Comparison

Mobile Security User vs Sedona

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

Head to head
About

Mobile Security User

Enhance workplace safety with this app. Employees can use their phones as mobile IDs, receive security alerts, share media, and participate in evacuations. It integrates with other security systems for comprehensive enterprise solutions.

Highlights
  • Mobile photo ID and credential
  • Security notifications and alerts
  • Crowdsourced media sharing
  • Evacuation mustering
  • Access level approval workflow
  • Threat level management
Features
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Mobile Security User is a mobile application that enhances safety and security, designed to be used by everyone in the workplace. With Mobile Security User, employees can receive notifications from security personnel, utilize their phone as a mobile photo ID or mobile credential using HID Origo services integrated with NetBox version 5.3 or later, share crowdsourced media, raise or lower threat levels, and muster during an evacuation event. Mobile Security User features tight integration with Mobile Security Professional, making them an ideal pairing in enterprise deployments. Mobile Security User features a mobile photo ID to enable users to identify themselves, streamlining access throughout a building or campus. The photo ID also includes an individualized QR code for use during evacuations. Users can also take a variety of actions within the app such as calling security, escalating a threat (which can initiate a lockdown) as well as self-mustering in the event the user is not present for an ongoing evacuation. Mobile Security User can also receive notifications. Notifications can be sent to individuals or groups of people using Mobile Security User from Magic Monitor, NetBox and Mobile Security Professional via the Cumulus cloud service. Mobile Security User supports the ability to share crowdsourced media captured on smartphones. Using the app, users can upload media to the Cumulus cloud platform where it can then be downloaded, curated and viewed alongside recorded security footage on a Magic Monitor. The app also features an access level approval workflow. Administrators can create a tiered approval group whose members are able to approve access levels assigned to cardholders directly from Mobile Security User. The notification for approval can be approved, denied or ignored. When ignored, the notification will move to the next person assigned in the approval group.

About

Sedona

This app streamlines business and field service operations for security companies. It allows for on-site payment collection, efficient scheduling, task management, and comprehensive work order and customer account management, all from a mobile device.

Highlights
  • On-site payment collection (ACH/credit card)
  • Scheduling and calendar management
  • Task creation, editing, and assignment
  • Work order management with invoicing
  • Customer account management with document upload
  • Signature capture and GPS routing
Features
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Sedona-X Mobile is the integrated business and field service management mobile app created by Bold Group for SedonaOffice, Managely, and AlarmBiller. Stay connected, manage your team, and serve customers on-the-go. This powerful mobile solution helps boost revenue for your security business with enhanced productivity and easy payment options and improves your customers’ experience through faster service times and more accurate data management. ON-SITE PAYMENT COLLECTION • Quickly create invoices • Accept ACH and credit card payments in the field • Ensure PCI compliant transactions • Process credit card transactions with the eDynamo credit card reader from Forte (sold separately) SCHEDULING AND CALENDAR MANAGEMENT • Easily view, add, and manage appointments in the app • Manage dispatch and arrival times • Send appointment and schedule change notifications • Filter by group or choose calendar view to see the information you need TASK MANAGEMENT • Create, edit, close, and assign tasks on-the-go • Manage and send notifications and appointment reminders by email, text, and phone • Search and filter by title, owner, assigned, tags, status, and priority WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT • View and manage lists of work orders and recurring work orders • Add and edit appointments, items, parts, RMRs, notes, system parts, notes, and documents • Prepare invoices for completed work orders • On-site signature capture CUSTOMER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT • Search, view, and edit up-to-date customer information and history • Add and edit notes • Maintain RMR listings • Upload and manage photos and documents • Communicate with customers through phone call integration • GPS routing to customer address

Screenshots

Mobile Security User4 screens
Sedona4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sedona at 1.5 against Mobile Security User's 1.0. Sedona also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (16% vs 0%). Mobile Security User's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

Sedona holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sedona has 53 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mobile Security User's written reviews are positive against 16% of Sedona's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mobile Security User ships an update every 2 months, Sedona every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mobile Security User versus Sedona: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMobile Security UserSedona
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)1.5 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews16.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings353 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarrier Fire & Security Americas CorporationPerennial Software, Inc

Customer experience

Mobile Security User

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Sedona

All ratings53 ratings
Positive11.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative86.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive16.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mobile Security User

No in-app purchases

None

Sedona

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mobile Security User free?
Mobile Security User is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sedona free?
Sedona is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mobile Security User or Sedona?
Sedona is rated higher. Mobile Security User averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Sedona averages 1.5 from 53 ratings.
Do Mobile Security User or Sedona have ads?
Neither Mobile Security User nor Sedona shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mobile Security User or Sedona?
Mobile Security User ships an update every 2 months, and Sedona every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mobile Security User was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sedona on November 3, 2026.

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