CampusShield vs ctcLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CampusShield
This mobile safety app acts as a software panic button, connecting you instantly to campus security. Receive emergency alerts via push notification and stay informed about campus events and happenings.
- Software panic button
- Emergency alerts via push notification
- Instant connection to campus security
- Campus event information
- Mobile safety tool
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Stay safer on campus by using our mobile safety app to keep you connected. This mobile safety app is a software panic button that also receives emergency alerts via push notification. CampusShield provides instant access to your campus’s security and emergency response team and it's loaded with extra features to keep you informed on campus events and happenings.
ctcLink
Manage your college experience on the go. Enroll in classes, track your academic progress, and stay updated with important messages from your institution. Access grades, financial aid information, and to-do lists directly from your mobile device.
- Class enrollment
- Wait list management
- Grade checking
- Financial aid status
- College messages
- Degree progress tracking
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The ctcLink mobile app is for students enrolled in Washington Community and Technical Colleges who are currently using the Student Self-Service Center. Now you can enroll in classes, view wait list, drop and swap classes, check grades, check financial aid, get messages from your colleges, see to-do lists, check degree progress and more on your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CampusShield at 50% against ctcLink's 3%. CampusShield also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months). ctcLink's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CampusShield holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 105 and 77 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CampusShield's written reviews are positive against 3% of ctcLink's.
CampusShield ships an update every 2 months, ctcLink every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CampusShield | ctcLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (105 ratings) — better | 1.6 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 3.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 911Cellular | WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges |
Customer experience
CampusShield
ctcLink
In-app purchases
CampusShield
No in-app purchases
ctcLink
No in-app purchases
