Comparison

PagerDuty vs BoardClock

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

BoardClock

Features
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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.

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
BoardClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BoardClock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PagerDuty asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, BoardClock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PagerDuty versus BoardClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyBoardClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty 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
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

BoardClock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BoardClock

One-time3
  • An espresso$0.49
  • An Americano$1.99
  • A latte$2.99

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BoardClock free?
BoardClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PagerDuty or BoardClock have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor BoardClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or BoardClock?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and BoardClock every 3 days. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on October 12, 2026 and BoardClock on October 6, 2026.

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