Comparison

Pagem vs Scan & NEC Code

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

Head to head
About

Pagem

This app provides a reliable and private mobile paging system. It ensures message delivery even in silent modes with gradually increasing volume and offers group notification features to streamline responses. An integrated API allows for flexible integration with third-party systems.

Highlights
  • Gradual volume increase for alerts
  • Group hunting for prioritized responses
  • Page activity history
  • Snooze function for temporary unavailability
  • Privacy-focused, no data harvesting
  • REST API for third-party integration
  • Web console access
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Pagem is SIMPLE because it's just a free pager app with no frills. Pagem is PRIVATE because it doesn't harvest data off your phone. Pagem is FLEXIBLE through its group hunting and simple API. Pagem is RELENTLESS by working in silent modes to ensure delivery. INTRODUCTION Pagem works like an Amber Alert - just not as scary. Our free pager app gradually gets your attention by slowly increasing the volume of the page over a set time, even with phones in silent or do not disturb modes. It's the ideal mobile paging app to track down your colleagues, friends and family when you really need them in an emergency. HIGHLIGHTS Pagem is a reliable MOBILE PAGING APP that respects privacy. We only require push notifications to create this simple paging app. We never harvest, collect or resell private data from your phone. All data is encrypted for a GDPR and HIPAA compliant paging application. Pagem is a powerful GROUP NOTIFICATION SYSTEM that keeps teams in sync. With flexible group hunting, you configure the priority ordering within your groups so only one person responds. No more disrupting your entire team. All the while keeping everyone in the loop in one simple mobile paging system. Pagem is a flexible AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM that integrates with anything. With our simple REST API you can integrate our free pager app with any number of third party systems and online services, including IOT devices, and more. Use it to create a custom alerting application for your people and groups. FEATURES 1. Gradual Paging We built Pagem to work like an Amber Alert - just not as scary. Pagem gradually gets your attention by slowly increasing the volume of the page over a pre-set paging time you choose. 2. Group Hunting Pagem offers powerful group hunting features that you can setup with simple drag and drop. When you trigger a group page (manually or through the API) - the Pagem system starts paging the first (priority 1) group member. If they don't answer it moves on to the next, and so on. 3. Page Activity Pagem keeps a comprehensive history of all activity in the system that's easy to review. Any time you get a page (or miss one!) visit the activity screen to determine what happened and when. When it's a group page, it's easy to determine who took the page during the hunting cycle. 4. Snooze Function With Pagem you have the option to snooze pages for a spell. People trying to get hold of you will receive a busy signal, and you'll still get a notification (albeit a quiet one). It's a great way to relay you're temporarily unavailable. 5. Privacy Typical pager apps ask for all sorts of permissions. They want to read messages, access your phone, listen on your microphone, report your location, and more. No thanks! Pagem never harvests anything off your phone, and Pagem requires no extra permissions. 6. Web Console In addition to the mobile phone pager app, you can use the Pagem web application to access the same great features. Register your business or organization with Pagem (no mobile phone number required) to setup a dispatch board for your staff, employees, associates, etc. ABOUT OPEN SKY SOFTWARE, INC. Open Sky provides custom software development and engineering services. We specialize in secure high performance web, mobile & embedded applications written by the world's best software engineers and programmers. For over 20 years, Open Sky Software has been designing and building custom applications for finance, accounting, education, medical, workflow automation, technical engineering, and more.

