Comparison

PagerDuty vs Global Guardian

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
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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

Global Guardian

This app transforms smartphones into GPS tracking devices for individuals traveling globally. It provides real-time location data, travel alerts, and direct access to a 24/7 operations center for crisis assistance. The service is designed to enhance security for employees in high-risk areas.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Panic button functionality
  • Secure web platform access
  • Travel alerts and advice
  • 24/7/365 Operations Center
  • Employee safety in high-risk zones
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Global Guardian Tracking is a GPS Global Tracking Solution which tracks individuals around the world using an application installed on their phone or tablets. It turns smart phones into a tracking device with panic-button capability, enabling your security team to track, protect and respond to employees as they travel to high risk areas around the world. Global Guardian Tracking allows you to get regular GPS locations direct to a secure web platform, as well as view receive real-time travel alerts and travel advice. Additionally, if a subscriber finds themselves in a crisis situation they can immediately be put in contact with Global Guardian’s 24/7/365 Operations Center for immediate assistance. Important: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
Global Guardian3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PagerDuty at weekly against Global Guardian's every 2 months. PagerDuty also leads on ratings volume (5.2K vs 13). Global Guardian's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PagerDuty against 4.8 for Global Guardian. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PagerDuty has 5.2K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, Global Guardian every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PagerDuty versus Global Guardian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyGlobal Guardian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better4.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better13
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.two10degrees Ltd

Customer experience

PagerDuty

All ratings5,239 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive24.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative62.0%

Global Guardian

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

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

Global Guardian

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

None

Global Guardian

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Global Guardian free?
Global Guardian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PagerDuty or Global Guardian?
PagerDuty is rated higher. PagerDuty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Global Guardian averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do PagerDuty or Global Guardian have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor Global Guardian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or Global Guardian?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and Global Guardian every 2 months. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on November 1, 2026 and Global Guardian on October 29, 2026.

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