Comparison

Pocket Secure 2 vs Beacon

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Secure 2

Manage your home or office alarm system remotely. Arm or disarm your system, control doors and gates, and receive panic alerts with your location. The app allows for voice control and management of multiple sites.

Highlights
  • Remote Arm/Disarm
  • Voice Control
  • Control Multiple Sites
  • Smart Controls (Doors/Gates)
  • Personal Safety Alarm
  • User Permission Control
Features
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Take control of your existing or new alarm system with our remote App while you're away from your home or office. Remote Arm/Disarm Arm and disarm your security alarm from anywhere using your mobile phone Voice Control With Voice Control, you can speak commands to your phone to navigate and interact with Pocket Secure App Control Multiple Sites Quickly see all events across multiple sites eg. home, office or holiday house Smart Controls Remotely controlled doors and gates Personal Safety Alarm Send panic messages with real time location to your Pocket Secure contacts User Permission Control Admin user can manage the features that other app users can access

About

Beacon

Features
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Be seen in a crowd. Hold up a beacon & find your friends. Lost your friends at a concert, festival, or party? Beacon turns your phone into a bright, simple signal that’s easy to spot, even in the biggest crowds. Choose a bold colour, emoji, or name, hold your phone up & let your friends find you instantly. No maps. No accounts. No distractions. Why Beacon? • Instantly show a bright, full-screen signal • Pick a colour, emoji, or name your friends can spot • Works without location tracking or constant connectivity • Designed for concerts, festivals, clubs & busy events • Simple, fast & battery-friendly Made for the moment Beacon is built for when texting fails & GPS is useless. It’s the easiest way to say “I’m over here” without shouting or scrolling. Just open Beacon, hold it high & get found.

Screenshots

Pocket Secure 24 screens
Beacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pocket Secure 2 at 3 against Beacon's 1. Pocket Secure 2 also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.6). 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pocket Secure 2 versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Secure 2Beacon
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRDCCO Pty LtdElias Hodkinson

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Secure 2

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Secure 2 free?
Pocket Secure 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Secure 2 or Beacon have ads?
Neither Pocket Secure 2 nor Beacon shows ads.

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