Sophos Mobile Control vs Star Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sophos Mobile Control
This app enables organizations to manage, control, and secure mobile devices like iOS. It allows for policy configuration, app distribution, and device security. Users install it upon their organization's recommendation to access these management features.
- Manage and secure mobile devices
- Configure device policies
- Distribute applications
- Report device compliance status
- Locate lost or stolen devices
- Receive management console messages
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Sophos Mobile is a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution which allows companies to easily manage, control and secure iOS and other mobile devices. Sophos Mobile Control allows you to enroll your device with Sophos Mobile. Your organization can then configure device policies, distribute apps and further secure your device. IMPORTANT: This app will not function without the appropriate Sophos management console in place. Only install the app if advised by your organization. Key features • Report the device compliance status. • Trigger device synchronization with the Sophos Mobile management console. • Install apps from an Enterprise App Store. • Display all compliance violations. • Find the device when it’s lost or stolen. • Receive messages from the Sophos Mobile management console. • Display privacy and support information. For more information, visit the Sophos website. The app can access the device’s location in the background to let your organization find the device when it’s lost or stolen. The app doesn’t routinely monitor or record your location.
Star Mobile
This app allows professionals to log and submit time and expenses for client work or internal tasks. It integrates with a practice management system, offering quick access to past entries and remote search capabilities for clients and jobs.
- Record time and expenses
- Submit entries
- Select clients and jobs
- Remote database search
- Integrates with Star Practice Management
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The Star Mobile Time and Expense app enables professional users of the Star Practice Management system to record, review and submit time spent and expenses incurred on client and non-chargeable jobs, using their iPhone or iPad. Users can quickly select clients and jobs from their History of previous time and expense entries or can optionally carry out remote searches on the firm’s Star Practice Management database to find clients and jobs. The Star Mobile Time and Expense app leverages the rich functionality provided by your firm’s Star Practice Management system. Contact your firm’s Star support team for the final step to very easily configure Star Mobile to work with your Star Practice Management business data. Further Star Mobile apps are in development and will be made available over the coming weeks and months.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sophos Mobile Control at 2.6 against Star Mobile's 1.0. Sophos Mobile Control also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 17%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Star Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Sophos Mobile Control holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Sophos Mobile Control's written reviews are positive against 17% of Star Mobile's.
Sophos Mobile Control ships an update every 2 months, Star Mobile every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sophos Mobile Control | Star Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (28 ratings) — better | 1.0 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sophos | Star Computers Ltd |
Customer experience
Sophos Mobile Control
Star Mobile
In-app purchases
Sophos Mobile Control
No in-app purchases
Star Mobile
No in-app purchases
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