SonicWall Mobile Connect vs CPF Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SonicWall Mobile Connect
Access corporate and academic resources securely from anywhere. This app provides network-level access to critical applications like email and virtual desktops through encrypted SSL VPN connections.
- Encrypted SSL VPN connections
- Full network-level access
- Access to corporate resources
- Access to academic resources
- Remote access to applications
- Virtual desktop access
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SonicWall Mobile Connect™ provides users full network-level access to corporate and academic resources over encrypted SSL VPN connections. The client provides anytime, anywhere access to critical applications such as email, virtual desktop sessions and other macOS applications. REQUIREMENTS: SonicWall Mobile Connect is a free app, but requires a concurrent user license on one of the following SonicWall solutions in order to function properly: • SonicWall Next-Generation Firewall appliances including the TZ, NSA, and SuperMassive running SonicOS 5.8.1.0 or higher. • Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series appliances, formerly called SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA), running 10.2 or higher. • Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances, formerly called E-Class Secure Remote Access (SRA), running 12.4 or higher. For more information on SonicWall Secure Mobile Access and Next-Generation Firewall solutions, please visit www.sonicwall.com.
CPF Connect
Facilitates secure communication for all stakeholders of CPF Group, including employees, partners, and customers. Access requires login credentials distributed by CPF Group.
- Secure communication
- Employee access
- Partner access
- Customer access
- Enterprise login
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CPF Connect is for all employees, affiliates, partners, customers, and enterprise customers/partners, of CPF Group to communicate securely. Important Note: CPF Group has sole responsibility for the distribution of log in information as well as registration. If you are an employee, you may use your employee information to log in. If you are a partner or affiliate, please use the log in information supplied by CPF HR Department. If you are an enterprise or consumer of CPF Group, please use the log in information supplied by CPF.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CPF Connect at 5.0 against SonicWall Mobile Connect's 2.1. CPF Connect also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). SonicWall Mobile Connect's advantage is ratings volume (143 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.
CPF Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SonicWall Mobile Connect has 143 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SonicWall Mobile Connect ships an update every 6 months, CPF Connect every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SonicWall Mobile Connect | CPF Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (143 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 435 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SonicWall Inc. | CPF IT CENTER CO.,LTD. |
Customer experience
SonicWall Mobile Connect
CPF Connect
Bugs and requests
SonicWall Mobile Connect
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot select domain when configuring connection
- Endless 'Connecting' state with no ability to connect
- Incompatibility with latest iOS/iPadOS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to view logs directly in the app
- Support for multiple VPN connections/servers
- Improved stability and reliability
CPF Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SonicWall Mobile Connect
No in-app purchases
CPF Connect
No in-app purchases
