Protos Connect vs API Patrol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Protos Connect
This security application offers security officers essential tools and insights for site protection. It helps in safeguarding client sites by addressing their specific requirements.
- Security officer tools
- Site safeguarding insights
- Client site protection
- Unique requirement management
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Protos Connect is our proprietary security application, which provides security officers with invaluable tools and insights to assist in safeguarding each client site and its unique requirements.
API Patrol
This app helps security and property management professionals manage mobile patrols. It allows for checkpoint scanning, incident reporting with photos and voice notes, and real-time GPS tracking. An offline mode ensures continuous operation even without a connection.
- Checkpoint scanning (QR/barcode)
- Incident reporting with photos/voice
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Offline mode for data sync
- Battery-optimized dark mode
- Shift management tools
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API Patrol is the premier mobile patrol management app designed for security and property management professionals. Key Features: • Checkpoint Scanning: Instantly scan QR codes and barcode tags along your patrol route. • Incident Reporting: Quickly log security, maintenance, and internal issues with attached photos and voice notes. • GPS Tracking: Real-time location tracking ensures accurate patrol logs and geofence verification. • Offline Mode: Continue your patrols and log incidents even in dead zones; the app will automatically sync when you regain connection. • Shift Management: Designed for long shifts with battery-optimized dark mode. Note: This app requires an active, company-issued login provided by your employer or property management administration to function.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: API Patrol at 3.5 against Protos Connect's 2.2. Protos Connect's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.2 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
API Patrol holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Protos Connect has 46 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Protos Connect ships an update fortnightly, API Patrol every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Protos Connect | API Patrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (46 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Protos Security, LLC. | TWYNTECH LLC |
In-app purchases
Protos Connect
No in-app purchases
API Patrol
No in-app purchases
