Comparison

Lighthouse.io vs SureView

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

Head to head
About

Lighthouse.io

This platform helps manage and optimize mobile workforces and assets across large facilities. It offers real-time location tracking, communication tools, and task management for sectors like cleaning, security, and maintenance.

Highlights
  • Location tracking
  • Messaging
  • Task management
  • Issue management
  • Live maps
  • Heat maps
  • Form management
Features
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Lighthouse.io is a mobile first workforce management platform that makes it simple to locate, interact with, and optimize workers and assets at facilities like shopping malls, train stations, airports, corporate campuses, hospitals and stadiums. Mobile app features include: - Location tracking - Messaging - Activity feed - Task management - Issue management - Auditing - Alerts Reporting features include: - Live maps - Heat maps - Reports - Content management - Form management - Messaging Lighthouse.io is suitable for large facility management companies, large property owners or single site facility managers. Primary use cases include cleaning, security and maintenance.

About

SureView

This app streamlines security operations for guards and agents by automating location reporting and dispatch management. It allows for real-time communication, event reporting with notes and images, and emergency alarm functions, enhancing safety and efficiency in the field.

Highlights
  • Real-time dispatch notifications
  • Map and list interface for dispatches
  • Navigation to dispatch locations
  • Event reporting with notes and images
  • Shared event notes for all users
  • Guard availability status control
  • Optional background location tracking
Features
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The SureView app is an app for security guards, field security operatives, and personal protection agents to perform field operations in communication with operators using the SureView product, such as being dispatched to events, reporting their location and status, reporting details of events, and raising alarms if they need assistance (such as being attacked or having an accident). Historically guards and agents have to constantly provide their status and location to the operators via radio, but using the app automates much of this work making the security operation much more streamlined and safer (for instance, as the app provides the location of the field security operative to the operators, if they are attacked or have an accident then the operators immediately know where they are and where to send help). Current Features: - Local notifications to new dispatch requests - Map / list interface for managing dispatch requests - Directions from current location to dispatch location - Add notes, upload images to the event - See notes made by all guards and operators using the event - Guard controls their availability status - Optional: tracking of guard's location for operators to offer field support* *To turn on tracking the guard must select an area to monitor or a call sign. The app will track that guard in the background while this feature is on to ensure the operators know the guard's location. This is required for life-safety in case the guard gets attacked or has an accident so the operators know where to send help. *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. SureView is a universal application and is designed for iOS; full functionality requires a live SureView system.

Screenshots

Lighthouse.io4 screens
SureView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lighthouse.io at 3.5 against SureView's 2.3. Lighthouse.io also leads on ratings volume (40 vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). SureView's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). 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

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

Lighthouse.io holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lighthouse.io has 40 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lighthouse.io ships an update monthly, SureView every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lighthouse.io versus SureView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLighthouse.ioSureView
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (40 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews39.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLighthouse.ioSureView Systems, Inc

Customer experience

Lighthouse.io

All ratings40 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive39.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative56.5%

SureView

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Lighthouse.io

No in-app purchases

None

SureView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lighthouse.io free?
Lighthouse.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SureView free?
SureView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lighthouse.io or SureView?
Lighthouse.io is rated higher. Lighthouse.io averages 3.5 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while SureView averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Lighthouse.io or SureView have ads?
Neither Lighthouse.io nor SureView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lighthouse.io or SureView?
Lighthouse.io ships an update monthly, and SureView every 2 months. Most recently, Lighthouse.io was updated on October 9, 2026 and SureView on October 5, 2026.

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