Comparison

Quimbee vs UCSF Safe

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

Head to head
About

Quimbee

This platform offers comprehensive legal study aids and bar exam preparation resources for law students. It features extensive case briefs, engaging video lessons, practice exams, and quizzes designed for efficient and effective learning.

Highlights
  • Case briefs database
  • Video lessons
  • Essay practice exams
  • Multiple-choice quizzes
  • Learning Hub
  • Issue spotters
Features
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Quimbee is an all-in-one learning platform built to support law students and bar examinees at every stage of their legal learning journeys. More than 900,000 students have trusted Quimbee Study Aids for expertly written case briefs, engaging video lessons, essay practice exams, and multiple-choice quizzes that help them survive cold calls and excel on exams. With Quimbee SideBar Videos, bar examinees get short, science-backed lessons designed to help them quickly understand and apply core bar exam concepts — plus hundreds of targeted multiple-choice questions that reinforce learning, strengthen retention, and train recall when it matters most. The result: smarter studying and greater confidence on exam day. From your first day of law school through your final days of bar prep, Quimbee is by your side. Quimbee includes: - The world’s largest database of case briefs keyed to 990+ casebooks - 1,290 short, engaging video lessons designed to help you comprehend the most complex legal concepts in all 1L, 2L, and 3L subjects - 3 case brief viewing options allow you to read full briefs, quick summaries, or bullet points to study how you prefer - Learning Hub, which lets you add your classes and recommends essential study tools tailored to your law school casebooks - Comprehensive outlines, plus short Quicklines for last-minute reviewing - 7,000+ multiple-choice questions with answer explanations - 210+ issue spotters with model answers written by real law professors - Materials designed using integrated learning-science methodologies for efficient, effective learning - 270+ digestible videos covering every subject on your bar exam - 800+ multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge of bar exam material - Bonus videos on bar exam tips and strategy

About

UCSF Safe

This app provides students, faculty, and staff with enhanced safety on campus. It offers real-time location sharing with security, emergency contact access, and safety notifications. Users can also report concerns, view crime maps, and access emergency plans.

Highlights
  • Real-time location sharing with security
  • Instant safety alerts and instructions
  • Emergency and non-emergency contact access
  • Direct safety concern reporting
  • Campus crime mapping
  • Emergency preparedness plans
Features
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UCSF Safe is the official safety app of University of California San Francisco. It is the only app that integrates with UCSF's safety and security systems. Emergency Management Division has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the UCSF campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. UCSF Safe features include: - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to UCSF security in real-time in case of a crisis - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the UCSF area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to UCSF security. - Safety notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from campus safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Emergency Plans: Learn what to do in case of an emergency - Crime Mapping: View recent crimes that have occurred on and near campus. - Campus safety resources: access all important safety resources in one convenient app. Download today and ensure that you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.

Screenshots

Quimbee4 screens
UCSF Safe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quimbee at 4.8 against UCSF Safe's 3.7. Quimbee also leads on ratings volume (2.5K vs 3). UCSF Safe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 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. Quimbee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. UCSF Safe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quimbee holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quimbee has 2.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quimbee versus UCSF Safe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuimbeeUCSF Safe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSellers International, LLCUniversity of California at San Francisco

Customer experience

Quimbee

All ratings2,515 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.0%

UCSF Safe

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Quimbee

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App goes dark spontaneously at times
  • App freezes a lot and has to be restarted often
  • Can't access current tasks
  • Videos don't save where you left off and quizzes have significant delay in the time they take to refresh the results

Requested features

7 requests
  • On the outlines for every topic, can you add links to cases that deal specifically with that topic
  • Let me adjust the font size
  • screen in screen support to watch the lectures while taking notes on my phone
  • option to see all the Flashcards in a topic
  • offline use would be great
Show 2 more
  • more control over the flashcard use
  • Bring back old printing

UCSF Safe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quimbee

One-time1
  • Gold Plan2 variants$299.99
None

UCSF Safe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quimbee free?
Quimbee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UCSF Safe free?
UCSF Safe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quimbee or UCSF Safe?
Quimbee is rated higher. Quimbee averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while UCSF Safe averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Quimbee or UCSF Safe have ads?
Neither Quimbee nor UCSF Safe shows ads.

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