Comparison

R vs WatchGuard AuthPoint

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

Head to head
About

R

Monitor your network health and manage IT systems on the go. Access alarms, agent status, and tickets instantly from your mobile device. Ideal for small businesses and managed service providers.

Highlights
  • Access Alarms, Agents, and Tickets
  • Push Notifications
  • Landscape and Portrait Mode Support
  • Toggle Grouping for Records
  • Network Health Overview
Features
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The R-U-ON application gives you quick access to your R-U-ON Alarms, Agent Status and Tickets. Get an instant overview of your network health directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch. R-U-ON is a SaaS IT management platform delivering a complete and very cool monitoring solution for Small Business and MSPs. FEATURES - Access to Alarms, Agents and Tickets - Push Notification - Support for both landscape and portrait modes. - Toggle grouping for each record type individually (System Preferences). Pleasant Monitoring!

About

WatchGuard AuthPoint

Securely authenticate to company networks and cloud applications directly from your smartphone. This app offers fast push notifications for approval and offline QR code scanning. It also provides a convenient place to store and manage various authenticators.

Highlights
  • Push-based authentication
  • Offline QR code authentication
  • Authenticator storage
  • Token migration
  • Customizable tokens
Features
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WatchGuard’s AuthPoint app allows you to authenticate right from your own phone! No need to carry keyfobs or thumb drives; instead install and activate AuthPoint, and then use it to authenticate to company networks and cloud applications. It enables speedy push-based authentication as well as offline authentication using QR codes with the phone’s camera. This app requires activation of AuthPoint service, offered by WatchGuard. The AuthPoint app features: - convenient, secure authentication in seconds when you approve a push notification message - additional storage for all your authenticators such as those used with Google Authenticator, Facebook, Dropbox and more - quick self-service migration of tokens when changing phones - customizable tokens with unique names and pictures With AuthPoint, you can do your part to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data arising from lost or stolen credentials.

Screenshots

R2 screens
WatchGuard AuthPoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: R at 100% against WatchGuard AuthPoint's 53%. WatchGuard AuthPoint's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WatchGuard AuthPoint holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 44 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of R's written reviews are positive against 53% of WatchGuard AuthPoint's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

R ships an update every 14 months, WatchGuard AuthPoint every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
R versus WatchGuard AuthPoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRWatchGuard AuthPoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (38 ratings)4.3 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better52.9% of reviews
Number of ratings3844 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR-U-ONWatchGuard Technologies

Customer experience

R

All ratings38 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative39.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WatchGuard AuthPoint

All ratings44 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative41.2%

In-app purchases

None

R

No in-app purchases

None

WatchGuard AuthPoint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is R free?
R is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WatchGuard AuthPoint free?
WatchGuard AuthPoint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, R or WatchGuard AuthPoint?
WatchGuard AuthPoint is rated higher. R averages 3.2 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while WatchGuard AuthPoint averages 4.3 from 44 ratings.
Do R or WatchGuard AuthPoint have ads?
Neither R nor WatchGuard AuthPoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, R or WatchGuard AuthPoint?
R ships an update every 14 months, and WatchGuard AuthPoint every 3 months. Most recently, R was updated on October 23, 2026 and WatchGuard AuthPoint on October 26, 2026.

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