Meraki vs Deister Orbit Plus
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!
Deister Orbit Plus
This utility app monitors your systems and provides alerts for any issues requiring your attention. It helps ensure everything is running smoothly.
- System monitoring
- Issue detection
- Real-time alerts
- Performance tracking
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Orbit Plus allows you to see if everything is running well and alerts you when there are issues that need attention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Meraki at 1.4K against Deister Orbit Plus's 4. Meraki also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Deister Orbit Plus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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.
Deister Orbit Plus 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Meraki ships an update fortnightly, Deister Orbit Plus every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki | Deister Orbit Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | Deister |
Customer experience
Meraki
Deister Orbit Plus
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
Deister Orbit Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki
No in-app purchases
Deister Orbit Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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