Comparison

PagerDuty vs CA Mobile Authenticator

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

Head to head
About

PagerDuty

This app helps organizations manage digital operations and resolve incidents quickly. It provides real-time alerts, incident response tools, and team scheduling to ensure seamless customer experiences.

Highlights
  • Push notification alerts with custom sounds
  • Respond to incidents (acknowledge, resolve, reassign)
  • View incident details and resolution timelines
  • Manage on-call schedules and team overrides
  • Create new incidents and loop in responders
  • Execute custom actions on incidents
Features
Read full description

PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a leader in digital operations management. In an always-on world, organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a perfect digital experience to their customers, every time. Through its SaaS-based platform, PagerDuty arms developers, IT operations, support, security, and business leaders to prevent and resolve incidents when seconds matter. Over 12,000 businesses including GE, Vodafone, Box, and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations. PagerDuty for iOS allows you to: * Receive unlimited push notification alerts and set custom sounds for alerts * Easily access and respond to open incidents (acknowledge, resolve, or reassign) * View incident details, grouped alerts, and resolution timelines at a glance * View your on-call timeline and team schedules, and book overrides for yourself or your teammates * Access a contact list of all users in your account and their contact information * Create new incidents directly from the mobile app * Loop in responders for additional help * Execute custom actions (like restarting servers, running diagnostics, etc.) on incidents NOTE: A PagerDuty user account is required to use this application. Some features’ availability depends on your PagerDuty plan.

About

CA Mobile Authenticator

Enhance transaction security with two-factor authentication. Register your device and authenticate transactions via push notifications, simply approving or denying requests directly from your screen.

Highlights
  • Two-factor authentication
  • Device registration
  • QR code activation
  • Push notification authentication
  • Approve/Deny transaction options
Features
Read full description

CA Mobile Authenticator works with CA Advanced Authentication product as two-factor authentication service to make your transactions more secure. Using CA Mobile Authenticator, you can register your device and link it to your account. You can activate the device using the QR code or manually specifying the details. This app allows you to authenticate transactions using Push Notification as secondary authentication. Now, you receive push notification with Approve or Deny options on the screen. Simply select Approve to approve or Deny to cancel the transaction. How does it work? Register your device for Push Notification Receive a Push Notification. Accept or deny the transaction.

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
CA Mobile Authenticator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PagerDuty at 4.8 against CA Mobile Authenticator's 1.9. PagerDuty also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5.2K vs 11). CA Mobile Authenticator's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PagerDuty holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PagerDuty has 5.2K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of PagerDuty's written reviews are positive against 4% of CA Mobile Authenticator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, CA Mobile Authenticator every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PagerDuty versus CA Mobile Authenticator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyCA Mobile Authenticator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better1.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews — better3.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.CA, Inc

Customer experience

PagerDuty

All ratings5,235 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive24.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative62.0%

CA Mobile Authenticator

All ratings11 ratings
Positive18.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative72.7%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive3.7%
Neutral13.0%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

PagerDuty

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Font sizing issue
  • Unable to change alert sound
  • Cannot change settings
  • Couldn't acknowledge incident
  • Crashes on startup
Show 14 more
  • Crashes frequently
  • Unresponsive after alerts
  • Vibration and sound settings not obeyed
  • App unresponsive after alert
  • Login Fail
  • Major bug in update
  • Logs out me every few weeks
  • Crashes
  • Crashes
  • Crashes
  • Useful...now broken
  • Still buggy
  • Couldn't acknowledge incident
  • Couldn't acknowledge incident

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to use custom sound for emergencies
  • Add ability to use custom sound for emergencies
  • Add ability to put services in maintenance mode
  • Improve Resolved Incidents view to show oldest first
  • Provide easy way to allow calls/texts during DND

CA Mobile Authenticator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

None

CA Mobile Authenticator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CA Mobile Authenticator free?
CA Mobile Authenticator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PagerDuty or CA Mobile Authenticator?
PagerDuty is rated higher. PagerDuty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while CA Mobile Authenticator averages 1.9 from 11 ratings.
Do PagerDuty or CA Mobile Authenticator have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor CA Mobile Authenticator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or CA Mobile Authenticator?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and CA Mobile Authenticator every 6 months. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on October 12, 2026 and CA Mobile Authenticator on October 11, 2026.

Other comparisons