Comparison

PagerDuty vs Screaming Screen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PagerDuty

This platform helps organizations prevent and resolve critical incidents in real-time. It provides developers, IT operations, and support teams with tools to manage digital operations and ensure perfect customer experiences. Receive alerts, respond to incidents, and manage on-call schedules from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Unlimited push notification alerts
  • Custom alert sounds
  • Respond to incidents (acknowledge, resolve, reassign)
  • View on-call schedules
  • Access user contact lists
  • Create new incidents
  • Execute custom actions on incidents
Features
Read full description

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

Screaming Screen

Features
Read full description

Your phone is the loudest sign in the room. Type a message, tap FULL SCREEN — and Screaming Screen turns your phone into a glowing banner: giant auto-scaling text, maximum brightness, and a screen that never goes to sleep. MADE FOR REAL LIFE • Concerts & shows — cheer your idol from row Z • Airport pickups — a name sign nobody can miss • Parties, dates, bars — say it in 400-point type • Sports, protests, pranks — whatever needs to be LOUD WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT • Giant auto-scaling text — any language, any emoji • One-tap max brightness, screen stays awake • Landscape or portrait, mirror mode • 10 interface languages, light & dark theme • Works fully offline. No ads. No tracking. No account. GO PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) • Animations: scrolling marquee with speeds, blink, pulse, rainbow • Attention flashes every 3–10 seconds: white burst, TV static, brightness blink, red alert • 5 premium display fonts — from pixel-arcade to elegant script • All future effects included Try before you buy: every PRO setup can be previewed freely and launched full-screen 5 times for free. Note: flashing effects may be unsuitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Long display at maximum brightness drains the battery faster. Questions? artembo@me.com

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
Screaming Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PagerDuty at none against Screaming Screen's 1. PagerDuty also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Screaming Screen's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Screaming Screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PagerDuty asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, Screaming Screen monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PagerDuty versus Screaming Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyScreaming Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.2K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.Artem Morozov pr Racunarsko programiranje Novi Sad

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

Screaming Screen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Screaming Screen

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screaming Screen free?
Screaming Screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PagerDuty or Screaming Screen have ads?
Neither PagerDuty nor Screaming Screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or Screaming Screen?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and Screaming Screen monthly. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on November 6, 2026 and Screaming Screen on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons