Rubi by CDW vs ThreatDown Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rubi by CDW
Manage IT investments, search items, build carts, and place orders. Track shipments, get status updates, and approve or deny purchase requests. Receive push notifications for important updates and action items.
- Search items and build carts
- Place orders
- Request and convert quotes
- Track shipments in real time
- Approve or deny purchase requests
- Receive push notifications
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Get quick access to the things you do the most: • Search items, build your cart and place orders • Request and convert quotes • Purchase bundles and favorites • Approve or deny purchase requests Keep tabs on your orders and shipments: • Track shipments in real time • Get order status updates • View order details • Share order and shipment information with colleagues Prioritize your to-do list: • Opt-in to push notifications to get updates on shipments, purchase-approval requests, expiring credit cards and more • Complete time-sensitive action items This iPhone app is best for IT purchasers, approvers and administrators with existing CDW and CDW-G accounts. The Rubi companion app from CDW and CDW-G is built with you in mind. Look out for future app enhancements and new features that will help you do more wherever you are.
ThreatDown Admin
Manage IT security and respond to threats remotely. This app allows IT administrators to view endpoint status, remediate issues, and update agents from their mobile devices. Ensure your organization's security is maintained even when away from the office.
- Remediate endpoint threats
- Quarantine and isolate endpoints
- Initiate endpoint scans
- View endpoint status
- Check for agent updates
- Manage user access
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NOTE: ThreatDown Admin is for use by IT Admins with existing access to their organization’s ThreatDown Nebula user console. Active ThreatDown Nebula licensing must be in place for users to access their environment via ThreatDown Admin. Act promptly on critical incidents or endpoint threats even when you’re away from your desk with ThreatDown Admin. Remediate, quarantine, isolate or start scans on endpoints when you’re on the go. Mitigate issues as they arise from wherever you are. You can also: • View endpoint status • View detection details • Check for agent and protection updates • Update agents • Manage user access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rubi by CDW at 4.8 against ThreatDown Admin's 2.8. Rubi by CDW also leads on ratings volume (77 vs 6). ThreatDown Admin's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (10% vs 0%). 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.
Rubi by CDW holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rubi by CDW has 77 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Rubi by CDW's written reviews are positive against 10% of ThreatDown Admin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rubi by CDW ships an update every 2 months, ThreatDown Admin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rubi by CDW | ThreatDown Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (77 ratings) — better | 2.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 10.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CDW, LLC | ThreatDown Inc. |
Customer experience
Rubi by CDW
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In-app purchases
Rubi by CDW
No in-app purchases
ThreatDown Admin
No in-app purchases
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