stages vs Inspect Point
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.
Inspect Point
Streamline fire protection inspections with this mobile tool. Technicians can conduct detailed checks on various systems, view appointments, and capture evidence. Easily send completed reports to the back office with a single tap.
- Fire sprinkler, extinguisher, alarm inspections
- View daily appointments and contact info
- Contextual inspection questions
- Photo documentation of deficiencies
- Digital signature collection
- One-click report submission
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Inspect Point is the easiest way to perform fire protection inspections in the field. With Inspect Point your technicians can: - Perform fire sprinklers, fire extinguishers, fire alarms, special hazards, and chemical suppression inspections - View their visits/appointments for the day - See contact information and notes for all of their visits. - Only see the questions that need to be answered based on the system being inspected and the frequency of the inspection - Take photos of any deficiencies - Collect signatures - Send completed inspections to the back office with the click of a button
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Inspect Point at 4.0 against stages's 1.9. Inspect Point also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 12). stages's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.7). 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.
Inspect Point holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 43 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of stages's written reviews are positive against 0% of Inspect Point's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
stages ships an update every 2 months, Inspect Point weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | stages | Inspect Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (12 ratings) | 4.0 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 246 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secure Global Solutions, LLC | Two Penguins Studios LLC |
Customer experience
stages
Inspect Point
In-app purchases
stages
No in-app purchases
Inspect Point
No in-app purchases
