Your 911 vs Wilkes Shield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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."
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.
- 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
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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."
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Your 911 | Wilkes Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 911Cellular | Wilkes University- Teaching Commons |
Customer experience
Your 911
Wilkes Shield
In-app purchases
Your 911
No in-app purchases
Wilkes Shield
No in-app purchases









