Comparison

xMatters vs Lab GPS

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

Head to head
About

xMatters

This platform helps operations teams automate workflows and ensure service reliability. The mobile app provides actionable alerts with full context, enabling quick incident assessment and response initiation. It acts as a pocket command center for managing alerts and on-call schedules.

Highlights
  • Actionable alerts with full context
  • Launch response workflows
  • Track message delivery and escalation
  • Manage on-call schedules
  • Initiate conference calls
  • Access personnel contact info
  • Custom alert tones
Features
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xMatters is a service reliability platform that helps DevOps, SREs, and operations teams automate workflows, ensure infrastructure and applications are always working, and rapidly deliver products at scale. With the xMatters iOS app, you get actionable alerts with full context for every situation that let you quickly assess incidents and launch response workflows at the touch of a button. The xMatters app is a “pocket command center” that allows you to: * Send and receive alerts with full incident context * Launch actionable responses and workflows * Track message delivery, escalation, and response * Set, update, and view your on-call schedule * Initiate conference calls or join at the tap of a button * Access contact info for your personnel * Set custom alert tones * Attach images for more context or instructions * Extend your enterprise authentication to your mobile devices * Protect sensitive data by enabling passcode lock For those that want to be truly agile, fast-moving companies with happy customers AND happy engineers, xMatters is the only platform for the job. To learn more about xMatters and get your free account visit xmatters.com

About

Lab GPS

Features
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Lab GPS™ is the first fully cloud-based offering from Data Innovations, built to improve uptime with lab connectivity monitoring, control, and notifications. Offered to all Instrument Manager™ connectivity customers, Lab GPS brings the power of our industry-leading vendor-neutral solution outside the four walls of the lab and enables users to monitor, stop, start, and resolve connection issues even when they are off-site. Connectivity failure and downtime cause inefficiency in the lab and have a significant impact on patient care and turn-around time. Recovery from these downtimes stress the lab further. The longer systems remain disconnected or down, the longer the recovery time will be. Notifications in Lab GPS™ allow users to be notified via visual notification in the web-app when a connection is disrupted or via email if they are off-site. Users can then securely sign into the web-app using single-sign on to stop and start the downed connection, which can resolve connectivity issues and reduce downtime. Lab GPS™ is built to improve business continuity by increasing uptime and reducing recovery time. Our purpose, as always, is to help your lab focus on what matters most - improving patient care.

Screenshots

xMatters4 screens
Lab GPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: xMatters at every 3 weeks against Lab GPS's every 7 months. Lab GPS's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

xMatters ships an update every 3 weeks, Lab GPS every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
xMatters versus Lab GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterxMattersLab GPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperxMatters Inc.Data Innovations

In-app purchases

None

xMatters

No in-app purchases

None

Lab GPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is xMatters free?
xMatters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lab GPS free?
Lab GPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do xMatters or Lab GPS have ads?
Neither xMatters nor Lab GPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, xMatters or Lab GPS?
xMatters ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lab GPS every 7 months. Most recently, xMatters was updated on October 11, 2026 and Lab GPS on October 11, 2026.

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