PagerDuty vs BoardClock
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.
BoardClock
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Keep every board-game night moving with BoardClock. BoardClock combines a 2–8 player turn timer, interactive turn-order tools, player profiles, team play, and match history in one free, ad-free app. ◆ Made for tabletop games Use it for chess, Go, shogi, gomoku, Rummikub, Splendor, Scrabble, Othello, backgammon, Catan, and more. Choose from 25 researched presets or create your own. ◆ Two timing systems • Fischer: add bonus time whenever a player ends their turn. • Byoyomi: after main time runs out, play continues through a set number of timed periods. • Built-in visual guides make both systems easy to understand. ◆ Everything you need around the table • Decide turn order with individual dice rolls, a ladder game, or shuffle. • See the active player, the next player, and team badges at a glance. • Optional turn sounds, five-second countdown melody, and haptics. • Majority-approved revival after a timeout. • Undo, pause, reset, and confirmation prompts help prevent mistakes. ◆ Profiles, teams, and stats Save regular players, run two-to-four-team games, and track wins, streaks, average turn time, and best teammates. ◆ Private match history Winners, play time, and turn counts are saved to your private iCloud database. They can return after reinstalling the app or moving to a new device, and the developer cannot access them. BoardClock supports English and Korean, with an in-app language selector.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PagerDuty at none against BoardClock's 3. PagerDuty also leads on device support (3 vs 1). BoardClock's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. BoardClock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PagerDuty asks for nothing beyond the download.
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, BoardClock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PagerDuty | BoardClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PagerDuty Inc. | Wonyoung Heo |
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
BoardClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PagerDuty
No in-app purchases
BoardClock
- An espresso$0.49
- An Americano$1.99
- A latte$2.99









