AbaPoint vs novaalert 11
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AbaPoint
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AbaPoint allows you to record working hours efficiently and automatically or to book services for defined projects. Tracking is also possible using AbaPoint: One or more AbaPoint beacons serve as a terminal at which employees can log on and off with their smartphone. Several points can be connected to each other to enable logging in at different locations. Installation and configuration is simple: The beacons are configured with the AbaPoint Manager app and are easy to transport due to their compact size. This means they can also be repositioned quickly and easily.
novaalert 11
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With the novaalert mobileAPP, your staff and task forces are perfectly equipped for efficient and safe working. Even in emergency situations. Take advantage of novaalert's full range of services on your smartphone, wherever you are. With novaalert mobileAPP for iOS, you have full control over all your alarm events at all times. Alarm messages can be received and triggered anywhere and at any time. Status monitoring in real time keeps you up to date and enables you to take all necessary actions in an emergency. Minimum requirements: novaalert Server Version 10.2 Functions (excerpt): • Trigger and receive alarms, individually for each user • Multimedia alarm messages with individual attachments • Interactive alarms with update messages • Adhoc alarms, adding people during alarm triggering. • Direct alarm, recording an alarm voice message while the alarm is triggered • Alarm receiving with visual and acoustic signaling • Display of phone callback buttons • Acknowledgement positive and negative • Alarm triggering with optional PIN check • Individual text input when triggering an alarm • Status monitor: alarm process and acknowledgement control in real time • Logon/logoff in groups (oncall service) manually manually, via NFC or QR code scan • Localisation of the smartphone via GPS, novaBEACON, WiFi and nfc • Location visualisation on in-house maps and charts • Extensive lone worker functions (when the Lone Worker mode is activated, permanent localization and communication takes place in the background, this can drastically reduce battery life) • Night watchman patrol function, incl. documentation of patrols • Chat Messenger for group chat and alarm chat (novaCHAT) • Push to Talk (PTT) integrated • Biometric authentication to display incoming alarms, trigger alarms, acknowledge alarms, etc. • Fully serverbased app management • Intelligent link security: Support for both GSM and WLAN connections without interruption, priorities can be controlled • Encrypted communication • Multilingual Demo mode: Immediately after download, the app is in demo mode. Production mode: For productive use, an novaalert™ alarm server from novalink GmbH is required. More information at our website
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AbaPoint at every 3 weeks against novaalert 11's every 3 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AbaPoint ships an update every 3 weeks, novaalert 11 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AbaPoint | novaalert 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 324 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ABACUS Research | NovaLink GmbH |
In-app purchases
AbaPoint
No in-app purchases
novaalert 11
No in-app purchases









