SonicWall Mobile Connect vs Flex Touch
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.
Flex Touch
Access common Motorola Flex features from your smartphone or tablet. Monitor agency calls, search databases for names, property, and incidents, and view alert warnings for officer safety. Stay updated with real-time call information and efficiently manage reports and comments.
- Monitor agency calls remotely
- Search agency database (names, property, incidents)
- View Flex Involvements
- Display warrant/alert warnings
- Access real-time call updates
- Add photos/documents to records
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This requires Motorola Flex 6.3 with the 2020.2.2 or later release. The Flex Touch® app is designed to provide public safety agencies a quick and convenient way to access common Motorola Flex features using a smartphone or tablet. Personnel with the proper credentials can use Flex Touch to monitor their agency’s calls from anywhere and at any time from the convenience of a mobile device. Flex Touch allows personnel to search their agency database for names, property, vehicles, and incidents from a mobile device. Personnel can also view Flex Involvements® related to any record. In addition, the module helps promote officer safety by displaying records with warrants or alert warnings. The user-friendly design makes it easy for personnel to quickly learn how to navigate the app. Flex Touch allows personnel to access real-time call updates by viewing all active calls, call nature, and any assigned units. Each user can customize the list of calls and units within the jurisdiction. Calls are organized by unit status, providing a quick way to see whether officers have arrived on the scene and if a unit’s timer has expired. When a user has been assigned to a call, that information is displayed prominently. In addition to accessing information, Touch allows first responders to more efficiently complete their work. Users can view call comments and enter their own comments from their mobile device. Using Touch, users can quickly add photos or documents from their mobile device to a record or to a report. Flex Touch requires that the agency uses Motorola Flex and has already purchased the Flex Touch module.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flex Touch at every 4 weeks against SonicWall Mobile Connect's every 6 months. Flex Touch also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). SonicWall Mobile Connect's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 12%) and ratings volume (143 vs 30). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for SonicWall Mobile Connect against 2.2 for Flex Touch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 143 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of SonicWall Mobile Connect's written reviews are positive against 12% of Flex Touch's.
SonicWall Mobile Connect ships an update every 6 months, Flex Touch every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SonicWall Mobile Connect | Flex Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (143 ratings) | 2.2 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews — better | 12.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SonicWall Inc. | Motorola Solutions, Inc |
Customer experience
SonicWall Mobile Connect
Flex Touch
User reviews
SonicWall Mobile Connect
From 143 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well
- 🚀 Easy to configure and use
- 🔒 Reliable connection
- 🔒 Secure access to company resources
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't work with iOS 16/iPadOS 16
- 🐛 Frequent disconnects or inability to connect
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with 2FA/MFA
- 🐛 Crashes or freezes
Flex Touch
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app for work
- 👍 Ability to look up anything
- 👍 See CAD screen remotely
- 👍 Good tool for those without MDCs
- 👍 Access almost everything
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hardly works properly
- 🐛 Never connects
- 🐛 Won't stay logged in
- 🐛 Issues all the time
- 🐛 Never wants to load
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
Flex Touch
Reported bugs
39 issues- App hardly works properly
- App never connects
- App won't stay logged in
- App has issues all the time
- App never wants to load
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- App won't allow sign in
- Cannot view address advisories
- Only units and other tabs show
- Comments are ran together
- Contrast issues in dark theme
- Scrolling issues lag or log out
- App freezes on law screen
- App locks up constantly
- Poor mapping
- Inconsistent functions
- App auto-updated and now doesn't work
- App disconnects and requires login
- Latest update made app useless
- Cannot login after last update
- Current update not usable
- Rarely allows sign in
- Login failed error
- App doesn't work 75% of the time
- Optimization for full-screen removed
- Cannot change server address on iPad
- iPad version won't work past login screen
- Won't work after latest iOS update
- No calls show
- App takes many attempts to open
- Call notes will not populate
- App refreshes to the top of the call list on update
- Maps not working
- Searching cases is problematic
- App is still buggy
- Unable to login
- Cannot pull up calls
- Font size in notes is too small
- Issue with the more info button after last update
- Unreadable font colors in dark theme
Requested features
17 requests- Ability to upload photos taken from phone to FLEX/Spillman
- Add call ID numbers to screen
- Ability to search call sheets (not just incidents)
- Add messaging functionality
- Add other add-ons
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- Home screen of buttons (unit board, messaging, plate or name search)
- Phone version
- Tablet version variance
- Ability to read narrative of reports from phone
- Car Play Compatibility
- Option to use Google Maps
- Larger font option for notes
- Zoom ability or larger print
- Ability to message units from the app
- Ability to pull up address advisories in app
- More contrast for call notes (black or bold black on white)
- Option to make call note font bigger or pinch to zoom
In-app purchases
SonicWall Mobile Connect
No in-app purchases
Flex Touch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SonicWall Mobile Connect free?
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