Comparison

GuardTrax vs S3 Security

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

Head to head
About

GuardTrax

This platform offers real-time communication, incident reporting, and GPS tracking for security officers, janitorial staff, and group home personnel. It facilitates personnel management and reporting with customizable incident and activity reports, and tour confirmation.

Highlights
  • Real-time communication
  • Incident activity reporting
  • Photographic reports
  • GPS location tracking
  • QR tag location
  • Tour confirmation
Features
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The GuardTrax platform provide security officers, janitorial services and group home staff with the essential real-time communication, incident activity and photographic reports, tour confirmation and reporting modules required for personnel management and reporting. GuardTrax iOS provides real time GPS location as well as QR tag location via wireless data connectivity. Along with customizable Incident and Activity Reports which can be submitted real time, GuardTrax provides an end to end solution for personnel reporting and management.

About

S3 Security

Features
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Roster guards with ease and improve the effciency Guards management, scheduling services, capture login, logout of the guards, Notifications

Screenshots

GuardTrax1 screens
S3 Security3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: S3 Security at every 3 weeks against GuardTrax's every 3 months. GuardTrax's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GuardTrax ships an update every 3 months, S3 Security every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
GuardTrax versus S3 Security: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuardTraxS3 Security
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuardTrax LLCWeb Professionals

In-app purchases

None

GuardTrax

No in-app purchases

None

S3 Security

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GuardTrax free?
GuardTrax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is S3 Security free?
S3 Security is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GuardTrax or S3 Security have ads?
Neither GuardTrax nor S3 Security shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GuardTrax or S3 Security?
GuardTrax ships an update every 3 months, and S3 Security every 3 weeks. Most recently, GuardTrax was updated on October 2, 2026 and S3 Security on October 6, 2026.

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