Comparison

Your 911 vs Wilkes Shield

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

Head to head
About

Your 911

This safety application connects users with local safety forces during emergencies. It enables quick reporting of situations with text, photos, and videos, and offers a "Friend Watch" feature for location sharing with trusted contacts. Users can also access community resources and local news.

Highlights
  • Emergency contact with safety forces
  • Send text, photo, and video tips
  • Friend Watch location tracking
  • Access community resources
  • Receive community news
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Your 911 is the official safety app of many cities, townships and communities. If you're in a dangerous situation, use the Your 911 application to quickly contact safety forces and provide them important information about your situation. Your 911 also allows you to: -Send text messages, as well as photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior, service needs, and other concerns directly to community officials. -Use the Friend Watch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -Access community resources, such as garbage schedules, community events, and other news coming from city hall. And more! GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."

About

Wilkes Shield

This official university safety app allows users to quickly contact campus security in emergencies. It also enables sending crime tips with photos/videos, sharing location with friends, accessing campus resources, and viewing incident maps.

Highlights
  • Emergency contact with university safety
  • Send crime tips with photos/videos
  • Friend location tracking (FriendWatch)
  • Access campus resources and handbook
  • View incident maps and safe locations
Features
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Wilkes Shield is the official safety app of Wilkes University. If you're in a dangerous situation, use the Wilkes Shield application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. Wilkes Shield also allows you to: -Send text messages, as well as photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to college safety forces. -Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use FriendWatch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -Access campus resources, such as the student handbook, and emergency procedures directly through the app. -View a map which displays recent incidents and safe locations on and around campus. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."

Screenshots

Your 9113 screens
Wilkes Shield3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wilkes Shield at 4.7 against Your 911's 4.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

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

Wilkes Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Your 911 versus Wilkes Shield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYour 911Wilkes Shield
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)4.7 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings89 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.213.2
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer911CellularWilkes University- Teaching Commons

Customer experience

Your 911

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Wilkes Shield

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Your 911

No in-app purchases

None

Wilkes Shield

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Your 911 free?
Your 911 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wilkes Shield free?
Wilkes Shield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Your 911 or Wilkes Shield?
Wilkes Shield is rated higher. Your 911 averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Wilkes Shield averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Your 911 or Wilkes Shield have ads?
Neither Your 911 nor Wilkes Shield shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Your 911 or Wilkes Shield?
Your 911 ships an update every 2 months, and Wilkes Shield every 2 months. Most recently, Your 911 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wilkes Shield on October 24, 2026.

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