Comparison

PagerDuty vs Iru Access

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

Iru Access

This application provides secure, passwordless authentication for your organization's apps and services. It uses hardware-bound cryptography and platform security to ensure your credentials never leave your device, offering a frictionless and verifiable sign-in experience.

Highlights
  • Passwordless sign-ins
  • Hardware-bound cryptography
  • Platform security
  • FIDO2 and WebAuthn integration
  • Local credential verification
  • Device trust confirmation
Features
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Iru Access is your organization’s secure authentication client, powered by Iru Identity. It enables strong, passwordless sign-ins across your company’s apps and services — backed by hardware-bound cryptography and platform security. When you sign in with Iru Access, your credentials never leave your device. Each login is verified locally, then cryptographically attested to Iru Identity to confirm both authenticity and device trust. Built for enterprise environments, Iru Access integrates with modern identity standards like FIDO2 and WebAuthn, ensuring every authentication is secure, private, and verifiable — without passwords, prompts, or friction.

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
Iru Access4 screens

Verdict

The call

PagerDuty and Iru Access both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Iru Access's written reviews are positive against 25% of PagerDuty's. Iru Access also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). PagerDuty's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 23) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). 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

Iru Access 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 23, 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 Iru Access's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, Iru Access every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PagerDuty versus Iru Access: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyIru Access
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings)5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.2K — better23
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.Iru, LLC

Customer experience

PagerDuty

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

Iru Access

All ratings23 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

Iru Access

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

None

Iru Access

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Iru Access free?
Iru Access is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PagerDuty or Iru Access?
Iru Access is rated higher. PagerDuty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Iru Access averages 5.0 from 23 ratings.
Do PagerDuty or Iru Access have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor Iru Access shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or Iru Access?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and Iru Access every 2 weeks. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on October 23, 2026 and Iru Access on October 24, 2026.

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