stages vs Partner MobileTech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Partner MobileTech
This application is designed exclusively for Alarm.com Authorized Service Providers. It offers streamlined access to critical commands and diagnostic tools, aiming to reduce on-site service time and enhance the quality of installations and system maintenance.
- Access essential commands
- Perform diagnostics
- Decrease on-site time
- Improve system quality
- Streamline installation
- Enhance service efficiency
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This app is for Alarm.com Authorized Service Providers only. The Alarm.com MobileTech app provides easy access to essential commands and diagnostics decreasing on-site time and improving system quality for installation and service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Partner MobileTech at 63% against stages's 20%. Partner MobileTech also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (38 vs 12). stages's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Partner MobileTech holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of stages's written reviews are positive against 63% of Partner MobileTech's.
stages ships an update every 2 months, Partner MobileTech every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | stages | Partner MobileTech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (12 ratings) | 3.7 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secure Global Solutions, LLC | Onabridge Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
stages
Partner MobileTech
In-app purchases
stages
No in-app purchases
Partner MobileTech
No in-app purchases
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