IBM HMC Mobile vs Admin By Request
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
Admin By Request
This app provides systems administrators with a solution for managing local administrative rights on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. It allows users to view data and approve administrative access requests remotely.
- Local admin lock-down solution
- Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux
- View system data
- Approve admin access
- Remote management
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Admin By Request is a local admin lock-down solution to Windows, macOS and Linux for systems administrators. The Admin By Request app helps you view data and approve admin access
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IBM HMC Mobile at 5.0 against Admin By Request's 3.8. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of IBM HMC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 40% of Admin By Request's.
IBM HMC Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Admin By Request every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IBM HMC Mobile | Admin By Request |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 3.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IBM | Admin By Request ApS |
Customer experience
IBM HMC Mobile
Admin By Request
In-app purchases
IBM HMC Mobile
No in-app purchases
Admin By Request
No in-app purchases
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