Login buttons are useless
  • Constant input delay and lag
  • App is never working
  • Cannot pay from the app
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  • App is garbage
  • Cannot log into the app
  • App is not working
  • Blank screen when opened
  • Not able to login at all
  • Directed to a blank screen after login
  • Not able to enter login credentials
  • Broke. Zero use. Not functional.
  • Completely broken
  • Gets stuck on the “login” page, showing a blank screen.
  • Options don’t have enough context to understand what they do.
  • One pod says off-line and does not tell you why it’s off-line or give you any options to turn on.
  • App doesn’t work
  • Takes you to a blank screen, which you can’t do anything on except close and delete the app.
  • App no longer works.
  • Upon hitting sign in it launches a blank web browser page.
  • No support links, it just does nothing
  • No information from Midco whether this app is still meant to be used.
  • The app doesn’t work, Midco messed up
  • Try to sign in, but it won’t load.
  • Messed up my wi-fi so the pod no longer works for the wi-fi
  • DOES NOT WORK PERIOD!
  • Been trying to log in to this app for days.
  • Simply tells me to try again in a few seconds.
  • Insane that you have to download an app, to manage your Wi-Fi-
  • “Calculating” for hours and hours.
  • Literally why is there no option or am I Blind?
  • Too many unnamed devices and I need to kick the ones that are eating up the internet.
  • Please Fix
  • App crash when pressing bottom right icon
  • App keeps crashing
  • App crashes within a minute of opening.
  • Reset my modem after the remote update yesterday and it still keeps disconnecting
  • The app is constantly crashing
  • App constantly crashes.
  • I can’t do anything on it.
  • App works really well but still has its glitch’s!
  • App will crash if pressing the 3 lines at the bottom of the screen.
  • Pods randomly disappear and reappear.
  • This app is useless
  • The router page doesn't let you change most settings and says to download this app to gain access to all of the features.
  • When I open the app, it wants me to sign in with a midco account, which I don't have, and won't let me do anything unless I sign in.
  • Cosmetic App in Exchange Removed Settings
  • Midco released this cosmetic application while restricting the settings to troubleshoot the Wi-Fi.
  • The internet has been terrible ever since.
  • They refuse to restore access to actual control settings to fix what they’ve broken.
  • Horrible App
  • Never gets passed either the “something went wrong” or noting a network outage (even when I am actively using my internet).
  • Tried to log in multiple times kept saying error no account found
  • Something is t working
  • App was fine and worked great for months.
  • Twice in the last couple weeks I try to open app to only get a pop-up stating “something went wrong” and I cannot access any of the app functions.
  • My app keeps breaking and saying something went wrong and I’ve had to delete the app twice now and redownload it to make it work
  • Started downloading this app over a 30+ minutes ago and it’s still not even half way through…

Requested features

4 requests
  • Please Add Network Prioritization
  • Ability to pay from the app
  • Add things to the Adblocker
  • Ability to pay bills in one place

Apsides

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Midco Wi

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Apsides

Subscriptions2
  • Apsides Basic$3.991 Month
  • Apsides Plus$7.991 Month

Questions

Is Midco Wi free?
Midco Wi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apsides free?
Apsides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Midco Wi or Apsides have ads?
Neither Midco Wi nor Apsides shows ads.

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