Comparison

stages vs Sedona

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

Head to head
About

stages

Manage your alarm account base from your iOS device. Access key account information, test equipment, review history, and acknowledge notifications. This app requires a stages™ powered monitoring center to function.

Highlights
  • Account base overview
  • Alarm equipment testing
  • Key account information access
  • Site information configuration
  • Contact calling/emailing
  • Account test status management
  • Alarm history review
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The stages™ Mobile app allows iOS owners to very quickly access and manage their account base hosted on a stages™ powered Central Station. Users can check their account base at a glance, manage the entire alarm equipment testing process, and access key account information. The user can also search for accounts, configure the site information (including zones/points), call or email contacts, place accounts on/off test, review recent alarm history and test results, acknowledge notifications, all from this simple to use mobile application. NOTE: The stages™ Mobile app will only work with a stages™ powered monitoring center.

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

Screenshots

stages3 screens
Sedona4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: stages at 1.9 against Sedona's 1.5. stages also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Sedona's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (52 vs 12). On price, review sentiment, 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

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

stages holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of stages's written reviews are positive against 16% of Sedona's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

stages ships an update every 2 months, Sedona every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
stages versus Sedona: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterstagesSedona
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (12 ratings) — better1.5 (52 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews — better16.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1252 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecure Global Solutions, LLCPerennial Software, Inc

Customer experience

stages

All ratings12 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%

Sedona

All ratings52 ratings
Positive11.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative86.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive16.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

stages

No in-app purchases

None

Sedona

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is stages free?
stages is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sedona free?
Sedona is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, stages or Sedona?
stages is rated higher. stages averages 1.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Sedona averages 1.5 from 52 ratings.
Do stages or Sedona have ads?
Neither stages nor Sedona shows ads.
Which is updated more often, stages or Sedona?
stages ships an update every 2 months, and Sedona every 3 weeks. Most recently, stages was updated on October 12, 2026 and Sedona on October 12, 2026.

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