NETGEAR Mobile vs BoostyLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NETGEAR Mobile
Manage your NETGEAR mobile hotspot from your phone. Track data usage, monitor connection status and battery life, and control hotspot settings. Stream media directly from supported models.
- Track data usage
- Monitor connection and battery life
- View connected Wi-Fi devices
- Control hotspot power
- Configure APN settings
- Stream media (M1 Nighthawk only)
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The NETGEAR Mobile App (formerly NETGEAR AirCard) is the official app for managing your NETGEAR Mobile Hotspots. View your connection, settings, and data usage from the convenience of the mobile app. *TRACK DATA usage *STREAM and VIEW media off your hotspot (M1 Nighthawk only) *MONITOR your mobile hotspot connection and battery life in real-time *VIEW CONNECTED Wi-Fi devices *TURN OFF or REBOOT your hotspot *CONFIGURE APN settings *VIEW & COMPOSE SMS Messages (applicable models only) Works with the following mobile hotspots designed by NETGEAR: * Nighthawk M6 Mobile Router * Nighthawk M5 Mobile Router * Nighthawk M1 Mobile Router * AT&T Unite / Unite Pro / Unite Express / Unite Explore * AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G * Telstra Wi-Fi 4G Advanced I & II * Telstra Ultimate® Mobile Wi-Fi * Telstra Mobile Wi-Fi 4G * BigPond Mobile Wi-Fi 4G Advanced I & II * BigPond Ultimate® Mobile Wi-Fi * Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE * NETGEAR AirCard 815S/810S/791L/790S/785S/782S/779S/771S/770S/763S/762S/754S The following products are *NOT* supported by this app: * NETGEAR Desktop Routers (use NETGEAR Genie) * Sprint W801 / 802S Mobile Hotspots * USB Modems / PC Cards / ExpressCards NETGEAR Mobile App is supported by NETGEAR. If you experience any issues, please contact us at aircardapp_support@netgear.com, as we are unable respond or open tickets based on reviews.
BoostyLink
Enhance your home internet reliability by using your smartphone's cellular data as a backup. This app ensures a seamless failover connection, keeping your online sessions active and your public IP address consistent, even when your primary broadband goes down. Set a data cap to avoid unexpected charges.
- Augments home broadband with cellular data
- Seamless failover connection
- Maintains public IP address
- Prevents session disruption
- Configurable data cap
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This app is a companion to your Hybrid/Boosty enabled home router, and will boost the reliability of your home broadband connection by augmenting it with the cellular on your smartphone. For those gamers who can't tolerate any disruption, or for people working from home and their broadband needs to always stay up, this is an invaluable solution to always keep you online. To get it to work there are a few simple steps: Ensure that your home router supports the Hybrid/Boosty functionality. Contact your ISP to check if it is Connect your smartphone to your home router's Wi-Fi connection as normal Turn on the app and confirm you want your smartphone to work in tandem with your home router That's it you're up and running! When your home broadband goes down this app will seamlessly kick in as a failover connection and will keep your existing sessions up and your public IP address the same. As soon as your home broadband comes back on-line we'll stop using your mobile data. To ensure you never get any surprise bills you can specify a data cap, after which we stop using your cellular data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BoostyLink at 5.0 against NETGEAR Mobile's 3.6. BoostyLink also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). NETGEAR Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1). 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.
BoostyLink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NETGEAR Mobile has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NETGEAR Mobile ships an update every 2 months, BoostyLink monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NETGEAR Mobile | BoostyLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NETGEAR | Hybrid Access Technologies Limited |
Customer experience
NETGEAR Mobile
BoostyLink
Bugs and requests
NETGEAR Mobile
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues, app gets stuck in login loop
- Fails to recognize supported devices
- Doesn't save password or login credentials
- Constant pop-ups for terms and conditions
- Displays incorrect or incomplete information
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to update firmware from app
- Include more advanced settings and customization options
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Add support for more device models
- Provide better data usage tracking and notifications
BoostyLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NETGEAR Mobile
No in-app purchases
BoostyLink
No in-app purchases
