Qmanager vs Instant Guard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qmanager
Monitor and manage your QNAP Turbo NAS remotely from your iOS device. Check system status, control applications, manage downloads and backups, and even locate your NAS.
- Monitor system information (CPU, memory, events)
- Manage download and backup tasks
- Control application services
- Check connection status and online users
- Remote restart/shutdown of NAS
- Find My NAS with beep sound
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Ever wanted to monitor and manage your QNAP Turbo NAS with your iOS mobile device? The free Qmanager app is the perfect answer. Prerequisites: - iOS 16 or later - QNAP NAS running firmware V4.0 or later Major features of Qmanager: - Monitor your system information, such as CPU usage, memory usage, system event info, online user… - Check your download station, backup task info. You also can manage the download task or backup task remotely. You can pause or run the task. - Turn on/off application services via Qmanager with one simple click. - Check connection status or the current online users to prevent invasion. - Restart or shutdown the Turbo NAS remotely. - Use “Find My NAS” to let your NAS turn on the “Beep” sound.
Instant Guard
This app provides a secure VPN connection, allowing you to browse anonymously and protect your financial information on public Wi-Fi. It enables remote access to your home ASUS router, ensuring your privacy and security wherever you go.
- One-click VPN connection
- Secured and encrypted connectivity
- Anonymous browsing
- Change IP address and location
- Remote ASUS router access
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Instant Guard is basing on VPN feature of ASUS Router and only available for manager now. Use the Instant Guard app when you connect to public Wi-Fi and just as you are using safety network at home - ensuring your personal privacy remains safe and financial information protected. Instant Guard allows you easily access to your ASUS router at home while you are away and keeps 100% anonymous while you browser bank, shop and chat with Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. In the future, this feature will improve to allow to share VPN connection permissions to your friends or family members. Key Feature : 1.One-Click Operation 2.Secured and encrypted connectivity 3.Surf Anonymously 4.Change your IP Address and Location *The ASUS routers sold in the CN region do not support Instant Guard. Instant Guard app supports the following ASUS router. RT-BE96U RT-AXE7800 RT-AX92U RT-AX89X RT-AX88U_Pro RT-AX88U RT-AX86U_PRO RT-AX86U RT-AX86S RT-AX82U_V2 RT-AX82U RT-AX68U RT-AX59U RT-AX58U_V2 RT-AX58U RT-AX57_Go RT-AX57 RT-AX56U RT-AX55 RT-AX5400 RT-AX54 RT-AX53U RT-AX52 RT-AC88U RT-AC86U RT-AC3100 RT-AC5300 GS-AX3000 GS-AX5400 GT6 GT-AC2900 GT-AC5300 GT-AX11000 GT-AX11000_PRO GT-AX6000 GT-AXE11000 GT-AXE16000 TUF-AX3000 TUF-AX3000_V2 TUF-AX4200 TUF-AX5400 TUF-AX6000 ZenWiFi CT8 ZenWiFi XD4 ZenWiFi XD5 ZenWiFi XD6 ZenWiFi XP4 ZenWiFi XT9 ZenWiFi AX (XT8) ZenWiFi AX Hybrid (XC5) ZenWiFi ET8 ZenWiFi Pro ET12 ZenWiFi Pro XT12
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Instant Guard at 3.4 against Qmanager's 2.9. Instant Guard also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Instant Guard holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 61 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Qmanager's written reviews are positive against 38% of Instant Guard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Qmanager ships an update every 6 weeks, Instant Guard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qmanager | Instant Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (67 ratings) | 3.4 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews — better | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QNAP Systems, Inc. | ASUS |
Customer experience
Qmanager
Instant Guard
User reviews
Qmanager
From 67 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📊 Comprehensive NAS monitoring and status overview
- 🔔 Push notifications for NAS alerts and updates
- 🎛️ Remote management of services and applications
- 📱 Convenient mobile access to NAS features
- 🔧 Firmware update capability from app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and instability
- ⏱️ Slow startup and connection times
- 🔐 Two-factor authentication UI issues (keyboard blocking buttons)
- 🌙 Dark mode removed in recent update
- ⚠️ Limited management capabilities (mostly read-only)
Instant Guard
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and does its job
- 🔒 Great security focused VPN
- 👍 Setup is straightforward
- 💰 Cost-effective solution
- 🚀 Works great for remote access
Room to improve
- 🐛 Auto connection conflicts
- 🐛 Fails to connect on iOS update
- 🐛 Cellular data severely affected
- 🐛 No internet when connected
- 🐛 Auto protect on cellular
Bugs and requests
Qmanager
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes on login or NAS selection
- 2FA keyboard obscures login button
- Dark mode setting removed with no way to restore
- Download station loses connection when switching apps
- Notifications not received after iOS 18.2 update
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- WOL (Wake-on-LAN) broken after iOS 17 update
- Container Station shows no running containers
- Disk space reporting incorrect
- App won't connect via LTE (only WiFi)
- CPU and memory usage not displaying
- NAS model icons displaying incorrectly
- Services reverting to on after being disabled
- App crashes when checking firmware
- Crashes on iPad after login
- Cannot unlock encrypted volumes
- BT search not working
- Bandwidth reporting inaccurate
- Installation hangs indefinitely
- iOS compatibility issues across versions
Requested features
16 requests- Dark mode toggle option
- Wake-on-LAN functionality
- Ability to add new download tasks
- iPad-optimized universal app
- Widget support for Mac and iPad
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- Apple Shortcuts integration
- Cloud backup job status visibility
- Backup station management
- Power schedule modification
- Encryption volume unlock capability
- Process monitor column sorting
- Direct local-only access without cloud requirement
- Better 2FA keyboard handling
- Launch apps (not just stop/start)
- Manage user privileges
- Block list IP management
Instant Guard
Reported bugs
31 issues- Auto connection still conflicts
- Cannot connect after current iOS update
- Cellular data severely affected
- Auto protect feature comes on when on cellular network
- IP Address did not change
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- App has stopped working
- No longer works
- Breaks internet connection completely
- Useless - Won't connect
- Stuck at finding router
- Not a VPN as IP address does not change
- Auto protect feature ignores settings
- Share feature simply doesn't work
- iOS 17 still not working
- Stopped working after updating
- Not working with iOS 16.5.1
- No luck on Mac Studio
- Won't connect
- iOS 16.5 incompatible
- Disconnects every hour or so
- Can't share connection
- Connection drops
- Super buggy app
- Terrible app with terrible support
- Worked before, now stopped
- No ability to share connection
- Router not detected
- No Internet connection
- Kills internet connection
- Slower upload compared to OpenVPN
- Router crashed multiple times when connected to WiFi
Requested features
11 requests- Add split tunnelling
- Automatic connection when leaving home network
- Ability to automatically connect/disconnect based on WiFi network
- Shortcuts widget for one-touch control
- Automation capabilities
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- Family sharing option
- Set time for VPN disconnection or make disconnection longer
- Improve auto connect function on iOS
- Fix auto protect feature on cellular
- More information on app and web admin page
- Add option to turn VPN on/off automatically
In-app purchases
Qmanager
No in-app purchases
Instant Guard
No in-app purchases
