Comparison

PACE Guardian vs MAXIMise

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

Head to head
About

PACE Guardian

This platform transforms your smartphone into a comprehensive safety tool for various scenarios, including travel, lone worker, and remote site monitoring. It offers real-time alerts, emergency communication, location tracking, and local risk information to ensure user welfare.

Highlights
  • Real-time news and travel alerts
  • Emergency location alerting
  • Instant messaging for communication
  • One-click employee welfare check-ins
  • Itinerary tracking
  • Local risk information and emergency contacts
  • Map of safe locations and facilities
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‘PACE Guardian’ is a cloud monitoring, communications and duty-of-care platform. Guardian turns your smartphone into a Preparation, Assistance, Communication and Emergency tool, and is currently used for general employee safety, travel risk, lone worker, remote site, facilities management and aviation, road and maritime asset monitoring. - ALERTS: near real-time news and travel alerts as well as regional risk information. - HELP: alert with acknowledgement that “pings” your location to our Emergency Centre integration with 24/7/365 monitoring services and responders. - MESSAGING: Instant messenger style conversation tools for direct communications or mass notifications to provide information, guidance or support during an emergency. - CHECK-IN and MONITOR ME: one-click track and trace to ensure employee welfare. - ITINERARY TRACKING: linked to your travel management company. - LOCAL RISK INFORMATION: unlimited access to insights, risk information and intelligence with local emergency contacts, vaccinations, currency, local laws and religion. - MAPS: show major hospitals, police stations, embassies and “safe-haven” locations. - BLUETOOTH: simple integration with Bluetooth wearable and accessories. - DOCUMENTS: useful browser to view references such as health and safety advice, briefs and policies - INCIDENT LOGS: time-stamped for all location information and communication. The management control platform connects many types of device across multiple networks. We currently have over 200 device types (including phones, satellite devices, alarms and sensors) connected and communicating with the platform – clearly visible on a single map displaying locations, alerts and communications. This single management platform gives peace-of-mind and people, places and things. Please Note: Continuous GPS services running on devices can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

MAXIMise

Features
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Welcome to the MAXIMise mobile app. This app has been designed exclusively by Maxim’s Travel users to manage their corporate travel. With the MAXIMise Travel app you can be even more: ORGANISED & IN CONTROL Watch your itineraries populate automatically. Stay on top of your business trips with detailed segments for your flight, hotel, car hire and train bookings. No longer will you need to rely on emails and printed documents. Confirmation numbers, gate and terminal info, contact details and much, much more are now at your fingertips. View all your past trip updates. EMPOWERED AND INFORMED Be kept aware of any changes to your trip including delays, diversions or cancellations with real-time trip updates. Access your trip itinerary anytime, anywhere. EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE Sign into your account just using your fingerprint and Face ID. Manage your corporate travel on the go. Common sign on with the MAXIMise website and MAXIMise app

Screenshots

PACE Guardian4 screens
MAXIMise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MAXIMise at every 3 weeks against PACE Guardian's every 3 months. PACE Guardian's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

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

PACE Guardian ships an update every 3 months, MAXIMise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
PACE Guardian versus MAXIMise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPACE GuardianMAXIMise
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertwo10degrees LtdMAXIMS TRAVEL PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

PACE Guardian

No in-app purchases

None

MAXIMise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PACE Guardian free?
PACE Guardian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MAXIMise free?
MAXIMise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PACE Guardian or MAXIMise have ads?
Neither PACE Guardian nor MAXIMise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PACE Guardian or MAXIMise?
PACE Guardian ships an update every 3 months, and MAXIMise every 3 weeks. Most recently, PACE Guardian was updated on October 24, 2026 and MAXIMise on October 27, 2026.

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