Comparison

Meraki vs D4500

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

Head to head
About

Meraki

Manage and monitor your Cisco Meraki networks from your mobile device. Quickly check network status, configure devices, and troubleshoot alerts on the go.

Highlights
  • Network status monitoring
  • Device configuration
  • Alert troubleshooting
  • Switch port configuration
  • Mobile network management
Features
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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!

About

D4500

This app allows users to send messages to Wi-Fi enabled visual display units within their local network. It offers a simple interface for sending pages and configuring display settings without requiring additional computer software. Advanced users can access TCP socket data for custom programming.

Highlights
  • Send pages to Wi-Fi visual displays
  • Configure LED display settings
  • No computer software installation required
  • In-network messaging
  • TCP socket data access for advanced users
Features
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Microframe Wi-Fi Visual Paging App - Send in-network pages to Microframe's "Wi-Fi Visual Displays". How It Works: Microframe's Wifi Paging App connects to all Wi-Fi alpha Displays that are on your network. You will not have to install any software on any computers to operate these displays. From this app or web browser, you will be able to send pages/messages to LED displays. We have also built in the LED displays configuration codes, so you will be able to change the settings of your LED displays with the click of a button. For advanced users who want to write programs to hit these Displays, standard TCP socket connections data is available, call 800-635-3811 for more details.

Screenshots

Meraki4 screens
D45004 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meraki at 56% against D4500's 0%. Meraki also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meraki holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meraki has 1.4K ratings behind it against 8, 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 D4500's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meraki ships an update every 2 weeks, D4500 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Meraki versus D4500: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerakiD4500
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better2.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMerakiMicroframe Corp

Customer experience

Meraki

All ratings1,405 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews318 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral5.7%
Negative38.1%

D4500

All ratings8 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

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
Show 12 more
  • 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
Show 1 more
  • More functionality and close to dashboard

D4500

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Meraki

No in-app purchases

None

D4500

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meraki free?
Meraki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is D4500 free?
D4500 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meraki or D4500?
Meraki is rated higher. Meraki averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while D4500 averages 2.4 from 8 ratings.
Do Meraki or D4500 have ads?
Neither Meraki nor D4500 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meraki or D4500?
Meraki ships an update every 2 weeks, and D4500 weekly. Most recently, Meraki was updated on October 15, 2026 and D4500 on September 24, 2026.

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