Meraki Systems Manager vs ELTON Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meraki Systems Manager
Manage all your iOS devices from a central web dashboard. This app enhances mobile device management with features like a managed app store, content delivery, and GPS location reporting.
- Centralized web dashboard management
- Managed app store
- Content delivery with backpack
- GPS location reporting
- Enhanced MDM and MAM functionality
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Meraki Systems Manager is Cisco Systems' Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution that allows you to manage all of your iOS devices from a central web dashboard. Installing this app on an iOS device provides enhanced MDM and MAM functionality that includes features such as a managed app store, content delivery with backpack, and GPS location reporting. Note: continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
ELTON Scanner
Scan QR or barcode data from physical equipment. Assign or loan items to Salesforce users, contacts, accounts, or opportunities. Streamline equipment management within your Salesforce ecosystem.
- Scan QR Codes
- Scan Bar Codes
- Assign equipment
- Loan equipment
- Link to Salesforce Users
- Link to Salesforce Contacts
- Link to Salesforce Accounts
- Link to Salesforce Opportunities
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ELTON Scanner allows users to scan QR Codes or Bar Codes associated with physical equipment. The user can then assign or loan equipment to known Salesforce Users, Contacts, Accounts or Opportunities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ELTON Scanner at 5.0 against Meraki Systems Manager's 2.4. Meraki Systems Manager's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). 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.
ELTON Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meraki Systems Manager has 96 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Meraki Systems Manager ships an update every 2 months, ELTON Scanner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki Systems Manager | ELTON Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | AccountAbility Solutions Inc |
Customer experience
Meraki Systems Manager
ELTON Scanner
Bugs and requests
Meraki Systems Manager
Reported bugs
3 issues- Enrollment certificates become invalid
- Backpack functionality broken on iOS 9+
- Location services always running, draining battery
Requested features
3 requests- Improve enrollment process
- Add option to configure notification frequency
- Improve app stability and performance
ELTON Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki Systems Manager
No in-app purchases
ELTON Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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