Meraki Systems Manager vs MiCollab Advanced Messaging
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.
MiCollab Advanced Messaging
Enhance your mobile productivity with advanced communication features. Access enterprise voicemail, manage calls with visual screening, and connect to your company directory. Requires specific licenses for full functionality.
- Visual call screening
- Call setup
- Enterprise voicemail access
- Enterprise directory
- Settings management
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MiCollab Advanced Messaging application boosts your personal productivity while you are on the move by providing features such as; visual call screening, call setup, access to enterprise voice mail, enterprise directory and settings. Important: MiCollab Advanced Messaging client requires Personal Assistant licenses for full functionality. Contact your IT/Telecom department for assistance with setting up the MiCollab Advanced Messaging client.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MiCollab Advanced Messaging at 4.0 against Meraki Systems Manager's 2.4. MiCollab Advanced Messaging also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 9.0). Meraki Systems Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (96 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.
MiCollab Advanced Messaging holds the better App Store score, 4.0 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, MiCollab Advanced Messaging every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki Systems Manager | MiCollab Advanced Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (96 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Mitel Networks Corporation |
Customer experience
Meraki Systems Manager
MiCollab Advanced Messaging
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
MiCollab Advanced Messaging
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki Systems Manager
No in-app purchases
MiCollab Advanced Messaging
No in-app purchases
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