Meraki vs Airconsole QuickStart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Airconsole QuickStart
This app simplifies the setup of a Wi-Fi adapter for connecting legacy serial devices to iOS devices. It uses Bluetooth to quickly configure network settings, serial ports, and remote access without requiring a shared IP network.
- Bluetooth Low Energy configuration
- Out-of-band setup
- No shared IP network required
- Configure LAN IP, Gateway, DNS, Wi-Fi
- Setup Serial Ports and Remote Access
- Save and apply configurations
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Airconsole is a Serial and Ethernet over WIFI adapter for iPad and iPhone. It allows for connecting legacy RS232 devices into your iOS device. This Airconsole QuickStart app speeds up the configuration of your Airconsole settings via Bluetooth Low Energy. Use the simple wizard interface to quickly discover, configure and deploy Airconsole and Airconsole TS devices without having to join to the same IP network as the Airconsole device. Read below for features - Quickly configure Airconsole devices via out of band Bluetooth Low Energy - No Need to join Airconsole-XX WIFI network or connect to same LAN to get up and running - Allows for most configuration tasks - setup LAN IP, Gateway, DNS, WIFI, Serial Ports and Remote Access - Save configuration from one Airconsole and Apply to another one later - Works with both Airconsole 2.0 and Airconsole TS To learn more about Airconsole adaptor see www.get-console.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meraki at 56% against Airconsole QuickStart's 0%. Meraki also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Airconsole QuickStart's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14). 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.
Meraki holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meraki has 1.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Meraki's written reviews are positive against 0% of Airconsole QuickStart's.
Meraki ships an update every 2 weeks, Airconsole QuickStart every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki | Airconsole QuickStart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better | 1.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Amix Capital Limited |
Customer experience
Meraki
Airconsole QuickStart
Bugs and 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
Airconsole QuickStart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki
No in-app purchases
Airconsole QuickStart
No in-app purchases
Questions
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