Comparison

PagerDuty vs PyCon US

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

PyCon US

Access the PyCon US schedule and exhibitor lead retrieval services. Scan leads offline and in real-time to enhance your conference experience.

Highlights
  • Conference schedule access
  • Exhibitor lead retrieval
  • Offline lead scanning
  • Real-time lead retrieval
  • Pocket-sized reference
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While attending PyCon US, you may find yourself needing quick reference to the schedule. This can provide that! In your pocket at any time. Are you an exhibitor in our Expo Hall? This is your gateway to lead retrieval services with quick scans and offline capable scanning.

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
PyCon US4 screens

Verdict

The call

PagerDuty and PyCon US both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PyCon US's written reviews are positive against 25% of PagerDuty's. PyCon US also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). PagerDuty's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 4.6. 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 complicate that: 25% of PagerDuty's written reviews are positive against 100% of PyCon US's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, PyCon US every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PagerDuty versus PyCon US: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyPyCon US
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.2K — better8
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.Python Software Foundation

Customer experience

PagerDuty

All ratings5,238 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive24.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative62.0%

PyCon US

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
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

PyCon US

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

None

PyCon US

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PyCon US free?
PyCon US is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PagerDuty or PyCon US?
PagerDuty is rated higher. PagerDuty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while PyCon US averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do PagerDuty or PyCon US have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor PyCon US shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or PyCon US?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and PyCon US every 2 weeks. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on October 16, 2026 and PyCon US on October 3, 2026.

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