Comparison

Avira Mobile Security vs Dr.Web Mobile Control Center

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

Head to head
About

Avira Mobile Security

Enhance your iPhone's privacy and security with a VPN for anonymous browsing, identity protection against email leaks, and web protection against malicious sites. It also includes call blocking and contact backup features.

Highlights
  • Free VPN for anonymous browsing
  • Identity Safeguard for email leak detection
  • Web Protection against phishing and malware
  • Call Blocker for unwanted calls
  • Contacts Backup and Restore
  • Device Analyzer for storage and memory
Features
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Why iPhones deserve Avira? We’re a multi-award-winning German security company with +30 years of experience and a global vision: To keep people connected and secure in our digital world. Avira loves iPhones. Your phone is state-of-the-art—give it privacy and security to match: • Care about your Privacy? Keep your data safe and your online activity anonymous with our Free VPN • Email leaked? Find out fast with Identity Safeguard • Browsing online? Web Protection checks the safety of sites first Avira Mobile Security protects your phone: • VPN: Secure your connection with a simple push of a button for complete privacy as you surf. When you use our VPN, all your data goes through a secure connection—so it can’t be intercepted or stolen. Plus, we use military-grade encryption to keep your data extra safe. The auto-secure function detects if your WiFi network is untrusted, and we promise our servers don’t save your log files. • Web Protection: Like online shopping and banking? Do you store your credit card details online? This categorizes and blocks phishing, malware, spam, and fraud so you can browse freely and safely. • Identity Safeguard: Find out if your email addresses have been hacked. Schedule the frequency (once a day/week/month), and we’ll automatically scan your email, and those of your contacts, to check whether they were leaked online in a security breach. • Call Blocker: Create your own blacklist and block spam and other unwanted calls and texts. • Contacts Backup: Easily back up and restore contacts straight from your phone and send them to your email, Dropbox, or Google Drive. Avira Mobile Security lets nothing stand in the way of your iPhone’s awesomeness: • Device Analyzer: View your iPhone’s use of storage and memory to see where you can make gains. * VPN service is not available for use within India as a result of governmental regulations requiring the logging and saving of user data, but you can still use your VPN service when traveling outside of India. Avira Mobile Security keeps everything you do between you and your iPhone: Privacy Policy available at https://www.avira.com/en/general-privacy Terms and Conditions available at https://www.avira.com/en/legal-terms

About

Dr.Web Mobile Control Center

This tool allows administrators to manage anti-virus networks remotely from a mobile device. It provides comprehensive control over server repositories, station updates, and network statistics. Users can manage individual stations, groups, and notifications for enhanced security.

Highlights
  • Manage Dr.Web Server repository
  • Update components on failed stations
  • View anti-virus network statistics
  • Approve or reject new station connections
  • Launch scans and manage quarantine
  • Manage stations, groups, and send messages
  • Search stations and groups
  • Manage event notifications
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Dr.Web Mobile Control Center is an easy tool for administrating the anti-virus network based on Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite or Dr.Web AV-Desk. It is designed for installation and operation on mobile devices. Dr.Web Mobile Control Center connects to Dr.Web Server according to the anti-virus network administrator credentials including via an encrypted protocol. General functions 1. Manage Dr.Web Server repository: • view the products state in the repository; • launch repository update from Dr.Web Global Update System. 2. Manage stations on which an update of anti-virus software is failed: • display failed stations; • update components on failed stations. 3. Display statistics information on anti-virus network state: • number of stations registered at Dr.Web Server and their current state (online/offline); • viral statistics for protected stations. 4. Manage new stations waiting for connection to Dr.Web Server: • approve access; • reject stations. 5. Manage anti-virus components installed on anti-virus network stations: • launch the fast or full scan either for selected stations or for all stations of selected groups; • setup Dr.Web Scanner reaction on malware detection; • view and manage files in the Quarantine either for selected stations or for all stations in the selected group. 6. Manage stations and groups: • view properties; • view and manage components composition of anti-virus package; • delete; • send custom messages to stations; • reboot stations under Windows OS; • add to favorites list for the quick assess. 7. Search for stations and groups in an anti-virus network by different parameters: name, address, ID. 8. View and manage messages on major events in an anti-virus network via the interactive Push notifications: • display all notifications at Dr.Web Server; • set reactions on notification events; • search notification by specified filter parameters; • delete notifications; • exclude notifications from automatic deletion. Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite home page: http://products.drweb.com/enterprise_security_suite/control_center Dr.Web AV-Desk home page: http://av-desk.com/

Screenshots

Avira Mobile Security4 screens
Dr.Web Mobile Control Center4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dr.Web Mobile Control Center at none against Avira Mobile Security's 11. Dr.Web Mobile Control Center also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Avira Mobile Security's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 38%) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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. Avira Mobile Security sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Dr.Web Mobile Control Center asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dr.Web Mobile Control Center holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avira Mobile Security has 4.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Avira Mobile Security's written reviews are positive against 38% of Dr.Web Mobile Control Center's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avira Mobile Security ships an update monthly, Dr.Web Mobile Control Center every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Avira Mobile Security versus Dr.Web Mobile Control Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvira Mobile SecurityDr.Web Mobile Control Center
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4.7K ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings4.7K — better2
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvira HoldingDoctor Web, Ltd

Customer experience

Avira Mobile Security

All ratings4,649 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews1,724 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative24.0%

Dr.Web Mobile Control Center

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

Bugs and requests

Avira Mobile Security

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login/account issues, unable to restore purchases
  • Inconsistent VPN behavior, frequently turning off
  • Scanning issues, getting stuck at certain percentages
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Unexplained charges and subscription issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved VPN functionality and reliability
  • Better customer support and communication channels
  • Ability to selectively delete duplicate photos
  • More transparency on free vs paid features

Dr.Web Mobile Control Center

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Avira Mobile Security

Subscriptions10
  • Identity & Web Protection$1.991 Month
  • Ultimate Security - Pro + VPN$3.491 Month
  • Identity & Web Protection$5.491 Year
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  • Pro: Identity & Web Protection7 Days trial$5.491 Year
  • Identity & Web Protection2 variants$14.991 Year
  • Ultimate Security - Pro + VPN$22.991 Year
  • Prime Mobile Trial$22.991 Year
  • Pro+Unlimited VPN+Spam Caller$29.991 Year
  • Pro+Unlimited VPN+Spam Caller$34.991 Year
  • Pro+Unlimited VPN+Spam Caller$39.991 Year
None

Dr.Web Mobile Control Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Avira Mobile Security free?
Avira Mobile Security is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dr.Web Mobile Control Center free?
Dr.Web Mobile Control Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Avira Mobile Security or Dr.Web Mobile Control Center?
Dr.Web Mobile Control Center is rated higher. Avira Mobile Security averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while Dr.Web Mobile Control Center averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Avira Mobile Security or Dr.Web Mobile Control Center have ads?
Neither Avira Mobile Security nor Dr.Web Mobile Control Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Avira Mobile Security or Dr.Web Mobile Control Center?
Avira Mobile Security ships an update monthly, and Dr.Web Mobile Control Center every 4 months. Most recently, Avira Mobile Security was updated on October 23, 2026 and Dr.Web Mobile Control Center on October 16, 2026.

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