Meraki vs Cato Client
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!
Cato Client
This app provides secure access for business users to connect to corporate resources from their mobile devices. It allows seamless connectivity to on-premise and cloud-based systems, enabling productivity for traveling professionals.
- Secure mobile connectivity
- Access to corporate resources
- Connect to Cato Cloud
- On-premise and cloud access
- For traveling business users
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The Cato Client enables secure connectivity from mobile devices used by businesses to the Cato Cloud service. Traveling business users can easily connect to corporate resources on premise and in the cloud from everywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Meraki at 4.7 against Cato Client's 3.6. Meraki also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 14). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Meraki holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meraki has 1.4K ratings behind it against 14, 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 50% of Cato Client's.
Meraki ships an update every 2 weeks, Cato Client every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki | Cato Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Cato Networks Ltd. |
Customer experience
Meraki
Cato Client
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
Cato Client
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki
No in-app purchases
Cato Client
No in-app purchases
