Pharos Secure Release vs Waitz University
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pharos Secure Release
Securely print documents from your mobile device to any network-connected Pharos-secured printer. Manage your print jobs remotely and release them by scanning a QR code at the printer, ensuring document confidentiality and reducing waste.
- Secure printing across networks
- Remote print job submission
- Modify job list within the app
- QR code printer release
- Ensures document confidentiality
- Reduces printing waste
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The Secure Release app makes it easy for employees of organizations with Pharos Secure Release to print securely across networks to any Pharos-secured device on the network, improve the printing experience, ensure document confidentiality, and reduce waste. You can submit print jobs on your mobile device from any location or network, modify your job list within the app at anytime, and when it’s convenient, you can walk up to any secured printer and use the app to scan the QR code affixed to the printer to release your print job(s). This secure and intuitive workflow prevents sensitive information from being left unattended on printer output trays. It also improves convenience by allowing you to securely release your documents at any secured printer in your organization’s network. Note: This app requires a Pharos Cloud Secure Release account. iOS versions 15, 16, and 17 are fully tested and supported.
Waitz University
This app uses smartphone signals to estimate the busyness of specific locations. Plan your visits with real-time occupancy data to avoid crowds.
- Live busyness data
- Location occupancy estimates
- Avoid crowds
- Plan visits
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Waitz measures smart phone signals in an area, allowing us to determine "busyness" for specific areas. Know before you go with Waitz!
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Verdict
Pharos Secure Release and Waitz University both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 43% of Waitz University's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pharos Secure Release's. Waitz University also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 3). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Pharos Secure Release against 3.6 for Waitz University. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waitz University has 45 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Pharos Secure Release's written reviews are positive against 43% of Waitz University's.
Pharos Secure Release ships an update every 3 months, Waitz University every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pharos Secure Release | Waitz University |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pharos Systems International | Occuspace, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pharos Secure Release
Waitz University
In-app purchases
Pharos Secure Release
No in-app purchases
Waitz University
No in-app purchases
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