CampusShield vs Hour
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.
Hour
This app facilitates rapid texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It allows users to efficiently manage and track responses from their phone's contact list.
- Send quick text notifications
- Target specific contacts
- Track responses
- Fundraising campaign support
- Phone contact integration
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CampusShield at 4.3 against Hour's 3.1. CampusShield also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.3). Hour's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 143 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of CampusShield's written reviews are positive against 48% of Hour's.
CampusShield ships an update every 2 months, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CampusShield | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (90 ratings) — better | 3.1 (143 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 48.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 90 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 911Cellular | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
CampusShield
Hour
In-app purchases
CampusShield
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
