TraitWare® Authentication vs Meraki
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TraitWare® Authentication
This app uses your mobile device as a secure login token, eliminating the need for passwords and hardware keys. It offers passwordless multi-factor authentication with options for biometric or image-based unlocks, enhancing security for applications and websites.
- Passwordless multi-factor authentication
- Mobile device as login token
- Biometric and image-based unlocks
- User identity bound to device
- Optional three-factor authentication
- Admin-controlled geofencing
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TraitWare® Authentication provides passwordless MFA-inherent access to protected applications, resources, and web sites by employing your mobile device as a “login token” or “authenticator”, eliminating dependence on the use of inconvenient and problematic usernames and passwords or separate hardware tokens. Security is improved because TraitWare was built from the ground up to include 2-factor MFA on every login. TraitWare® leverages patented technology which “binds” the User’s identity to their Mobile Device. In addition, it relies on your device biometrics and optionally a technology called PhotoAuth, an image-based unlock method, which prevents unauthorized users from accessing the TraitWare App. TraitWare allows the User’s Mobile Device to be used as a passwordless multi-factor authenticator where the two factors are: 1) “something you have”, which is the device itself which contains user and device traits; and 2) "something you are" using FaceID/TouchID or “something you know” which is your image-based PhotoAuth Sequence (which functions as a “visual PIN”). For even greater security, TraitWare also offers three-factor authentication, using a combination of FaceID/TouchID and a PhotoAuth sequence. Logins can additionally be locked down using admin-controlled geofencing. Please see our Terms of Service for information on use and our Privacy Policy. Both are contained in our Terms of Service in the following link. https://traitware.com/tos/
Meraki
Manage and monitor your Cisco Meraki networks from your mobile device. Quickly check network status, configure devices, and troubleshoot alerts on the go.
- Network status monitoring
- Device configuration
- Alert troubleshooting
- Switch port configuration
- Mobile network management
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The power of the Cisco Meraki dashboard, in your pocket. Whether you need to quickly check the status of your networks, configure a misconfigured switch port, or check out an alerting device, the Cisco Meraki mobile experience is here to help. Have general feedback, or a feature that you wish you could use on mobile? Send us a wish from Settings -> Make a wish and let us know! We read them all!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TraitWare® Authentication at 100% against Meraki's 56%. TraitWare® Authentication also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Meraki's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
TraitWare® Authentication holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meraki has 1.4K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of TraitWare® Authentication's written reviews are positive against 56% of Meraki's.
TraitWare® Authentication ships an update every 2 months, Meraki every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TraitWare® Authentication | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 56.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TraitWare Inc. | Meraki |
Customer experience
TraitWare® Authentication
Meraki
Bugs and requests
TraitWare® Authentication
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meraki
Reported bugs
17 issues- Button presses don't register
- Icon 🤮
- Organizations Disappeared
- Updates made app unusable
- Incompatible with iPhone XS Max
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- Phones with a finger print reader broken
- No support for SAML login
- Cameras not loading
- Constant crashing
- Login barely works
- Constant re-auth required
- Incompatible with iPhone X, Xs and Xs Max
- Cannot log in
- Does not scale to new phones
- Website does not load menu on mobile
- App does not even work
- App hangs when submitting your two factor code
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Landscape mode
- SAML login support
- Wake on LAN
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- More functionality and close to dashboard
In-app purchases
TraitWare® Authentication
No in-app purchases
Meraki
No in-app purchases
Questions
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