About

Scan & NEC Code

Features
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Scan the plate. Get the number. ElectricCalc turns your phone into a voltage drop and conductor sizing calculator that works at zero bars — built for the guy already holding a meter in the other hand. For apprentices, journeymen, masters, contractors, maintenance techs and estimators working in feet, AWG and kcmil. ----------------------- # VOLTAGE DROP Volts, amps, one-way distance, conductor size, copper or aluminum, single or three phase. You get the drop percentage in numbers big enough to read at arm's length, plus the volts lost and what's actually left at the load. Over 3% it turns orange. Over 5% it turns red. You know the run is a problem before you pull the wire. ----------------------- # AMPACITY, DERATED Start with the conductor and the termination rating — 60C, 75C or 90C. Correct for ambient temperature. Derate for the number of current-carrying conductors in the raceway. Base ampacity and adjusted ampacity sit side by side, so you can see what the derate cost you. ----------------------- # SCAN THE PLATE INSTEAD OF TYPING IT Point the camera at a nameplate or panel label and it pulls out volts, amps and conductor size into a text box you can edit before it touches the calculator. Straight talk: it does well on printed labels and clean plates. Stamped, sun-faded and greasy plates still need thumbs. Runs entirely on your phone, no signal needed. ----------------------- # IT TELLS YOU WHICH TABLE Every result cites the section behind it. Voltage drop points at 210.19(A) for branch circuits and 215.2(A)(1) for feeders — and it's honest those are Informational Notes, not hard limits. Ampacity points at the base ampacity table plus ambient correction and conductor adjustment tables. Set your code year in Settings — 2017, 2020, 2023 or 2026 — and citations match what your AHJ enforces. On 2017 it cites 310.15(B)(16), not 310.16. Find the right page in thirty seconds instead of thumbing through Article 310. Not a substitute for the book. ElectricCalc is an independent tool, not affiliated with, endorsed by or certified by the NFPA. ----------------------- # NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM Every calculation and scan runs on the device. No account. No sign-up. No cloud sync. Basements, mechanical rooms, vaults, elevator shafts, new construction with nothing but steel around you — same speed as anywhere else. Your calculations, scans and history never leave your phone. ----------------------- # HISTORY Every calc you save comes back with all its inputs. Tap it, change the run length, recalculate. It remembers which code year you used. Unlimited, stored locally. ----------------------- # BUILT FOR HANDS IN GLOVES Dark screen, high contrast, readable in a dark panel room and in direct sun. Big targets and standard-value dropdowns instead of tiny keyboards. Reset asks first, then goes back to sane defaults instead of blanking on you. No ads, anywhere, ever. iPhone. ----------------------- # HOW ACCESS WORKS — PLEASE READ ElectricCalc gives you full access to everything for 7 days after install. After 7 days it takes a one-time purchase to keep calculating. There is no permanently free tier. That purchase is exactly that: one time. No subscription, no auto-renewal, no monthly bill, no annual fee, no pro tier added later — and no way for it to stop working on you at a panel because a card expired in an office somewhere. Buy it once and it stays unlocked on every device signed in to your Apple Account. Already bought it? Restore Purchase is on the purchase screen. Price may be lower during a limited-time promo window tied to your trial; the exact price always shows before you buy. ----------------------- # BEFORE YOU PULL WIRE ElectricCalc is a field estimation tool. Check every result against the National Electrical Code and your approved drawings before anything gets installed. Built to speed up the math, not to replace the code book, your AHJ, or an engineer's stamp.

Screenshots

Pagem3 screens
Scan & NEC Code4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pagem at none against Scan & NEC Code's 2. Pagem also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Scan & NEC Code's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price and ads 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. Scan & NEC Code sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pagem asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pagem ships an update monthly, Scan & NEC Code every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pagem versus Scan & NEC Code: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagemScan & NEC Code
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOpen Sky Software, Inc.Kazuhiro Higuchi

In-app purchases

None

Pagem

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scan & NEC Code

One-time2
  • Lifetime Access - Promo Price$9.99
  • Lifetime Access - Regular Price$19.99

Questions

Is Pagem free?
Pagem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scan & NEC Code free?
Scan & NEC Code is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pagem or Scan & NEC Code have ads?
Neither Pagem nor Scan & NEC Code shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pagem or Scan & NEC Code?
Pagem ships an update monthly, and Scan & NEC Code every 4 days. Most recently, Pagem was updated on October 24, 2026 and Scan & NEC Code on October 15, 2026.

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