N vs Add Remove Programs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
N
Manage your N-central server remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Acknowledge issues, add notes, view device details, and monitor automation tasks, scripts, and software pushes. Perform remote actions on managed mobile devices.
- Acknowledge issues
- Add notes to devices
- View device and service details
- Monitor automation tasks
- Run scripts
- Manage mobile devices remotely
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The N-central Mobile app allows you to access your N-central server (versions 11 and above *) from your iPhone and iPad. N-central Mobile lets you acknowledge issues, add notes to devices, view the details of devices and services, and see the status of automation tasks, scripts and software pushes that N-central is running on your behalf. The following automation policies can be run on devices: - AV Defender Quick - AV Defender Full Scan - Update Asset Information - Create Restore Point - Delete Temporary Files - Empty Recycle Bin - Disk Cleanup - Enable DHCP - Renew DHCP - Flush DNS - Log Off User - Start Services Set to Auto - Restart System - Shutdown System The following backup operations can be run on devices: - Full backup - Incremental backup - Verify backup Support for running scripts on devices is also provided. N-central Mobile also enables you to view the location and perform remote actions on managed mobile devices: - Send messages - Update asset information - Mark as lost - Lock - Reset passwords - Erase * Compatibility is not assured with unsupported or deprecated versions of N-central.
Add Remove Programs
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Track release activity, security advisories, and packaging notes for the enterprise Windows applications you actually deploy. AddRemovePrograms is a companion to the community-tracked index at addremoveprograms.com — a database of enterprise Windows software releases, vulnerabilities, and community-contributed packaging guidance. Follow the apps you use to see new versions, CVEs, and notes as soon as they're tracked. FEATURES — Follow the apps that matter to you. Your follow list syncs to your account across devices. — Alerts feed shows recent releases, community notes, and vulnerabilities scoped to what you follow. Choose your history window: 30 days, 90 days, 6 months, or a year. — Tune what you see. Filter to security-only updates, major releases only, or set a minimum ARP score floor to skip noisy patch bumps. Pick a delivery frequency — immediate, daily digest, weekly digest, or off. — Vulnerability data per app. Every app detail page shows the CVEs currently affecting its latest tracked release, with CVSS scores, CISA KEV flags, and links to the source advisories. — Help close the gaps. For apps without a CPE mapping, pick the right vendor/product candidate and your vote feeds the same crowdsource tally the website uses. Once enough contributors agree, the CPE is promoted and vulnerabilities flow automatically. — Browse and search the full catalog. Search by app, vendor, or technology. Drill into release histories, ARP score trends, release cadence stats, packaging notes, and patch catalog coverage. PRIVACY No third-party analytics, no tracking SDKs, no advertising. The app talks only to addremoveprograms.com over HTTPS. CPE picks are submitted with an anonymous per-device identifier, not your account. Sign-in is optional. Browsing and following work without an account; signing in syncs follows across devices and unlocks the cross-app vulnerability browse.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: N at 13.0 against Add Remove Programs's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
N ships an update every 6 weeks, Add Remove Programs every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | N | Add Remove Programs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.1 (34 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | N-able Technologies Inc. | RWK Systems |
Bugs and requests
N
Reported bugs
43 issues- MFA token field covered by login button
- No SSO login
- Issues staying connected during a session
- 2FA not working
- Invalid Token message
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- Login times out before MFA can complete
- Constantly logged out
- @ symbol not working for server passwords
- Resolution mismatch on iPhone 14 Pro Max (remote control)
- Mouse cursor offset in remote control
- Crashes when trying to use remote feature
- Getting stuck in 'limbo' on screens
- Remote cursor rarely shows up
- Remote session crashes
- Cannot send Ctrl+Alt+Delete in remote session
- Crashes immediately when tapping options gear in a session
- App doesn't load tenants
- Crashes on startup
- Unable to open app after iOS 13.3 update
- Customer list won't load
- Constant 'unable to load' messages
- Previous updates removed ability to acknowledge alerts
- Cannot switch between clients/sites
- UI is broken with iOS 13
- Top menu layers load in wrong order
- Top bar missing to navigate within the app
- Green bar at the top overlaps menu icon
- App no longer works after server update
- MSP connect doesn't work / Failed to Parse XML
- App crashes when selecting devices
- App crashes on opening
- App has stood still with product changes
- Rotation no longer works on iPad
- Last scan time displays in GMT
- App crashes trying to log on iOS 9.3
- Version issue (always shows old version)
- App crashes when trying to zoom screen in remote control
- Cursor position in trackpad mode not resolved
- App crashes on iPad Pro
- Cannot be used in landscape mode on iPad Pro
- App crashes on iOS10 devices
- App crashes on iOS 13 devices
- App crashes on opening
Requested features
15 requests- Add remote session functionality
- Add NetPath feature
- Add landscape view for iPad
- Add push notifications
- Add ability to run scripts with additional commands
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- Add ability to unlock AD users to reset passwords
- Add MFA support
- Add ability to restart, stop, start services on devices
- Add remote control/access devices from iPhone
- Add ability to restart devices from iPhone
- Add ability to filter alerts by type
- Add SSO support
- Improve filtering capabilities
- Add native iPad support
- Add remediation tasks, remote desktop, push alerts, tweak monitors
Add Remove Programs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
N
No in-app purchases
Add Remove Programs
No in-app purchases
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