PagerDuty vs Summonarr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Summonarr
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Summonarr puts your self-hosted media request server in your pocket. Browse what’s new, request the movies and shows you actually want, and see the moment they land on your server — without leaving the couch. Summonarr is the native iOS companion for a Summonarr server. You’ll need your own server to sign in. BROWSE & DISCOVER • Trending, popular, top-rated, and upcoming movies and TV, powered by TMDB • Discover and filter by genre or keyword • Rich detail pages with cast, seasons, ratings, and similar titles • Tap any actor to explore their full filmography REQUEST IN A TAP • Request movies and TV shows for your library • Track every request from pending, to approved, to available • See at a glance what’s already on Plex or Jellyfin STAY IN THE LOOP • Get notified by Discord or email when a request is approved, declined, or ready to watch • Vote on the titles your community wants cleared out • Report a problem with a title and follow the conversation through to a fix FOR ADMINS • Approve or decline requests on the go — and pick the quality profile right at approval time • Auto-fulfill straight to Radarr and Sonarr • Manage users, watch live activity and play history, browse the library, and review the audit log SIGN IN YOUR WAY • Email and password • Plex • Jellyfin, including Quick Connect Your library, your data, your rules. Summonarr talks only to the server you point it at — nothing is shared with third parties. Free and open source, licensed under AGPL-3.0.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PagerDuty at Free against Summonarr's $1.99. On update cadence, 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
PagerDuty is free to download; Summonarr costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, Summonarr every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PagerDuty | Summonarr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PagerDuty Inc. | Chris Burton |
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
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- 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
Summonarr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PagerDuty
No in-app purchases
Summonarr
No in-app purchases









