Meraki Systems Manager vs Cisco Security Connector
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.
Cisco Security Connector
This app provides enhanced security and visibility for organization-owned iOS devices in supervised mode. It leverages Cisco's intelligence to protect devices without user interaction, ideal for various industries.
- Endpoint security for supervised iOS devices
- Enhanced visibility and protection
- Leverages Cisco's collective intelligence
- No user interaction required
- EMM deployment and management
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This application requires licenses for Cisco Clarity and/or Cisco Umbrella. Cisco Security Connector is a new endpoint security solution providing unprecedented visibility and protection for organization-owned iOS devices running in supervised mode. It brings the power of Cisco’s collective intelligence and investigative features to Apple's mobility space. It is not a global proxy or VPN. Organizations can deploy and manage the Connector using Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) so no user interaction is needed on the iPhone or iPad. Ideal for numerous industries and uses, including education, healthcare, distribution centers, field service, and retail. Optimized for use with Cisco Meraki Systems Manager.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cisco Security Connector at 2.9 against Meraki Systems Manager's 2.4. Meraki Systems Manager's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 31) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Cisco Security Connector holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 96 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 18% of Meraki Systems Manager's written reviews are positive against 11% of Cisco Security Connector's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Meraki Systems Manager ships an update every 2 months, Cisco Security Connector every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki Systems Manager | Cisco Security Connector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (96 ratings) | 2.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews — better | 10.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Cisco |
Customer experience
Meraki Systems Manager
Cisco Security Connector
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
Cisco Security Connector
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki Systems Manager
No in-app purchases
Cisco Security Connector
No in-app purchases
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