Meraki Systems Manager vs Dashboard 4
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.
Dashboard 4
This app provides retailers with live sales statistics directly on their iPhone or iPad. It offers predefined filters to customize the displayed data, allowing for analysis by company, location, merchandise, associates, or hour. Sales figures are presented in both value and quantity, with a refresh button to ensure up-to-date information.
- Live sales statistics
- Predefined data filters
- Stats by company, location, merchandise, associates, hour
- Sales value and quantity
- Real-time refresh button
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Dashboards 4 is an app that retailers can use to see live sales stats on an iPhone or iPad Features -Predefined filters to configure what stats you want to see on the screen -Showing stats by company, location, merchandise, associates, or hour -Sales amounts in value and quantity terms -The Refresh button to keep abreast of your sales
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Meraki Systems Manager at every 2 months against Dashboard 4's every 8 months. Meraki Systems Manager also leads on review sentiment (18% vs 0%) and device support (3 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.
Meraki Systems Manager ships an update every 2 months, Dashboard 4 every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki Systems Manager | Dashboard 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (96 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Teamwork Commerce |
Customer experience
Meraki Systems Manager
Dashboard 4
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
Dashboard 4
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki Systems Manager
No in-app purchases
Dashboard 4
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Meraki Systems Manager free?
Is Dashboard 4 free?
Do Meraki Systems Manager or Dashboard 4 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Meraki Systems Manager or Dashboard 4?
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