Firezone vs Netmaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firezone
This open-source platform provides secure, granular remote access for organizations. It leverages WireGuard for speed and integrates with identity providers for dynamic policy management, offering least-privileged access to specific applications or subnets.
- Open-source platform
- Granular access management
- Least-privileged access policies
- WireGuard protocol integration
- Identity provider integration
- Group-based policies
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Firezone is an open source platform to manage remote access for any-sized organization. Unlike most VPNs, Firezone takes a granular, least-privileged approach to access management with group-based policies that control access to individual applications, entire subnets, and everything in between. Built on WireGuard®, a new VPN protocol 3-4 times faster than OpenVPN, Firezone integrates with your identity provider to ensure policies remain up to date with your organization's latest directory information.
Netmaker
Access your private networks securely and easily from offsite machines. Connect to different private networks to remotely access your resources. Designed for seamless and secure remote connectivity.
- Access private Netmaker networks
- Remote access to resources
- Secure and easy connectivity
- Connect to multiple networks
- Offsite machine access
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The Netmaker Mobile App is for user access to your Netmaker private networks. It is mostly suited for offsite machines that need access to a Netmaker network. Users can choose to connect to different private netmaker networks. This enables end users to remotely access their resources over private securely and easily
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Firezone at 5.0 against Netmaker's 1.0. Firezone also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). 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.
Firezone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Firezone ships an update every 3 weeks, Netmaker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firezone | Netmaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Firezone, Inc. | Gravitl, Inc. |
Customer experience
Firezone
Netmaker
In-app purchases
Firezone
No in-app purchases
Netmaker
No in-app purchases
