IBM HMC Mobile vs MaaS360 Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IBM HMC Mobile
Monitor and manage your IBM Z and LinuxONE systems remotely from your mobile device. Receive alerts for hardware, OS, and status changes. Control partitions and access detailed configuration information securely.
- Remote system monitoring
- Partition management
- Hardware and OS alerts
- Personalized push notifications
- Multi-factor authentication
- Role-based access control
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Introducing IBM HMC Mobile, the app that allows you to monitor and manage your systems from your mobile device. Keep watch over all of your systems and partitions and receive alerts when hardware messages, OS messages, or status changes arise. Key features: • Access all of your systems, even if they’re spread across multiple HMCs • View system status, hardware messages, and configuration details • View partition status, OS messages, and configuration details • Start/activate, stop/deactivate and change the activation profiles of partitions • Use personalized push notification settings that allow you to receive updates only for the systems and partitions that you’re most interested in monitoring • Take advantage of personalized security options such as multi-factor authentication, fingerprint ID, restricted object access and actions based on user role and IP, a “view only” mode, and more
MaaS360 Chat
Securely communicate with colleagues across various networks. Supports one-on-one and group chats, contact presence updates, and notification management. Conversation history is saved on the device.
- Secure cross-network chat
- One-on-one conversations
- Group chat participation
- Contact presence updates
- New conversation notifications
- Manage notification settings
- On-device conversation history
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MaaS360 Chat enables employees to chat securely across public, private and corporate networks. Features include: - Support for Lync 2013 - One-on-one conversation - Participate in group conversations - Presence update of contacts - Get notified on new conversations - Manage notification settings - Conversation history on device Notes: This application requires an enterprise account with MaaS360. If your company uses MaaS360, please contact your Help Desk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IBM HMC Mobile at 5.0 against MaaS360 Chat's 3.3. MaaS360 Chat's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 39%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
IBM HMC Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of IBM HMC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of MaaS360 Chat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IBM HMC Mobile ships an update every 3 months, MaaS360 Chat every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | IBM HMC Mobile | MaaS360 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IBM | International Business Machines Corp. |
Customer experience
IBM HMC Mobile
MaaS360 Chat
In-app purchases
IBM HMC Mobile
No in-app purchases
MaaS360 Chat
No in-app purchases
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