Comparison

Penji vs OCC Safe

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

Head to head
About

Penji

Connect with campus support services like tutoring, advising, and mentoring. Schedule appointments, join drop-in hours, and find study groups to enhance your academic journey. This app provides a modern, mobile-first experience for accessing university resources.

Highlights
  • Schedule tutors and mentors
  • Attend drop-in hours
  • Register for group sessions
  • Find study groups
  • Access advising resources
  • Remote-friendly support
Features
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Penji is the central hub for tutoring, advising, and other support resources on campus. We partner with support centers at your university, allowing them to provide a modern, mobile-first, and remote-friendly experience for scheduling tutors, mentors, and coaches. Book appointments, attend drop-in hours, register for large-group sessions, meet study groups, and more, all from the app. As recent students ourselves, we know how important friends, tutors, and mentors can be in developing your interest and confidence in different subjects. We hope Penji encourages you to take advantage of these resources more frequently. Each university is different, so sign up to see what your university offers in Penji. Enjoy!

About

OCC Safe

This app provides students, faculty, and staff with enhanced campus safety. It offers emergency alerts, direct access to safety resources, and tools to share your location with trusted contacts.

Highlights
  • Emergency contacts
  • Friend Walk location sharing
  • Tip reporting to security
  • Campus emergency plans
  • Interactive campus maps
  • Safety toolbox with location sharing
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OCC Safe is the official safety app of Oakland Community College. It is the only app that integrates with OCC's safety and security systems. The Department of Public Safety has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the OCC campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. OCC Safe features include: - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the OCC area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend through email or SMS on your device. Once the friend accepts the Friend Walk request, the user picks their destination and their friend tracks their location in real time; they can keep an eye on them to make sure they make it safely to their destination. - Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to OCC security. - Emergency Plans: Campus emergency documentation that can prepare you for disasters or emergencies. This can be accessed even when users aren’t connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. - Campus Maps - Campuses and Maps: Navigate around the OCC area. - Evacuation Rally Points: Find gathering points after an evacuation alarm has been sounded. - Tornado Shelters Map: Find tornado shelters currently in place. - Safety Toolbox: Enhance your safety with the set of tools provided in one convenient app. - Notification History: Find previous Push Notifications for this app with the date and time. - Share Map with your Location: Send your location to a friend by sending them a map of your position. - I’m OK!: Send your location and a message indicating that “You’re OK” to a recipient of your choosing. - Support Resources: Access support resources in one convenient app to enjoy a successful experience at OCC. - Safety Notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from OCC safety when on-campus emergencies occur. Download today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.

Screenshots

Penji4 screens
OCC Safe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Penji at every 9 days against OCC Safe's every 15 months. Penji also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 1). OCC Safe's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Penji against 5.0 for OCC Safe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penji has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Penji ships an update every 9 days, OCC Safe every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Penji versus OCC Safe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPenjiOCC Safe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPenji, Inc.Oakland Community College

Bugs and requests

Penji

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unusable on iPad
  • Tutors not showing as available

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add voice/call features
  • Improve messaging and notifications

OCC Safe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Penji

No in-app purchases

None

OCC Safe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Penji free?
Penji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OCC Safe free?
OCC Safe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Penji or OCC Safe?
OCC Safe is rated higher. Penji averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while OCC Safe averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Penji or OCC Safe have ads?
Neither Penji nor OCC Safe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Penji or OCC Safe?
Penji ships an update every 9 days, and OCC Safe every 15 months. Most recently, Penji was updated on September 23, 2026 and OCC Safe on June 19, 2026.

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