Meraki vs Digital Building
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!
Digital Building
This app streamlines the installation and configuration of Cisco Digital Ceiling solutions. It allows lighting installers and electricians to validate, diagnose, and verify Day 0 installations, simplifying the commissioning process for switches. The tool provides comprehensive device status monitoring, port management, and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Project creation for switch deployments
- Bluetooth/serial console connectivity
- Device status and health monitoring
- Port status and troubleshooting
- Software version updates
- Configuration backup and application
- Project reporting and snapshots
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The Digital Building–Installer mobile app digitizes and simplifies installation of the Catalyst Digital Building Series. It enables the lighting installer/electrician to validate, configure, diagnose and verify the Day 0 installation of a Cisco Digital Ceiling solution. The Commissioning and Installation of the CDB Series switch is simplified to a great extent. * Create project to club switch deployments. * Connect to the CDB switch via Bluetooth or serial console. * Monitor status of Switch and get a snapshot on health of the device. * Get summary or detailed information on the downlink ports. * Enable port LEDs on the switch * Troubleshoot general port level issues. * Run TDR checks to isolate cable problems. * Update the switch software version. * Apply template configurations. * Validate your PoE and non-PoE, IoT device connections. * Visually locate switch using the Finder functionality. * Sequentially test all lights by toggling on/off states. * Print switch and port labels. * Take backup of switch configuration or apply previously backed up configuration to switch. * Mail out switch configuration to Admin for offline verification. * Generate and send individual switch snapshots and project reports. Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/catalyst-digital-building-series-switches/index.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Meraki at fortnightly against Digital Building's every 5 months. Meraki also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 2). Digital Building's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and 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.
Digital Building 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Meraki ships an update fortnightly, Digital Building every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki | Digital Building |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 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 | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Cisco |
Customer experience
Meraki
Digital Building
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
Digital Building
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki
No in-app purchases
Digital Building
No in-app purchases
