Comparison

PagerDuty vs Varonis Mobile Security

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

Varonis Mobile Security

This enterprise-focused security app protects users from phishing and social engineering attacks using advanced threat detection technology. It blocks access to malicious sites, safeguarding credentials and preventing deception. Designed exclusively for business customers with IT department direction.

Highlights
  • Real-time phishing threat intelligence
  • Blocks access to malicious sites
  • Protects against credential theft
  • SEER™ threat detection technology
  • Enterprise-grade security
Features
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Varonis Mobile Security stops phishing attacks coming through SMS, Browser, Email, Ads, Social Media, and Chat. Varonis Mobile Security is an enterprise application and is not intended for personal use. If your company’s IT department has directed you to download this App, please follow the setup instructions after the installation is complete. Varonis Mobile Security is powered by on-device machine learning, and real-time phishing threat intelligence. It provides users and IT security teams with a whole new level of protection from Web and SMS phishing, like fake login pages aiming to steal user credentials, or other social engineering attacks designed to deceive users for malicious intent. Features Include: ►Web Security: Blocks access to malicious URLs and websites targeting you via email, ads, social media, and chat using a local VPN. ►SMS Security: Protection from phishing and scam SMS (smishing) using on-device AI. Features in Detail: ►Web Security Varonis Web Security allows you to browse the web safely. Once the system detects a malicious website, it immediately blocks access to the website and generates a warning alert. Varonis Web Security requires installation of a local VPN. This local VPN filter does not send any information to the internet and is needed only for scanning purposes. This scanning happens locally on your device. ►SMS Security Varonis SMS Security guards you against phishing attacks embedded in text messages. Once the system identifies an unsafe SMS, it immediately moves it to the Spam folder. The SMS scanning happens locally on your device. As outlined in our privacy policy, your benign messages never get uploaded to the Internet or shared with anyone. This app does not collect user personal information or share information with third parties. Like us and stay connected https://www.linkedin.com/company/varonis/ https://x.com/varonis https://www.facebook.com/VaronisSystems

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
Varonis Mobile Security4 screens

Verdict

The call

PagerDuty and Varonis Mobile Security both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Varonis Mobile Security's written reviews are positive against 25% of PagerDuty's. Varonis Mobile Security also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). PagerDuty's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5.2K vs 8). 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

Varonis Mobile Security holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PagerDuty has 5.2K ratings behind it against 8, 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 100% of Varonis Mobile Security's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, Varonis Mobile Security every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PagerDuty versus Varonis Mobile Security: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyVaronis Mobile Security
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.2K — better8
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.SlashNext

Customer experience

PagerDuty

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

Varonis Mobile Security

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Varonis Mobile Security

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

None

Varonis Mobile Security

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Varonis Mobile Security free?
Varonis Mobile Security is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PagerDuty or Varonis Mobile Security?
Varonis Mobile Security is rated higher. PagerDuty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Varonis Mobile Security averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do PagerDuty or Varonis Mobile Security have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor Varonis Mobile Security shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or Varonis Mobile Security?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and Varonis Mobile Security every 2 months. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on November 1, 2026 and Varonis Mobile Security on November 2, 2026.

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