Comparison

e vs BeyondTrust Support

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

Head to head
About

e

Remotely control your home or business security system and view live video feeds. This app requires compatible security hardware and an eSecure 1.0 service account.

Highlights
  • Remote security control
  • Live video viewing
  • Home security
  • Business security
  • Compatible hardware integration
Features
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Protection 1 eSecure™ 1.0 This app provides lifestyle enhancing functionality by combining remote control security with the ability to view live video of your home or business. • This application works in conjunction with our other compatible security hardware products. • An eSecure 1.0 remote service account is required. • Call 1-800-GET-HELP for more information. *** NOTE: For existing eSecure™ users who are already using the version with the silver icon the version of eSecure 2.0™, with the blue icon will not work. Please contact Protection 1 for additional information. *** *** This version of eSecure is intended only for use with eSecure 1.0 compatible hardware from Protection 1. If your hardware is eSecure 2.0 compatible, please download our eSecure 2.0 app elsewhere in the App store. If you have questions, please contact Protection 1 for additional information ***

About

BeyondTrust Support

This app allows employees and end users to receive comprehensive support for their iOS devices. Support representatives can securely chat, co-browse websites and apps, view screenshots, and push updates to help resolve issues efficiently.

Highlights
  • Secure real-time chat
  • Co-browse websites and apps
  • View device screenshots
  • Push web updates and URLs
  • Access system information
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You can dramatically broaden service desk reach with the new BeyondTrust iOS Customer Client. Employees and end users with popular iOS-powered mobile devices can get the fullest support they need to be more productive while mobile. Support reps can securely chat, co-browse a web site or app on the end user's mobile device, view screen shots that the end user captures, and even push status updates to mobile employees and end users right from the BeyondTrust Rep Console. Feature Overview: • Secure Session Chat – Use BeyondTrust to chat in real-time with mobile users to better understand the issue, transfer files, and view the device’s system information. • Screen Co-Browsing – Support reps using BeyondTrust can see the same web sites and web apps that the end user is actively viewing on their mobile device, offering immediate guidance to troubleshoot the issue. • Screen Snapshot Viewing – End users can share captured screen shots of issues with their support rep, to further collaborate on the challenges they may face with their mobile device. • Push Web Updates – Support reps can push URLs to end users containing key status updates and system configuration profiles to rapidly resolve the issue. Note: The BeyondTrust iOS Customer Client works with existing BeyondTrust installations with version 15.2.1 or greater and support sites with trusted CA-signed certificates.

Screenshots

e4 screens
BeyondTrust Support2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BeyondTrust Support at 3.1 against e's 2.6. BeyondTrust Support also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 18%) and ratings volume (54 vs 9). e's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). 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

BeyondTrust Support holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeyondTrust Support has 54 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of e's written reviews are positive against 41% of BeyondTrust Support's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 2 months, BeyondTrust Support every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
e versus BeyondTrust Support: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereBeyondTrust Support
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (9 ratings)3.1 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.4% of reviews41.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings954 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProtection OneBomgar Corporation

Customer experience

e

All ratings9 ratings
Positive22.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive18.4%
Neutral16.1%
Negative65.5%

BeyondTrust Support

All ratings49 ratings
Positive46.9%
Neutral12.2%
Negative40.8%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive41.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative51.2%

Bugs and requests

e

Reported bugs

63 issues
  • App needs updating
  • Does not work!!!
  • Update Please!!
  • App needs updating
  • Update badly needed
Show 58 more
  • App needs updating
  • Update needed!
  • Not working
  • Horrible App
  • Often doesn't connect
  • Freezing
  • Works some of the time only.
  • No longer working
  • App no longer working!
  • Recently broken?
  • Failing Communication Error message
  • Failure to communicate
  • Junk
  • Horrible not working on iOS 7
  • App doesn't work with iOS 7
  • Nominal before the update to ios7, now does not work at all.
  • Doesn't work anymore and was horrible before
  • Does not work on iOS 7
  • Crash after update to ios7.
  • Broke in iOS 7
  • Needs update
  • Bad after iO7
  • Worst app ever
  • Has been great
  • Doesn't work after iOS 7 update
  • It did work great
  • Reliability
  • Stinks
  • Horrible when it worked
  • Terrible
  • Great until ios 7
  • App not functional under iOS 7
  • Crashes under iOS 7
  • Need to fix...
  • No iOS 7 support.
  • Does not work with iOS 7
  • App won't work with iOS 7
  • No Bells and Whistles but works
  • Not happy :(
  • Inconsistent
  • Yeah it works but
  • App doesn't work at all & no updates for over a year
  • Too slow
  • Update please!
  • Old-fashioned, slow, and... useless under iOS6.
  • Too Slow and doesn't work!
  • Works, but slow
  • App works for me
  • Works Great!!!
  • Pure garbage!!!
  • Seriously?!
  • No fun with protection 1
  • No video
  • Functional but Barely
  • Crap
  • Very slow
  • SLOWWWWWW
  • Good app.....but

Requested features

12 requests
  • Update the app
  • Modern update needed
  • Update for iOS compatibility
  • Improve connection speed
  • Add logout option
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  • Update for iOS 7 ASAP
  • Enable addition of more than 2 mobile devices
  • Push message to keypad from phone
  • Alert notifications on security breach via SMS
  • Higher resolution graphics for icon and UI
  • Add video functionality
  • Improve UI design

BeyondTrust Support

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

None

BeyondTrust Support

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeyondTrust Support free?
BeyondTrust Support is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, e or BeyondTrust Support?
BeyondTrust Support is rated higher. e averages 2.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while BeyondTrust Support averages 3.1 from 54 ratings.
Do e or BeyondTrust Support have ads?
Neither e nor BeyondTrust Support shows ads.
Which is updated more often, e or BeyondTrust Support?
e ships an update every 2 months, and BeyondTrust Support every 5 months. Most recently, e was updated on October 4, 2026 and BeyondTrust Support on October 5, 2026.

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