Comparison

Sedona vs SBD Assist

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

Head to head
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

About

SBD Assist

Features
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Security By Design’s Assist tool is used by contractors and end user organizations to document physical security infrastructure from initial surveys to final sign-off. Users of this app must contact Security By Design to set up an account with access to the appropriate data set. There is no charge to download, install or use this app, but access will not be provided unless approved by a current Security By Design client. The Assist app includes site and floor plans, where users can review physical security device location and type, answer questions, take relevant photos, and sign off security installations and surveys in the field. It allows users to temporarily download one or more sites with limited or no connectivity and synchronize when connectivity becomes available.

Screenshots

Sedona4 screens
SBD Assist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sedona at every 3 weeks against SBD Assist's every 6 months. SBD Assist's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). 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

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

Sedona ships an update every 3 weeks, SBD Assist every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sedona versus SBD Assist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSedonaSBD Assist
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPerennial Software, IncSecurity By Design, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Sedona

No in-app purchases

None

SBD Assist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sedona free?
Sedona is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SBD Assist free?
SBD Assist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sedona or SBD Assist have ads?
Neither Sedona nor SBD Assist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sedona or SBD Assist?
Sedona ships an update every 3 weeks, and SBD Assist every 6 months. Most recently, Sedona was updated on November 3, 2026 and SBD Assist on November 4, 2026.

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