Sentry vs Direct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sentry
Enhances situational awareness for law enforcement and first responders involved in alarm monitoring strategies. It supports partnerships with government and businesses to protect strategic assets globally.
- Elevates situational awareness
- Supports alarm monitoring strategies
- Partners with government and first responders
- Protects strategic assets globally
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Sentry-SECURE elevates situational awareness amongst law enforcement stakeholders that are critical to the alarm monitoring strategies being implemented by the Office of Radiological Security’s Protect strategy. The Office of Radiological Security uses these strategies to partner with government, first responders, and businesses to protect strategic assets around the world.
Direct
This Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS helps speed up browsing by removing Google's click tracking redirects. It enhances your online experience by streamlining navigation and reducing delays caused by Google's data collection practices.
- Removes Google click tracking
- Speeds up browsing
- Streamlines online experience
- Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, macOS
- Requires permission to read/alter webpages
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Frustrated with Google's secretive click tracking slowing down your online experience? Bid farewell to delays and revel in a faster, more streamlined browsing adventure with Remove Google Redirection. Remove Google Redirection is a Safari extension designed for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. To enable its features, it's essential to grant permission in Safari settings, allowing the extension to read and alter webpages for all websites. * Why we should remove google’s redirection: Google's Click Tracking secretly monitors which URLs users click to enhance search technology, customize content, and improve advertising. This data refines search results and pagerank, identifying popular webpages and frequently clicked links. Despite its utility, privacy advocates are concerned. Users remain unaware of the redirection, as Google reformats the destination URL through its servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sentry at Free against Direct's $1.99. Sentry also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Direct's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and device support (4 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Sentry is free to download; Direct costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Direct holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sentry has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sentry | Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VPI Engineering | 磊 汪 |
Customer experience
Sentry
Direct
In-app purchases
Sentry
No in-app purchases
Direct
No in-app purchases
