CampusShield vs Omnilert
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.
Omnilert
Receive critical alerts and access safety resources for your organization. Report incidents, send tips, and respond to emergencies with real-time information. Designed for subscriber safety and organizational communication.
- Instant critical message notifications
- Panic button for immediate help
- Send tips and report safety issues
- Real-time incident response
- Access to organizational safety resources
- Customizable welcome messages
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The Omnilert subscriber app helps you stay aware of critical communications, access safety resources and respond with real-time information for your organization's safety teams when it matters most. Sign into the app with your personal access code, available from your safety administrator or from your Omnilert subscriber portal. Omnilert gives you: - instant notifications of important messages with single tap access to the app - a panic button to call for help - a way to send tips and report safety and other problems - single tap responses to help inform safety teams during an incident - quick access to your organizations safety resources For administrators: This app is available as a powerful additional endpoint with the following features: - invite subscribers to sign up using emails or by visiting their portal - increase adoption by automatically targeting unregistered users - improve adoption and retention by customizing the startup screen and messages with your brand - show a welcome message on the main screen - setup a panic button to call your response team or 911 - setup categories of tips and route them independently, to match different priorities and situations - send messages with up to 5 questions, and receive aggregated and individual responses - collect all safety and information in a resources page to make them easily accessible to your subscribers - make changes to the configuration with immediate effect without needing app updates! Contact Omnilert to add app support to your account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CampusShield at 55% against Omnilert's 25%. CampusShield also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (90 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CampusShield has 90 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of CampusShield's written reviews are positive against 25% of Omnilert's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CampusShield | Omnilert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (90 ratings) — better | 4.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 911Cellular | Omnilert, LLC |
Customer experience
CampusShield
Omnilert
In-app purchases
CampusShield
No in-app purchases
Omnilert
No in-app purchases
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