Comparison

NetSupport Manager Control vs Civica Education Operations

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NetSupport Manager Control

Access and manage remote computers from your iOS device. View, chat, and control PCs with full remote capabilities, including hardware inventory and secure encryption. Ideal for IT professionals needing on-the-go support.

Highlights
  • Remote control (view, share, control)
  • Text chat and messaging
  • Thumbnail view of connected clients
  • Hardware inventory reports
  • PIN Connect for instant user location
  • Secure encryption options
  • Multi-monitor support
Features
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The NetSupport Manager Control for iOS provides mobile remote control for existing NetSupport Manager remote control users remotely from any iPad, iPhone or iPod. The mobile Control allows a user to quickly search and connect to both local computers by either IP address or PC name, or to browse, connect and view remote computers utilizing the free NetSupport Manager Internet Gateway component. The NetSupport Manager Control provides full remote control, chat and message capabilities of any remote PC running an existing NetSupport Manager Client (version 11.04 or later). KEY FEATURES: Browse your local network or an established NetSupport Internet Gateway to find remote NetSupport Manager Clients. PIN Connect feature allows a technician to instantly locate a user anywhere across the enterprise simply by both parties entering a unique PIN code. Thumbnail view of each connected Client device. See a list of previously connected Clients for instant ongoing connectivity. ‘Recently Connected’ list provides quick access to the most recently viewed Clients. Remote Control – Watch (view only), Share (both parties can view and interact) or Control (remote screen and keyboard are locked) any NetSupport Manager-enabled remote PC. View the remote PC using pinch, pan and zoom to highlight key screen information. Toggle between ‘touch’ and ‘cursor/mouse pointer’ mode if more accuracy is required when controlling a remote Client machine. Adjust color depth during remote control sessions from full color, to 256, 16 or just 2 colors when reading remote documents. Conduct a text chat session with the remote user. Send a message to the remote user with an optional time-out facility. Ideal for alerting your users of impending server or email maintenance. Generate a full hardware inventory report for a remote device on demand. Includes powerful compression to minimize data usage. Use 64, 128 or 256-bit encryption for each session. Multi-monitor support. Utilize unique security keys to ensure your copy of NetSupport Manager is only accessible to your users. One-click send Ctrl+Alt+Delete for remote login or PC management. GETTING STARTED 1) Install this free NetSupport Manager Control app on your Apple iOS device. 2) If you are new to NetSupport Manager, you will need to download and install the NetSupport Manager Client software on each of the computers that you want to remote control. Visit the NetSupport Manager website for download instructions. 3) Wirelessly connect your device to the same network as the client computers (or for anywhere access, install the free NetSupport Gateway, designed to support this scenario. Refer to the NetSupport Manager website for help configuring the Gateway). 4) From the NetSupport Manager Control browse and find your Clients. 5) Select a Client and choose to View, Chat or send a Message.

About

Civica Education Operations

Features
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Civica Education Operations helps you to stay compliant, mitigate risks and improve the environment for students and staff. Strengthening the reputation of your school, college, university, or trust. With the Civica Education Operations app, it has never been easier for your schools and Trust to save time and resources, whilst improving the efficiency of daily processes. We champion the vital role that schools and colleges play in our communities, enabling them to deliver successful operational transformations. Through this they gain greater insight and control, resulting in better outcomes for staff, students, and the wider community. This app delivers key Asset Management, Compliance and Helpdesk functionality to your fingertips, enabling staff to leverage the power of Civica Education Operations on the go. Flexible Asset Management enables staff to keep track of the entire estate and the assets within in, as well as easily and effectively performing audits and checks to ensure that everything is in order across your schools. Civica Education Operations powerful Compliance functionality empowers staff to keep on top your organisations obligations to deliver safe and secure environments for students and staff, by making it simple and easy to proactively perform your daily, weekly, monthly, termly and beyond compliance checks. Helpdesk unlocks functionality typically reserved for desktop applications and supports your staff in the field by keeping them up to date with access to ongoing and outstanding Helpdesk tickets, as well as providing the ability to raise tickets on the go. Technical Support edopssupport@civica.co.uk

Screenshots

NetSupport Manager Control4 screens
Civica Education Operations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NetSupport Manager Control at 12.3 against Civica Education Operations's 14.2. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NetSupport Manager Control versus Civica Education Operations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetSupport Manager ControlCivica Education Operations
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.3 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNetSupport LtdCivica UK Limited

In-app purchases

None

NetSupport Manager Control

No in-app purchases

None

Civica Education Operations

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NetSupport Manager Control free?
NetSupport Manager Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Civica Education Operations free?
Civica Education Operations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NetSupport Manager Control or Civica Education Operations have ads?
Neither NetSupport Manager Control nor Civica Education Operations shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetSupport Manager Control or Civica Education Operations?
NetSupport Manager Control ships an update every 2 months, and Civica Education Operations every 2 months. Most recently, NetSupport Manager Control was updated on October 19, 2026 and Civica Education Operations on October 27, 2026.

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