Comparison

pmx vs Securitas Personal Safety

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

Head to head
About

pmx

Features
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pmx is an event display for the LHC/LHCb experiment. With it you can view the detector, the magnetic field and load events. It can give to someone novice in high energy physics (HEP) a glance at what a HEP detector looks like.

About

Securitas Personal Safety

Features
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The Securitas™ Personal Safety app by Securitas Technology provides an easy to use method of alerting your campus/company security team that you need assistance. Step 1: When you are in an emergency situation, trigger an alert through the app by simply shaking the phone, swiping a button in the app, double tapping, or entering a code. Your phone starts recording live audio and video clips. Step 2: Your campus/company security team is notified of your alert, your GPS location, your phone’s recorded audio/video clips, and your personal profile information. Or, if you prefer, an alert can only be sent to your list of pre-determined contacts. Step 3: Your campus/company security team dispatches security personnel to respond through the Securitas™ Personal Safety App. Security Response is routed to your location for assistance. Plus, use the Securitas™ Personal Safety app to ensure your safety in the following situations: Meetings: Schedule a meeting timer in the Personal Safety app, and when the meeting time is over, you can confirm you’re ok, or extend the meeting time. Your campus/company security team will receive an alert if you don’t cancel the meeting or extend it. Journeys: When travelling from one location to another, enter the final destination into the Personal Safety app. When you arrive, the app will ask to confirm if you’ve arrived safely. If you do not confirm, your campus/company security team will receive an alert. Man-down: Schedule a meeting timer in the Personal Safety app. If there is no movement for a pre-set duration of time, your campus/company security team is alerted. We are now integrated with the Health Kit to improve battery usage for location when stationary. NOTE: Your campus/company security team must have the Securitas Technology Command Center Portal and the Securitas Technology Response app for security officers in order for the Personal Safety App to be functional as outlined above. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Now integrated with the Health Kit to enhance the journey feature.

Screenshots

pmx3 screens
Securitas Personal Safety4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Securitas Personal Safety at every 3 months against pmx's every 13 months. pmx's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). 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

pmx ships an update every 13 months, Securitas Personal Safety every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
pmx versus Securitas Personal Safety: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpmxSecuritas Personal Safety
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuy BarrandSecuritas AB

In-app purchases

None

pmx

No in-app purchases

None

Securitas Personal Safety

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pmx free?
pmx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Securitas Personal Safety free?
Securitas Personal Safety is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do pmx or Securitas Personal Safety have ads?
Neither pmx nor Securitas Personal Safety shows ads.
Which is updated more often, pmx or Securitas Personal Safety?
pmx ships an update every 13 months, and Securitas Personal Safety every 3 months. Most recently, pmx was updated on November 6, 2026 and Securitas Personal Safety on November 11, 2026.

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