Meraki vs StarTech.com Wall Control
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!
StarTech.com Wall Control
Control HDMI over IP extenders remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Switch video sources or set up and manage video walls with ease.
- Remote HDMI over IP control
- Switch video sources
- Create video walls
- Control video walls
- iPad/iPhone compatibility
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Remotely control the StarTech.com ST12MHDLAN HDMI® Over IP Extenders using an iPad or iPhone. The main functionality is to switch video sources or create and control a video wall.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Meraki at every 2 weeks against StarTech.com Wall Control's every 3 months. Meraki also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). StarTech.com Wall Control's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.0 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.
StarTech.com Wall Control 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Meraki ships an update every 2 weeks, StarTech.com Wall Control every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki | StarTech.com Wall Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| 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 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meraki | StarTech.com |
Customer experience
Meraki
StarTech.com Wall Control
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
StarTech.com Wall Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meraki
No in-app purchases
StarTech.com Wall Control
No in-app purchases
Questions
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